Major League Baseball

FINAL Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Chicago Cubs 2
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Match Report

Marlins prevent Cubs from clinching a playoff spot again with a 3-2 victory

— Kyle Stowers homered and the Miami Marlins prevented the Chicago Cubs from clinching a playoff berth for the second straight night with a 3-2 victory Wednesday.

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Top Performers

MIA

  • Otto Lopez · ·
  • Kyle Stowers · ·
  • Heriberto Hernandez · ·
  • Griffin Conine · ·

CHC

  • Pete Crow-Armstrong · ·
  • Seiya Suzuki · ·
  • Michael Busch · ·
  • Michael Conforto · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Kelly grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Ramirez out at second.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  6. · 9th Inning Sandy Alcantara pitches to Carson Kelly
  7. · 9th Inning Kelly hit for Amaya
  8. · 9th Inning

Head to Head

MIA wins series 2-1

Injuries

Chicago Cubs

  • Justin Steele 60-Day-IL
  • Shelby Miller 60-Day-IL
  • Ben Brown 60-Day-IL
  • Phil Maton 60-Day-IL
  • Riley Martin 60-Day-IL

Miami Marlins

  • Anthony Bender Out
  • Ronny Henriquez 60-Day-IL
  • Jakob Marsee Out
  • Adam Mazur 60-Day-IL
  • Pete Fairbanks Out

Lineups

CHC

  1. 4Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF
  2. 27Seiya SuzukiRF
  3. 29Michael Busch1B
  4. 20Michael ConfortoDH
  5. 8Ian HappLF
  6. 2Nico Hoerner2B
  7. 75Pedro Ramirez3B
  8. 7Dansby SwansonSS
  9. 9Miguel AmayaC

MIA

  1. 6Otto LopezSS
  2. 28Kyle Stowers1B
  3. 13Heriberto HernandezLF
  4. 18Griffin ConineRF
  5. 8Javier Sanoja3B
  6. 87Jakob MarseeCF
  7. 50Agustin RamirezDH
  8. 21Graham Pauley3B
  9. 80Joe MackC

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