The Chicago Cubs finally can take the postseason bunting out of the mothballs.

Playoff baseball will return to Wrigley Field next week for the first time in five years, and for the first time with fans inside the ballpark since 2018.

The Cubs clinched home field for their National League wild-card series with a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. All games in their best-of-three series against the San Diego Padres will be at Wrigley beginning Tuesday.

Michael Busch drove in four runs and went 4-for-4 with a pair of home runs, a double and a triple, Jameson Taillon threw six strong innings and the Cubs survived a late scare before a raucous crowd of 38,035 on a gorgeous 78-degree afternoon.

The game’s loudest moment, however, came in the eighth when Cardinals manager Olive

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