WRIGLEYVILLE — The Cubs and their fans will have to wait another day to try to clinch the National League Division Series against the Giants after San Francisco won Game 3 6-5 in 13 innings on Monday night.
Kris Bryant's two-run homer in the ninth inning sent the game into extra innings.
The Giants had scored three eighth-inning runs, including two on Conor Gillaspie's triple, to come back from a 3-0 deficit and take a 5-3 lead before Bryant's smash in the ninth.
The Cubs still lead the series 2-1. Game 4 is Tuesday night. If the Giants win Tuesday, the series will finish with a winner-take-all Game 5 at Wrigley Field at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Ariel Cheung chats about the atmosphere in Wrigleyville.
The Cubs are seeking their fifth postseason series victory in franchise history. The Cubs won the 1907 and 1908 World Series, a Division Series in 2003 and another last year.
Cubs ace Jake Arrieta hit a three-run homer off Giants star Madison Bumgarner in the second inning for a 3-0 Chicago lead. The North Siders led 3-2 in the eighth inning until Gillaspie's triple scored two.
The team that advances will face either the Washington Nationals or the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, which begins Saturday.
Despite Monday's 8:38 p.m. start time, Cubs fans turned out in Wrigleyville to watch the potential finish of the five-game series.
When Crystal DeMey moved to Chicago two years ago, she was a determined New York Yankees fan. Then the Cubs won her over.
As she watched the end of Monday's game at Redmond's, she said it was the Chicago team's "passion, loyalty and community" that drew her. Living three blocks from Wrigley Field gave DeMey, 33, a front row seat to the Cubs' frenetic fan base during the 2015 postseason.
Now, watching games in the neighborhood is her new norm.
"In Wrigleyville, I feel like I'm at the game," she said. "At home, it feels like it's not the same — there's no camaraderie."
While the playoffs have drawn heightened security and crowds to Wrigleyville, fans mostly have behaved themselves.
Bars saw smaller crowds at the start of Game 3, although fan turnout in Wrigleyville was still high for a Monday away game.
Chicago Police officers conduct a brief sweep of Redmond's in Wrigleyville Monday. [DNAinfo/Ariel Cheung]
Fewer police officers were in the neighborhood surrounding Wrigley Field, as well, although there was a heightened presence and clusters of officers along Clark Street at the start of Monday's game.
Police spent portions of the game doing brief sweeps of bars in the area, with a cluster of five officers spending about two minutes in bars like Redmond's. The Crime in Wrigleyville + Boystown blog noted multiple bar checks nearby:
White-knuckle police action in #Wrigleyville tonight... pic.twitter.com/FGzQkmRcqZ
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) October 11, 2016
Parking during away games will be restricted on Clark Street from Grace to Aldine and on Addison Street from Racine to Halsted. Tow zones will be strictly enforced, police said Monday night.
On Friday, the crowd leaving the ballpark was cleared "in record time," one Chicago Police official told DNAinfo.
Area North Deputy Chief Al Nagode (second from right) chats with Cubs fans after the team's victory against the San Francisco Giants last week. [DNAinfo/Ariel Cheung]
"I knew we'd be OK with this series. It's the next one [to be concerned about," he said.
Clark Street was closed to vehicles for about 90 minutes as many fans headed to nearby bars.
Afterward, police swept the streets with a line of mounted units followed by officers on bicycles, guiding people onto the sidewalks — a difficult feat where bar lines congested narrow paths.
Four horses followed by line of bike cops ordering people back onto the sidewalk. #cubs #wrigley @DNAinfoCHI pic.twitter.com/ZlUcNCuSYs
— Ariel Cheung (@arielfab) October 8, 2016
In the days leading to the postseason, Chicago Police said "additional resources" would be dedicated to Wrigley Field, and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications said federal agencies would also be involved in ensuring public safety around Wrigley Field.
"I'll tell you we have additional resources coming," Town Hall Cmdr. Robert Cesario said at the community policing beat meeting. "The number [of officers] depends on the day. We have different plans in place. Rest assured, we have additional resources coming."
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Cesario said plans center on Clark and Addison immediately around Wrigley Field, but there also will be patrols throughout the neighborhood.
During the 2015 postseason, police frequently blocked off Clark Street south of the intersection to prevent the crowd spilling from Wrigley from heading straight toward the already packed bars.
After one victory, police barricaded all four sides of Clark and Addison, causing a swell of fans who complained about not being able to access the bars right away.
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