Oct. 02--If the Cubs and the Pirates finish the regular season with the same record, the Cubs would host the wild card game because they won the season series between the two teams.
The Cubs won 11 of the games in 2015 and the Pirates won 8, the first time the Cubs have won a season series against Pittsburgh since 2009.
"I know we know we can beat them, but they know they can beat us, too," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said after the Cubs won the last game between the two clubs on Sept. 27.
As of Friday morning, the Cubs are 2 games behind the Pirates with three games left to go. The Cubs finish out the year at the Brewers, and the Pirates are at home against the Reds.
But if the Cubs and Pirates finish with the same record and the only thing in question is wild-card seeding, the wild-card game would be in Chicago because the Cubs have already clinched that season series.
