Steele returns, but Cubs fall to A’s and are all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention with 10 games left
The Cubs are now all but mathematically eliminated from the postseason. Tyler Soderstrom homered and Zack Gelof hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, giving the Oakland Athletics a 5-3 win over the Cubs in the rubber match of the three-game series and their first series