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NLCS 2016: Updated playoff bracket

By Sarabeth Pollock

Oct 22, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; The Chicago Cubs celebrate defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in game six of the 2016 NLCS playoff baseball series at Wrigley Field. Cubs win 5-0 to advance to the World Series. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; The Chicago Cubs celebrate defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in game six of the 2016 NLCS playoff baseball series at Wrigley Field. Cubs win 5-0 to advance to the World Series. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Cubs are on their way back to the World Series for the first time since 1945 with a commanding 5-0 win over the Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.

The Chicago Cubs have broken the curse and are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945. They have slayed the goat and defeated the Steve Bartman Curse from 2003. The Cubs have won the National League Pennant and have ushered in a new era of Chicago baseball.

Chicago’s road to the World Series began with 4 competitive games against the San Francisco Giants in the National League Division Series. Chicago shut out the Giants 1-0 in Game 1 and had a solid 5-2 performance in Game 2. The Giants battled back to take Game 3, but the Cubs dug in and took the series with a 6-5 win in Game 4. So much for the Giants even-year World Series streak. A new winning streak was about to begin.

The Cubs came out strong in the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They took Game 1, 8-4, but Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers blanked them in Game 2 with a 1-0 win. The Dodgers pulled ahead in the series with a 6-0 shutout in Game 3, leaving the Cubs behind 1-2 in the series. Game 4 was a 10-2 barn burner that evened the series and gave the Cubs much needed momentum to push through the rest of the series. Game 5 was a repeat of Game 1, with the Cubs scoring 8 runs to win 8-4 and jump ahead in the series 3-2.

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Saturday’s Game 6 saw pitcher Kyle Hendricks throw 7 nearly flawless innings in a 5-0 shutout that gave the Chicago Cubs their first pennant win since 1945 and punched their ticket to the 2016 World Series.

Related Story: NLCS Game 5 recap: Cubs beat Dodgers 8-4 for 3-2 series lead

The Cubs will meet the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland for Game 1 of the 2016 World Series at 8pm on FOX.

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