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The Miller Park crowd stood and cheered, "Let's Go Cubbies."

Hard to believe but true.

With Carlos Marmol on the mound in St. Louis, the Cubs closed out the Cardinals while the Milwaukee crowd watched on the big scoreboard Friday night.

Combined with the Brewers' 4-1 victory over Florida a bit earlier, Milwaukee indeed had its first division title since 1982.

The Brewers used a three-run homer in the eighth from Ryan Braun to break a 1-1 tie . It was reminiscent of Braun's two-run homer against the Cubs in 2008, a shot that clinched a wild-card playoff spot for the Brewers on the last day of the season when the New York Mets lost.

This time the Brewers were able to clinch a spot with five days left in the regular season, and this time it was a division crown, the first in the National League for Milwaukee.

Marmol got the third out as the Cubs won, 5-1, and the Miller Park crowd saluted its champions as blue and gold streamers flew around the ballpark.

The third-largest crowd of the season, 44,584, was on hand to celebrate.

More soon from the locker room.