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CINCINNATI -- The Chicago Cubs best regular season in 106 years came to an end Sunday as their final game, a 7-4 victory over the Reds, highlighted a remarkable year.Down 4-3 with two outs and no one on base in the ninth inning, Chicago rallied for four runs to take the lead.It was the Cubs 103rd win of the year. They were the only team in Major League Baseball to reach the 100-win plateau this season.The boxes have been checked in the regular season, manager Joe Maddon said before Sundays game. We won the division, we stayed relatively healthy, weve played well. ... All this stuff we talked about in camp regarding embracing the target and dealing with the pressure, weve done all those things.In the process the Cubs will have multiple candidates for multiple awards. Starting pitcher?Kyle Hendricks may have hurt his Cy Young cause a little Sunday as he gave up six hits and four runs over five innings, raising his ERA to 2.13. Its still good enough to win the ERA title by a wide margin. Left-hander?Jon Lester finished second in ERA at 2.44, making them the first teammates to finish 1-2 in the stat since the 2005 Houston Astros?Roger Clemens and?Andy Pettitte.With Cy Young candidate Max Scherzer?of the Washington Nationals seeing his ERA rise to 2.96 on Sunday, one of the two Cubs could take home the top pitching honor.I dont know which one deserves the Cy Young Award, catcher Miguel Montero said recently. Maybe they can split the award.At the plate, its a similar situation between sluggers Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant. They combined for 71 home runs and 211 RBIs while each hitting .292. Bryants 7.6 WAR led all National League players while Rizzo ranked fifth at 5.8 going into Sundays finale.Bryant is considered the front-runner for MVP after being named minor league player of the year and rookie of the year over the past two seasons.There were other major team accomplishments, including the pitching staff leading the league in ERA, while the Cubs top four hitters all produced on-base averages above .380. But as Lester noted Saturday, the past 162 games will have much less meaning if the Cubs dont go far in the postseason. Their last championship came in 1908.This season isnt anything unless we do what we showed up at spring training to do -- win a World Series, Lester said.The Cubs will have four days off to prepare for their second consecutive postseason appearance. Last year, they were the fun underdog and upset two teams that finished ahead of them in the standings. 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The Hurricanes are confident they can cover the loss of two first-choice tight forwards for the remainder of the Super Rugby season.Lock Blade Thomson faces shoulder reconstruction surgery this week while prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen is out for three months after breaking his forearm during the 37-27 win over the Blues.One-Test forward Toomaga-Allen will be hard to replace, beginning with Saturdays crucial match against the Waratahs in Sydney.The tighthead prop has started all 13 games this year and his absence will probably force regular substitute Chris Eves to hold up the scrum over the remaining two rounds and, if they make it, into the play-offs.Victory over the Waratahs will be enough to confirm the Hurricanes involvement post-season.Halfback TJ Perenara believes his team can cope with their biggest medical setback of a relatively smooth season since losing the services of All Blacks winger Nehe Milner-Skudder (shoulder).Injuries come to every team and its how you deal with it, he saiid.dddddddddddd.Im confident in the boys that get brought in and the job that they can do for us.New Zealand under-20 lock Isaia Walker-Leawere joins the squad while a replacement for Toomaga-Allen is yet to be confirmed.Dynamic lock Vaea Fifita made a fine fist of replacing Thomson against the Blues, scoring two second-half tries to ensure the home side remain third in the tightly-fought New Zealand conference.Boyd believes the 24-year-old is a force for the future if he irons out some kinks.He didnt have the greatest defensive game but Vaeas a spooky athlete, Boyd said.You could probably play him on the wing. Theres a lot more upside to see from him.Boyd says his team were beaten up after being forced to attempt 176 tackles against the physical Blues.He was disappointed 36 of them were missed but says their defensive quality improved as the match wore on. ' ' '