||68-78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |148||September 21||@ Phillies||9 – 2 ||Abrego (1-0)||K. Gross (14-11)|||| 17,779 ||69-78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |149||September 22||@ Phillies||9 – 2 ||Eckersley (10-6)||Rawley (12-8)|||| 21,768 ||70-78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |150||September 23|| Expos||10 – 7 ||St. Claire (5-3)||Frazier (7-8)||Burke (8)|| 4,647 ||70-79|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |151||September 24|| Expos||17 – 15 ||Smith (17-5)||Fontenot (6-10)||Reardon (36)|| 6,947 ||70-80|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |152||September 25|| Mets||5 – 4 ||Smith (7-4)||Orosco (6-6)|||| 10,339 ||71-80|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |153||September 26|| Mets||3 – 0 ||Gooden (23-4)||Abrego (1-1)|||| 11,091 ||71-81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |154||September 27|| Phillies||9 – 7 ||Baller (2-3)||Tekulve (4-10)||Smith (31)|| 9,258 ||72-81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |155||September 28|| Phillies||11 – 10 ||Eckersley (11-6)||Denny (11-13)||Smith (32)|| 27,875 ||73-81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |156||September 29|| Phillies||6 – 2 ||Trout (9-6)||Toliver (0-3)|||| 26,641 ||74-81|| |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |157||October 1|| Pirates||4 – 3 ||Patterson (2-0)||Reuschel (14-8)||Smith (33)|| 3,446 ||75-81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |158||October 2|| Pirates||9 – 4 ||Rhoden (10-14)||Sutcliffe (8-8)||Guante (5)|| 4,637 ||75-82|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |159||October 3|| Pirates||13 – 5 ||Perlman (1-0)||Winn (3-6)||Engel (1)|| 7,437 ||76-82|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |160||October 4||@ Cardinals||4 – 2 ||Forsch (9-6)||Eckersley (11-7)||Worrell (5)|| 40,618 ||76-83|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |161||October 5||@ Cardinals||7 – 1 ||Tudor (21-8)||Trout (9-7)|||| 44,825 ||76-84|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |162||October 6||@ Cardinals||8 – 2 ||Patterson (3-0)||Andújar (21-12)|||| 43,665 ||77-84|| |- Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Farm system LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem References 1985 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference 1985 Chicago Cubs on Baseball Almanac Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago