While waiting for the Cubs game to begin Wednesday evening, I was watching the Brewers hang on to defeat the Padres 3-1. That result dropped the Cubs’ magic number to clinch home field for their Wild Card series against the Padres to 3.

I would guess that game was being watched in the Cubs’ clubhouse, too. Whether it was that result or something else that galvanized Cubs hitters Wednesday doesn’t matter — what matters is that those bats did get going and pounded the Mets 10-3, ending the team’s five-game losing streak and reducing that magic number to 2.

This one was fun, so let’s take a look at how it happened.

The teams matched zeroes for two innings, though the Cubs had a run taken off the board on a review of this play in the first [VIDEO].

After Matthew Boyd also threw a scoreless

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