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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0

CLE
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
x
6
10
0

Box Score

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CF
Davis, R
5
0
1
0
0
1
.200

CF
Fowler
4
0
0
0
0
2
.000

2B
Kipnis
5
0
0
0
0
0
.000

3B
Bryant
3
0
0
0
1
2
.000

SS
Lindor
4
1
3
0
0
0
.750

1B
Rizzo
4
0
0
0
0
0
.000

1B
Napoli
3
1
0
0
1
2
.000

LF
Zobrist
4
0
3
0
0
0
.750

DH
Santana, C
2
0
0
0
2
2
.000

DH
Schwarber
3
0
1
0
1
2
.333

3B
Ramirez, Js
4
0
3
1
0
0
.750

2B
Baez, J
4
0
1
0
0
2
.250

LF
Guyer
2
1
0
1
1
2
.000

RF
Coghlan
2
0
0
0
0
2
.000

RF
Chisenhall
4
1
1
0
0
1
.250

PH-C
Contreras
2
0
1
0
0
0
.500

C
Perez, R
4
2
2
4
0
1
.500

SS
Russell
4
0
0
0
0
3
.000

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Kluber
6.0
4
0
0
0
9
88-59
0.00

Lester
5.2
6
3
3
3
7
97-57
4.76

Miller, A
2.0
2
0
0
2
3
46-26
0.00

Strop
0.2
0
0
0
0
1
6-5
0.00

Allen
1.0
1
0
0
0
3
17-11
0.00

Wood, T
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
8-5
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Jose Ramirez singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Kris Bryant. Francisco Lindor scores. Mike Napoli to 3rd. Carlos Santana to 2nd.
1-0

1
Brandon Guyer hit by pitch. Mike Napoli scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd. Jose Ramirez to 2nd.
2-0

4
Roberto Perez homers (1) on a line drive to left field.
3-0

8
Roberto Perez homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Brandon Guyer scores. Lonnie Chisenhall scores.
6-0

Highlights

WS2016 Gm1: Platten sings national anthem on FOX (2:05)
WS2016 Gm1: Lindor swipes second base on FOX (0:05)
WS2016 Gm1: Indians score two in 1st inning on FOX (0:08)
WS2016 Gm1: Miller whiffs Ross to escape jam on FOX (0:05)
WS2016 Gm1: Perez hammers a solo homer to left on FOX (0:07)
WS2016 Gm1: Kluber fans eight over three innings (0:10)
WS2016 Gm1: Davis catches fly ball, misses DP (0:27)
WS2016 Gm1: Ramirez opens scoring with infield hit (0:28)
WS2016 Gm1: Miller strikes out Schwarber, strands two (0:25)
WS2016 Gm1: Kluber fans nine in scoreless start (0:31)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Corey Kluber (19-9, 3.14)
Jon Lester (19-6, 2.44)

Game ended at 11:50 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Ben Lindbergh had an amazing article about how good the Indians are at shutting the door on comebacks.

Basically, if the Indians get a lead in the first inning they're as good as a 136-win team. Their bullpen has been so demonstrably destructive this year that they can basically maintain any lead they inherit.

It looks like this series will inherently come down to who can score first. The Cubs bullpen has looked a lot more vulnerable in the last few games, but their offense is so good that they could jump to an early lead and cut off Cleveland's biggest advantage.

This means it falls on Cleveland's starting pitchers to make sure they can at least get to somewhere around the sixth inning, like Kluber did last night, and let the artillery finish up the game.

Yeah, I don't think the Cubs had any shot. I think that may have been the best pitched game against the Cubs this year. His movement was unreal.

Yeah Kluber's command was ridiculous. The Cubs have seen Cueto, Bumgarner, and Kershaw in these playoffs and I think Kluber just put up the best performance of all of them. Even with that, they were just on the edge of breaking though, and hit a couple doubles off the wall.

For some reason I still feel really good going into Game 2. Obviously another loss tonight would be big trouble. A win though, going back to Wrigley 1-1, I like the Cubs chances.

I know they didn't capitalize but those 2 innings against Miller were VERY promising. Cubs will make pitchers work knowing that it can pay off later. Usually its during the game but for a bullpen pitcher like miller making him work in any game is good for them later.

Soooo many called third strikes when our guys just watched the ball go by. It looked like Kluber was hypnotizing people from the mound.

Same thing happened the first game we saw Kershaw and the next time we faced him he gave up 5. Hopefully we can come out swinging next time against Kluber and do damage.

We really gotta take tonight, and it's gonna be all about getting runs early.

We desperately need the 1-4 hitters to get going. The Indians set the pace last night and we never caught up–it felt like were running in first gear until the 7th, and even then we couldn't get runners across home plate.

We need a Schwarbomb (or 2, or 3) to set things straight and get the bats going.

Cubs danced on the edge all night. 6-0 looks bad, but they were so close to breaking through so many times. Happy that the Tribe got the W, but you simply cannot count anything out for a 7 game series.

Hopefully Bauer can come out today with the bullpen and nab another win. Not having the pressure to have to steal a win at Wrigley could be huge.

Yeah, we left a lot on the table last night. It was just an awkward game all around. Lester got rattled early because of the constantly-changing strike zone, Kluber was on God mode, and we gave up two easy runs in the first.

Seeing us leave the bases loaded in the 7th hurt. I was using a scorecard (as per my superstitious tradition) and just wrote an expletive on the sheet after that inning.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

LAD
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1

CHC
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
x
5
7
1

Box Score

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CF
Fowler
4
1
2
1
0
2
.333

LF-CF
Toles
3
0
1
0
0
0
.462

3B
Bryant
4
1
1
1
0
1
.304

SS
Seager, C
3
0
0
0
0
1
.286

1B
Rizzo
4
1
2
1
0
0
.320

3B
Turner
3
0
0
0
0
0
.200

LF
Zobrist
3
0
0
1
0
1
.150

1B
Gonzalez, A
3
0
0
0
0
0
.190

RF
Heyward
0
0
0
0
0
0
.063

RF
Reddick
3
0
1
0
0
0
.364

2B
Baez, J
3
0
0
0
0
1
.318

CF
Pederson
2
0
0
0
0
2
.190

C
Contreras
3
1
1
1
0
0
.286

PH-LF
Kendrick
1
0
0
0
0
0
.154

SS
Russell
3
1
1
0
0
1
.273

C
Grandal
2
0
0
0
0
2
.083

RF-LF
Almora Jr.
3
0
0
0
0
1
.000

PH
Hernandez, E
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

P
Hendricks
3
0
0
0
0
1
.000

2B
Utley
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Chapman
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ruiz
0
0
0
0
1
0
.143

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Hendricks
7.1
2
0
0
0
6
88-57
0.71

Kershaw
5.0
7
5
4
0
4
93-67
3.00

Chapman
1.2
0
0
0
1
1
15-10
3.86

Jansen
3.0
0
0
0
0
4
30-24
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Kris Bryant singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Josh Reddick. Dexter Fowler scores.
1-0

1
Ben Zobrist out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Joc Pederson. Kris Bryant scores. Anthony Rizzo to 3rd.
2-0

2
Dexter Fowler singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Andrew Toles. Addison Russell scores. Dexter Fowler out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Andrew Toles to third baseman Justin Turner to second baseman Chase Utley.
3-0

4
Willson Contreras homers (1) on a line drive to left field.
4-0

5
Anthony Rizzo homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.
5-0

Highlights

NLCS Gm6: Cubs score two runs in the 1st on FS1 (0:11)
NLCS Gm6: Contreras hits a solo homer to left on FS1 (0:08)
NLCS Gm6: Chapman and Chapman combine for double play (0:10)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Kyle Hendricks (17-8, 2.13)
Clayton Kershaw (12-5, 1.69)

Game ended at 10:48 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Everyone on Bleed Cubbie Blue and Bleacher Nation were basically burning their Dempster jerseys out of anger lol

He turned down the Yankees. Dempster was really pushing for the FO to trade him to the Dodgers because he wanted to play with Ted Lilly but they couldn't make a deal work.

You're right! My mistake. Refused the Yankees because of the beard but the Dodgers never quite worked and they let Demo talk to the Dodgers GM directly. Cant believe I screwed that up

The way they talked about Kershaw leading up to the game compared to him you would have thought Kershaw was pitching against a waiter from Joe's Crab Shack or something

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CHC
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
0
8
13
0

LAD
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
9
1

Box Score

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

2B
Hernandez, E
2
0
0
0
1
1
.000

CF
Fowler
5
2
2
1
0
0
.304

PH-LF
Toles
1
1
1
1
0
0
.500

3B
Bryant
5
1
2
1
0
2
.316

3B
Turner
4
0
1
0
0
1
.235

1B
Rizzo
5
0
2
1
0
1
.286

SS
Seager, C
4
0
2
0
0
1
.333

LF
Zobrist
2
1
0
0
3
1
.176

C
Ruiz
4
0
1
1
0
0
.143

P
Strop
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LF-2B
Kendrick
4
1
1
0
0
1
.167

P
Chapman
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

1B
Gonzalez, A
3
1
0
1
1
1
.222

2B
Baez, J
5
1
3
3
0
1
.368

RF
Puig
4
0
1
0
0
0
.308

RF
Heyward
4
0
0
0
0
2
.063

CF
Pederson
4
1
1
0
0
0
.211

SS
Russell
5
2
2
2
0
2
.263

P
Maeda
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500

C
Ross, D
2
0
1
0
1
0
.200

P
Fields, J
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH-C
Contreras
2
1
1
0
0
0
.273

P
Dayton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Lester
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ethier
1
0
0
0
0
1
.333

PH-LF
Almora Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Blanton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Avilan
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Grandal
1
0
0
0
0
0
.100

P
Baez, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Stripling
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Reddick
1
0
1
1
0
0
.375

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Maeda
3.2
3
1
1
2
6
76-44
4.70

Lester
7.0
5
1
1
1
6
108-67
1.38

Fields, J
0.2
1
0
0
0
0
10-6
0.00

Strop
1.0
2
1
1
0
0
17-11
6.00

Dayton
0.2
0
0
0
0
1
12-6
0.00

Chapman
1.0
2
2
2
1
0
19-11
6.00

Blanton
1.1
3
2
2
0
2
19-15
21.00

Avilan
0.2
1
0
0
1
0
21-11
0.00

Baez, P
0.2
3
5
1
1
0
27-16
5.40

Stripling
1.1
2
0
0
0
0
18-11
13.50

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Anthony Rizzo doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Yasiel Puig. Dexter Fowler scores.
0-1

4
Adrian Gonzalez grounds out, first baseman Anthony Rizzo to second baseman Javier Baez. Howie Kendrick scores.
1-1

6
Addison Russell homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Javier Baez scores.
1-3

8
Dexter Fowler singles on a ground ball to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Addison Russell scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd.
1-4

8
Dodgers challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Kris Bryant singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Justin Turner. Willson Contreras scores. Dexter Fowler to 2nd.
1-5

8
Javier Baez doubles (4) on a line drive to right fielder Yasiel Puig. Dexter Fowler scores. Kris Bryant scores. Ben Zobrist scores.
1-8

8
Carlos Ruiz doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Dexter Fowler. Andrew Toles scores.
2-8

9
Josh Reddick singles on a line drive to center fielder Dexter Fowler. Adrian Gonzalez scores. Joc Pederson to 3rd.
3-8

9
Andrew Toles out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Dexter Fowler. Joc Pederson scores.
4-8

Highlights

NLCS Gm5: Vin announces start of game (1:05)
NLCS Gm5: Russell belts two-run homer in 6th (0:08)
NLCS Gm5: Baez clears bases to give Cubs an 8-1 lead (0:08)
NLCS Gm5: Ross grabs popup on basket catch (0:16)
NLCS Gm5: Fan makes fantastic grab on foul line drive (0:26)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Jon Lester (20-5, 2.44)
Joe Blanton (7-3, 2.48)

Game ended at 12:28 AM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Absolutely amazing that we're one win from a World Series berth.

Sucks so hard that we have to go through Kershaw to get there Saturday.

This is the best Cubs team I've ever seen – going back to when I watched the 1984 Cubs as a young boy and my dad took me to watch my first game vs. the Mets on August 7, 1984. I also now fully understand how the MLB playoffs is such a crap shoot and the best team in the league has no better chance at winning it all than any other playoff team.

And yet despite the rational part of my brain completely understanding that fact, I can't understate how devastated I'd be if they don't get to the World Series this year.

Probably the ONLY thing that could assuage the pain would be if Kershaw comes out and pitches a legendary Game 6 and then comes back in relief in Game 7 and pitches 2 perfect innings. Getting beaten by the best pitcher of this generation would be understandable. So long as it's not a fluke Bartman play or Alex Gonzalez play or something equivalent.

