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CINCINNATI -- The Chicago Cubs best regular season in 106 years came to an end Sunday as their final game, a 7-4 victory over the Reds, highlighted a remarkable year. White Vapormax Plus Cheap .Down 4-3 with two outs and no one on base in the ninth inning, Chicago rallied for four runs to take the lead.It was the Cubs 103rd win of the year. They were the only team in Major League Baseball to reach the 100-win plateau this season.The boxes have been checked in the regular season, manager Joe Maddon said before Sundays game. We won the division, we stayed relatively healthy, weve played well. ... All this stuff we talked about in camp regarding embracing the target and dealing with the pressure, weve done all those things.In the process the Cubs will have multiple candidates for multiple awards. Starting pitcher?Kyle Hendricks may have hurt his Cy Young cause a little Sunday as he gave up six hits and four runs over five innings, raising his ERA to 2.13. Its still good enough to win the ERA title by a wide margin. Left-hander?Jon Lester finished second in ERA at 2.44, making them the first teammates to finish 1-2 in the stat since the 2005 Houston Astros?Roger Clemens and?Andy Pettitte.With Cy Young candidate Max Scherzer?of the Washington Nationals seeing his ERA rise to 2.96 on Sunday, one of the two Cubs could take home the top pitching honor.I dont know which one deserves the Cy Young Award, catcher Miguel Montero said recently. Maybe they can split the award.At the plate, its a similar situation between sluggers Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant. They combined for 71 home runs and 211 RBIs while each hitting .292. Bryants 7.6 WAR led all National League players while Rizzo ranked fifth at 5.8 going into Sundays finale.Bryant is considered the front-runner for MVP after being named minor league player of the year and rookie of the year over the past two seasons.There were other major team accomplishments, including the pitching staff leading the league in ERA, while the Cubs top four hitters all produced on-base averages above .380. But as Lester noted Saturday, the past 162 games will have much less meaning if the Cubs dont go far in the postseason. Their last championship came in 1908.This season isnt anything unless we do what we showed up at spring training to do -- win a World Series, Lester said.The Cubs will have four days off to prepare for their second consecutive postseason appearance. Last year, they were the fun underdog and upset two teams that finished ahead of them in the standings. 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MILWAUKEE -- The way Chicago Cubs fans have taken over Milwaukees Miller Park this season, John Lackey might feel like hes right at home Saturday afternoon when he takes the mound for game two of a three-game set against the Brewers.Nobody has enjoyed the friendly confines of Wrigley Field this season more than John Lackey.The veteran right-hander, in his first year with the Cubs has compiled a 2.84 ERA at home this season but has struggled on the road, where that number jumps up to 4.70 while Lackey gas gone 0-4 in his last seven road starts.Lackey took a rare home loss his last time out, allowing four runs on six hits over eight innings with eight strikeouts and two walks against the Rangers.I was honestly pretty happy about the way I threw the ball, Lackey said following that outing. Threw eight innings but definitely not a good day to pitch.Hell be facing Milwaukee for the second time this season -- he allowed a run and struck out five on May 18 -- and has a 5-1 record with a 2.95 ERA in nine career starts against the Brewers, including a 1-0 record and 0.90 ERA in his last three.Milwaukee will counter with right-hander Zach Davies, who has emerged as a top-notch starter in an otherwise struggling rotation.Davies, called up April 17 from Triple-A Colorado Springs, started the season slow (0-3, 8.78 ERA) but has been on a rroll over since, going 6-1 with a 2. Nike Vapormax Plus Sale. 95 ERA in his last 13 outings.He threw seven scoreless innings his last time out, in a 1-0 loss to the Reds last Sunday in Cincinnati, but retired 16 of his last 17 batters including the final 11 in a row.I felt great, Davies said after the game. It was great to be back and go out there and just from the start be in the game. Be focused and attacking hitters the way we set up the game plan. I let the defense make plays behind me.Milwaukee had sent Davies back down to Triple-A after his final start of the first half; a procedural move that allowed them to add an extra bat to the bench until Davies next turn to pitch.The move drew the ire of Davies agent, Scott Boras, but Davies said he understood.As long as I did my work over the break, I knew it shouldnt be an issue, Davies said. I took the first couple of days off before I went to Colorado, then had a regular bullpen session, then went home and just tossed every day. I threw a bullpen Wednesday at home and then another one when I got here.Milwaukee has dropped four of the six meetings between the two NL Central rivals so far this season and is 1-4 in the last five series with the Cubs at Miller Park. ' ' '