Today's game will conclude the Cubs' 148th season in the National League.

It will be the 75th season that they have ended on the road and the 5th in a row, tying for their longest such streak.

They closed on the road each year from 1963 to 1967, losing at Milwaukee to the Braves, winning at San Francisco, then losing at Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

Their current streak began with a 9-0 loss at St. Louis in 2019. They have won the last 3 finales: 10-8 on the South Side against the White Sox, 3-2 at St. Louis and 15-2 at Cincinnati.

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5 VS. BREWERS

This will be the 5th time that the Cubs have wrapped up their regular-season schedule at Milwaukee against the Brewers.

They lost the first game in 2008, 3-1, then won in 2014, 5-2 and 2015, 3-1.

Their last game has been at home against the Brewers only once, a Game 163 to decide the Central Division title in 2018. The Cubs lost, 3-1.

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BETTER AT FINISH

The Cubs are 39-33 in season-ending games at home and 37-36-2 on the road.

That adds up to 79-66-2, a winning percentage of .521.

For comparison, they are 79-66.2, .544, on Opening Day.

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STREAKS

They had lost 3 straight prior to winning in 2020. Before that, they had won 3 in a row, making them 6 of 9 going into today.

From 1986-93, the Cubs won 8 consecutive final games.

Their previous best was 5 in a row, in 1880-84 and 1912-16.

In 1945-48, they won 4 straight, immediately after lowing 5 in a row. They also won 4 straight in 1968-71.

The Cubs lost the final game in 7 consecutive seasons, 1977-83; in 6, 1922-27; and in 5, 1940-44 and 2007-11.

For 11 seasons, 1997-2007, they alternated losses and wins.

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148 YEARS, 20 OPPONENTS

The Cubs have faced 20 different teams in season finales, 16 still playing and 4 defunct.

The active teams include all current NL teams except the Marlins. They finished 3 season against the Nationals when they were the Expos, based in Montreal.

They closed out twice against the Astros when they were in the NL.

The only AL team the Cubs have finished against was the White Sox.

The defunct teams were the Hartford Dark Blues, in 1876; Louisville Grays, in 1877; Buffalo Bisons, in 1879-80 and 1882; Worcester Ruby Legs, in 1881; and the original Baltimore Orioles, in 1894.

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ROAD FINALES

The Cubs have ended the season with games at 15 cities other than Chicago: Brooklyn, Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis and Worcester.

They played the Braves and Brewers at Milwaukee, and the Giants and Mets at New York.

Against active teams, they never have played their final game at Arizona, Atlanta, Colorado, Miami or Washington.

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FREQUENT FOE

The Cardinals have been the Cubs' last opponent twice as often as any other team: 48 times, to 24 for the Pirates.

The Reds are next, at 17 times.

30 of the 48 games against the Cardinals have been at St. Louis, only 10 of the 24 against the Pirates at Pittsburgh and 9 of the 17 against the Reds at Cincinnati.

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Here are the Cubs' records in season-ending games against each opponent, ranked from most to fewest games, with their home and road records in parentheses after their total record:

Cardinals: 26-21-1 (12-6, 14-15-1)

Pirates: 10-13-1 (6-8, 4-5-1)

Reds: 8-9 (3-5, 5-4)

Phillies: 4-4 (2-2, 2-2)

Braves: 3-4 (2-2, 1-2)

Giants: 5-1 (3-1, 2-0)

Mets: 3-3 (2-2, 1-1)

Dodgers: 1-4 (0-2, 1-2)

Expos/Nationals: 5-0 (3-0, 2-0)

Brewers: 2-2 (0-1, 2-1)

Astros: 1-3 (1-1, 0-2)

Bisons: 2-1 (2-0, 0-1)

Grays: 1-1 (1-1, 0-0)

Padres: 1-1 (0-0, 1-1)

Dark Blues: 1-0 (1-0, 0-0)

Diamondbacks: 0-1 (0-1, 0-0)

Orioles: 0-1 (0-1, 0-0)

Rockies: 1-0 (1-0, 0-0)

Ruby Legs: 1-0 (0-0, 1-0)

White Sox: 1-0 (0-0, 1-0)

Total: 76-69-2 (39-33, 37-36-2)

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Here is the breakdown for teams that relocated:

Braves

as Boston: 2-3 (1-2, 1-1)

as Milwaukee: 0-1 (0-0, 0-1)

as Atlanta: 1-0 (1-0, 0-0)

Dodgers

as Brooklyn: 0-1 (0-0, 0-1)

as Los Angeles: 1-3 (0-2, 1-1)

Giants

as New York: 3-0 (2-0, 1-0)

as San Francisco: 2-1 (1-1, 1-0)

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SHUTOUTS

The Cubs blanked the visiting Louisville Grays, 4-0, in their first season finale in 1876.

They have closed out the year with shutouts only 5 times since then and the most recent was in 1952, 3-0 at St. Louis.

2 of the others also were against the Cardinals, 1-0 on the road and 3-0 at home in 1947.

They won at Cincinnati, 2-0, in 1919, and 7-0 in 1921.

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The Cubs failed to score in 10 last games, 6 of them against the Cardinals: 0-1 in 1907, 0-6 in 1940, 0-3 in 1951, 0-2 in 1966, 0-4 in 2013 and 0-9 in 2019.

The 1951 game was the only time the Cubs were shut out on the road in their last game.

The other losses were 0-13 at Cincinnati in 1955, 0-2 at Milwaukee in 19563, 0-1 at Pittsburgh in 1980 and 0-4 at Houston in 2010.

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DOUBLE DIGITS

Last year's 15-2 win at Cincinnati was the most runs the Cubs have scored in their final game in the Modern Era, topping a 13-11 slugfest, also at Cincinnati, in 1930.

In 1876, they won their first finale, 16-10, at home against the Hartford Dark Blues.

They won at Philadelphia, 15-3, in 1883.

The Cubs have scored at least 10 runs in 12 farewell games, winning them all, including 10-9 at Pittsburgh in 2000, 10-8 at home against the Braves in 2004 and 10-8 on the South Side against the White Sox in 2020.

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They have allowed 10 or more runs in their last game 9 times. Only 4 have been in the Modern Era, 3 of them against the Reds: a 13-11 win at home in 1930 and losses on by the road 0-13 in 1955 and 3-10 in 1967.

The other game was a 5-13 thrashing at home against the Cardinals in 1949.

The Cubs lost at home to the original Baltimore Orioles, 9-20, to end the 1894 season. Three years earlier, they had lost at home to the Reds, 9-15.