But isn't it funny how I'm already thinking about the "best" way I hope for them to lose? That's what 30+ years of being a Cubs fan does to your psyche! LOL.

Perhaps by tomorrow night, I can actually start to come to grips with the notion that they might just actually win this damned thing…

we are all damaged goods at this point, to be sure. i'm having 2003 flashbacks today. i haven't had to think about that game in years.

i'm trying to listen to Maddon. he's not just teaching his players but really the whole North Side if you listen:

don't let the pressure exceed the pleasure. embrace the target. the process is fearless.

all that stuff can have meaning and value to a Cub fan — even the older, wiser ones.

I kind of like it. Makes me a little bitter that Kershaw dominated the Cubs so hard in game 2. I'd love for the team to clinch their 1st World Series berth since 1945 against one of the greatest pitchers ever.

Not that it means anything, but this series is offering something of a parallel to the 2013 NLCS, especially in where Kershaw pitches and the situation the Dodgers are in at that point. Just something interesting I noticed last night

Just remember…they struggled too last time these two matched up. I don't see 1 run being enough for them this time around.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CLE
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
0

TOR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1

Box Score

TOR

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

RF
Bautista
4
0
2
0
0
0
.167

1B
Santana, C
4
1
1
1
0
0
.167

3B
Donaldson
4
0
1
0
0
1
.333

2B
Kipnis
4
0
0
0
0
0
.053

1B
Encarnacion
4
0
0
0
0
2
.211

SS
Lindor
4
1
3
0
0
1
.368

SS
Tulowitzki
4
0
0
0
0
0
.111

DH
Napoli
4
0
1
0
0
2
.188

C
Martin, R
3
0
1
0
0
1
.118

3B
Ramirez, Js
4
0
0
0
0
0
.059

DH
Upton Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

RF
Chisenhall
4
0
0
0
0
3
.250

PH-DH
Saunders
1
0
1
0
0
0
.429

LF
Crisp
2
1
1
1
0
0
.250

PH-DH
Navarro
1
0
1
0
0
0
1.000

PH-LF
Davis, R
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

LF
Carrera
3
0
0
0
0
2
.235

CF
Naquin
3
0
0
0
0
1
.167

CF
Pillar
3
0
0
0
0
1
.063

C
Perez, R
3
0
0
0
0
2
.143

2B
Barney
3
0
0
0
0
0
.125

TOR
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Estrada
6.0
5
3
2
0
7
92-62
2.57

Merritt
4.1
2
0
0
0
3
49-33
0.00

Cecil
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
12-8
0.00

Shaw, B
1.0
2
0
0
0
2
17-12
2.70

Biagini
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
10-6
0.00

Miller, A
2.2
1
0
0
0
1
21-16
0.00

Osuna
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
11-7
0.00

Allen
1.0
1
0
0
0
2
17-12
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Mike Napoli doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Ezequiel Carrera. Francisco Lindor scores. Fielding error by left fielder Ezequiel Carrera.
0-1

3
Carlos Santana homers (2) on a line drive to right field.
0-2

4
Coco Crisp homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.
0-3

Highlights

ALCS Gm5: Napoli doubles, Lindor scores on error (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Homers give Indians lead 3-0 lead in Game 5 (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Shaw fans Carrera, Pillar to end the 5th (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Miller gets huge double play after review (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Miller retires Barney to end the 8th (0:20)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Bryan Shaw (3-5, 3.24)
Marco Estrada (9-10, 3.48)

Game ended at 6:50 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Jonathan Lucroy could be going to the World Series right now. That must be incredibly satisfying for Indians fans

No, he wanted to play for a team that was going to guarantee him the starting job at catcher for next year. Something the Indians didnt want to do.

I read somewhere that this desire for a guaranteed starting job next year was really an excuse. If the Indians gave up what they did for Lucroy, he would have been the starter. The Indians just didn't want to set the precedent of a player including a starting position in his contract.

He commended the Indians FO for being honest they didn't see him as a starter for 2017. I could be wrong about this, but I don't see how it would be possible to not only edit a guaranteed contract that has already been finalized years ago, but to also add a provision into his contract making him the starter for 2017. I think there is no precedent of this because its not aloud.

