<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngemva kokulahlekelwa umdlalo owengeziwe emdlalweni wokuqala, iCubs yavuka futhi yahola imidlalo emithathu kuya kweyodwa phezu kweWild Card Florida Marlins eNational League Championship Series. I-Florida ivale i-Cubs emdlalweni wesihlanu, kodwa i-Cubs yabuyela ekhaya eWrigley Field ngomshayi osemusha uMark Prior ukuhola i-Cubs emdlalweni wesithupha njengoba behola ngo-3-0 emdlalweni wesishiyagalombili. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho kwenzeka khona isehlakalo esisabalele manje. Izibukeli eziningana zazama ukubamba ibhola elaliphume ebholeni likaLuis Castillo. Umlandeli weChicago Cubs ogama lakhe lingu  <response>: USteve Bartman, waseNorthbrook, e-Illinois, wafinyelela ibhola futhi waliphambukisa esandleni sikaMoisés Alou okwesibili emdlalweni wesishiyagalombili. U-Alou wasabela ngokuthukuthela emagcekeni futhi ngemuva komdlalo wathi wayezobamba ibhola. U-Alou ngesinye isikhathi wahlehla, wathi wayengeke akwazi ukwenza lo mdlalo, kodwa kamuva wathi lokhu kwakuwumzamo nje wokwenza uBartman azizwe engcono futhi ekholelwa ukuthi sonke lesi sigameko kufanele sikhohlwe. Ukuphazamiseka akuzange kubizwe emdlalweni, njengoba ibhola lalibuswa ukuba libe ohlangothini lwababukeli odongeni. Ekugcineni uCastillo wahamba noPrior. Abashayi ababili kamuva, futhi okwadumaza inkundla eyayigcwele, i-Cubs shortstop u-Alex Gonzalez yahluleka ukudlala umdlalo ophindwe kabili owawuqeda i-inning, yafaka izisekelo. Iphutha laliyokwenza iFlorida iqhube izikhathi ezingu-8 futhi iMarlin inqobe. Naphezu kokuthumela uKerry Wood esiqongweni futhi ehola kabili, iCubs yagcina ilahlekelwe yiMidlalo 7, futhi yehluleka ukufinyelela ku-World Series. 