VIDEO: Cubs catch break after ball gets caught in Wrigley ivy
The Chicago Cubs benefited from the ultimate case of home-field advantage on a potentially game-changing play in the sixth inning of Game 3 of the NLDS.
With two outs and a runner on first, New York Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores slapped a ball to right field that a diving Jorge Soler misjudged, allowing the ball to roll all the way to the wall.
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Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler went to retrieve the blunder, but the ball got lost in the ivy on the outfield wall at Wrigley Field and was immediately called a ground rule double.
The rule forced the Mets' runners to stop at second and third, negating a run that would've put New York up 4-2.
Cubs reliever Trevor Cahill struck out Jacob deGrom to end the inning in the following at-bat.
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