Except this isnt the place to do it, take it to the post game discussion or the Indians going to the WS thread, not the serious discussion one.

Despite all the downvotes, I agree with you. I thought this thread was for the serious discussion as opposed to the low-hanging jokes too.

I forget, did anyone ever produce evidence that this is true? Or is it just something that constantly gets parroted by people who want to shoot down Indians fans?

Anyone can win in the postseason. He doesn't look like that much of an idiot honestly. Only one team can win it all, the rangers were there just as much as the Indians, just didn't win. That's baseball.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CHC
0
0
0
4
1
5
0
0
0
10
13
2

LAD
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
6
4

Box Score

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

2B
Utley
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CF
Fowler
5
1
2
1
0
0
.278

PH-LF-2B
Kendrick
3
0
1
0
0
1
.125

3B
Bryant
2
1
0
0
2
1
.286

SS
Seager, C
3
0
0
0
1
1
.286

1B
Rizzo
5
2
3
3
0
2
.250

3B
Turner
3
0
1
2
1
1
.231

LF
Zobrist
5
1
2
0
0
0
.200

1B
Gonzalez, A
4
0
1
0
0
0
.267

2B
Baez, J
3
1
1
1
1
0
.286

P
Wood, A
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C
Contreras
5
1
1
1
0
2
.222

RF
Reddick
1
0
0
0
0
0
.286

RF
Heyward
5
0
0
1
0
2
.083

PH-2B
Hernandez, E
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

SS
Russell
5
2
3
2
0
0
.214

P
Avilan
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Lackey
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Ruiz
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

P
Montgomery
1
1
1
0
0
0
1.000

CF
Pederson
4
0
1
0
0
2
.200

PH
Soler
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C-1B
Grandal
3
0
0
0
1
1
.111

P
Edwards Jr.
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LF-RF-LF
Toles
3
1
1
0
1
1
.444

P
Wood, T
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Urias, J
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Strop
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Baez, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Almora Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Fields, J
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Rondon
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ethier
0
1
0
0
1
0
.500

P
Stripling
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

RF
Puig
2
0
1
0
0
0
.333

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Urias, J
3.2
4
4
4
2
4
72-48
9.82

Lackey
4.0
3
2
2
3
3
72-41
4.50

Baez, P
0.2
2
1
1
0
1
27-18
3.38

Montgomery
2.0
2
0
0
0
2
26-16
6.23

Fields, J
0.2
0
0
0
0
1
9-6
0.00

Edwards Jr.
0.2
0
0
0
1
1
13-7
0.00

Stripling
0.1
4
5
4
1
0
20-10
27.00

Wood, T
0.1
0
0
0
1
0
4-1
0.00

Avilan
1.2
1
0
0
0
1
24-17
0.00

Strop
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
16-9
4.50

Wood, A
2.0
2
0
0
0
1
32-24
0.00

Rondon
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
18-11
4.50

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

4
Willson Contreras singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Toles. Ben Zobrist scores. Willson Contreras to 2nd. Javier Baez advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by left fielder Andrew Toles.
0-1

4
Jason Heyward grounds out, second baseman Chase Utley to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Javier Baez scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd.
0-2

4
Addison Russell homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Willson Contreras scores.
0-4

5
Anthony Rizzo homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.
0-5

5
Justin Turner singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ben Zobrist, deflected by pitcher Mike Montgomery. Andrew Toles scores. Andre Ethier scores. Howie Kendrick to 3rd.
2-5

6
Dexter Fowler singles on a ground ball to right fielder Andrew Toles. Addison Russell scores. Mike Montgomery to 2nd.
2-6

6
Anthony Rizzo singles on a line drive to right fielder Andrew Toles. Mike Montgomery scores. Dexter Fowler scores. Kris Bryant to 2nd.
2-8

6
Javier Baez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Joc Pederson. Kris Bryant scores. Anthony Rizzo scores. Ben Zobrist to 2nd. Throwing error by center fielder Joc Pederson.
2-10

