CHICAGO – After the Cubs uncorked the bottles of champagne in Pittsburgh during their last road trip – celebrating clinching the franchise’s first postseason berth in five years – the ballclub began to turn its attention to the next goal. The team wanted to bring October baseball back to Wrigley Field.

On Saturday afternoon, Michael Busch belted two homers to help make that happen via a 7-3 victory over the rival Cardinals at the Friendly Confines. With the win, the Cubs averted a cross-country flight to San Diego, instead earning the right to host the best-of-three National League Wild Card Series , beginning on Tuesday.

“Being able to give these fans October baseball, that’s going to be real special,” Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong said this week. “We know how to play

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