Highlights

NLCS Gm4: Heyward nabs A-Gon on close play at home (0:12)
NLCS Gm4: Russell cranks a two-run homer off Urias (0:08)
NLCS Gm4: Rizzo rips a two-run single to right field (0:08)
NLCS Gm4: Puig lays out to snag Zobrist's liner (0:27)
NLCS Gm4: Contreras smacks RBI single to open scoring (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Rizzo launches a solo homer to right-center (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Fowler grounds an RBI single to right (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Cubs score two on sacrifice fly, error (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Heyward plates Baez with an RBI groundout (0:27)
NLCS Gm4: Turner gets the Dodgers on the board (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Urias works out of trouble in the 2nd (0:24)
NLCS Gm4: Statcast measures Contreras' great throw (0:29)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Mike Montgomery (5-5, 2.52)
Julio Urias (5-3, 3.39)

Game ended at 12:12 AM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Series is now a best 2 out of 3. Kind of scary. If the Cubs bats are back for real, they've gotta be the favorites going forward (better regular season team, homefield advantage, starting three ace-quality pitchers). There were about 1,908 articles written yesterday about how the Cubs were "tested for the first time" and that Game 4 "would show what the team was made of," etc….

Shockingly, Game 4 revealed to us that the Cubs are a good team.

Hate to say it, but I don't think you can count Arrieta as an ace right now. He pretty clearly hasn't been the same guy in the 2nd half and playoffs that he was the past couple seasons

Hes been mediocre in the playoffs and 2nd half of the season. Hes definitely not a #2 pitcher right now

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CLE
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
6
0

TOR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1

Box Score

TOR

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

RF
Bautista
4
0
2
0
0
0
.167

1B
Santana, C
4
1
1
1
0
0
.167

3B
Donaldson
4
0
1
0
0
1
.333

2B
Kipnis
4
0
0
0
0
0
.053

1B
Encarnacion
4
0
0
0
0
2
.211

SS
Lindor
4
1
3
0
0
1
.368

SS
Tulowitzki
4
0
0
0
0
0
.111

DH
Napoli
4
0
1
0
0
2
.188

C
Martin, R
3
0
1
0
0
1
.118

3B
Ramirez, Js
4
0
0
0
0
0
.059

DH
Upton Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

RF
Chisenhall
4
0
0
0
0
3
.250

PH-DH
Saunders
1
0
1
0
0
0
.429

LF
Crisp
2
1
1
1
0
0
.250

PH-DH
Navarro
1
0
1
0
0
0
1.000

PH-LF
Davis, R
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

LF
Carrera
3
0
0
0
0
2
.235

CF
Naquin
3
0
0
0
0
1
.167

CF
Pillar
3
0
0
0
0
1
.063

C
Perez, R
3
0
0
0
0
2
.143

2B
Barney
3
0
0
0
0
0
.125

TOR
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Estrada
6.0
5
3
2
0
7
92-62
2.57

Merritt
4.1
2
0
0
0
3
49-33
0.00

Cecil
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
12-8
0.00

Shaw, B
1.0
2
0
0
0
2
17-12
2.70

Biagini
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
10-6
0.00

Miller, A
2.2
1
0
0
0
1
21-16
0.00

Osuna
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
11-7
0.00

Allen
1.0
1
0
0
0
2
17-12
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Mike Napoli doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Ezequiel Carrera. Francisco Lindor scores. Fielding error by left fielder Ezequiel Carrera.
0-1

3
Carlos Santana homers (2) on a line drive to right field.
0-2

4
Coco Crisp homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.
0-3

Highlights

ALCS Gm5: Napoli doubles, Lindor scores on error (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Homers give Indians lead 3-0 lead in Game 5 (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Shaw fans Carrera, Pillar to end the 5th (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Miller gets huge double play after review (0:20)
ALCS Gm5: Miller retires Barney to end the 8th (0:20)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Bryan Shaw (3-5, 3.24)
Marco Estrada (9-10, 3.48)

Game ended at 6:50 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Jonathan Lucroy could be going to the World Series right now. That must be incredibly satisfying for Indians fans

No, he wanted to play for a team that was going to guarantee him the starting job at catcher for next year. Something the Indians didnt want to do.

Except this isnt the place to do it, take it to the post game discussion or the Indians going to the WS thread, not the serious discussion one.

Anyone can win in the postseason. He doesn't look like that much of an idiot honestly. Only one team can win it all, the rangers were there just as much as the Indians, just didn't win. That's baseball.

Search Reddit for the phrase "Fuck Lucroy" and you'll have your answer.

Personally I'm happy with the outcome. Perez and Gomes have a great report with the pitching staff and can gun down runners. Plus there won't be those uncomfortable questions about Lucroy's future batted around by the media before and during the WS.

Realistically, both of Bautista's minor controversies were a bit overblown. You could see where he was coming from, and he probably just didn't word it right.

But in the playoffs, you can't afford to give the other team bulletin board material to rally around. Great job by Cleveland all around.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CHC
0
0
0
4
1
5
0
0
0
10
13
2

LAD
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
6
4

Box Score

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

2B
Utley
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CF
Fowler
5
1
2
1
0
0
.278

PH-LF-2B
Kendrick
3
0
1
0
0
1
.125

3B
Bryant
2
1
0
0
2
1
.286

SS
Seager, C
3
0
0
0
1
1
.286

1B
Rizzo
5
2
3
3
0
2
.250

3B
Turner
3
0
1
2
1
1
.231

LF
Zobrist
5
1
2
0
0
0
.200

1B
Gonzalez, A
4
0
1
0
0
0
.267

2B
Baez, J
3
1
1
1
1
0
.286

P
Wood, A
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C
Contreras
5
1
1
1
0
2
.222

RF
Reddick
1
0
0
0
0
0
.286

RF
Heyward
5
0
0
1
0
2
.083

PH-2B
Hernandez, E
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

SS
Russell
5
2
3
2
0
0
.214

P
Avilan
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Lackey
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Ruiz
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

P
Montgomery
1
1
1
0
0
0
1.000

CF
Pederson
4
0
1
0
0
2
.200

PH
Soler
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C-1B
Grandal
3
0
0
0
1
1
.111

P
Edwards Jr.
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LF-RF-LF
Toles
3
1
1
0
1
1
.444

P
Wood, T
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Urias, J
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Strop
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Baez, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Almora Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Fields, J
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Rondon
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ethier
0
1
0
0
1
0
.500

P
Stripling
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

RF
Puig
2
0
1
0
0
0
.333

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Urias, J
3.2
4
4
4
2
4
72-48
9.82

Lackey
4.0
3
2
2
3
3
72-41
4.50

Baez, P
0.2
2
1
1
0
1
27-18
3.38

Montgomery
2.0
2
0
0
0
2
26-16
6.23

Fields, J
0.2
0
0
0
0
1
9-6
0.00

Edwards Jr.
0.2
0
0
0
1
1
13-7
0.00

Stripling
0.1
4
5
4
1
0
20-10
27.00

Wood, T
0.1
0
0
0
1
0
4-1
0.00

Avilan
1.2
1
0
0
0
1
24-17
0.00

Strop
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
16-9
4.50

Wood, A
2.0
2
0
0
0
1
32-24
0.00

Rondon
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
18-11
4.50

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

4
Willson Contreras singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Toles. Ben Zobrist scores. Willson Contreras to 2nd. Javier Baez advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by left fielder Andrew Toles.
0-1

4
Jason Heyward grounds out, second baseman Chase Utley to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Javier Baez scores. Willson Contreras to 3rd.
0-2

4
Addison Russell homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Willson Contreras scores.
0-4

5
Anthony Rizzo homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.
0-5

5
Justin Turner singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ben Zobrist, deflected by pitcher Mike Montgomery. Andrew Toles scores. Andre Ethier scores. Howie Kendrick to 3rd.
2-5

6
Dexter Fowler singles on a ground ball to right fielder Andrew Toles. Addison Russell scores. Mike Montgomery to 2nd.
2-6

6
Anthony Rizzo singles on a line drive to right fielder Andrew Toles. Mike Montgomery scores. Dexter Fowler scores. Kris Bryant to 2nd.
2-8

6
Javier Baez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Joc Pederson. Kris Bryant scores. Anthony Rizzo scores. Ben Zobrist to 2nd. Throwing error by center fielder Joc Pederson.
2-10

Highlights

NLCS Gm4: Heyward nabs A-Gon on close play at home (0:12)
NLCS Gm4: Russell cranks a two-run homer off Urias (0:08)
NLCS Gm4: Rizzo rips a two-run single to right field (0:08)
NLCS Gm4: Puig lays out to snag Zobrist's liner (0:27)
NLCS Gm4: Contreras smacks RBI single to open scoring (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Rizzo launches a solo homer to right-center (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Fowler grounds an RBI single to right (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Cubs score two on sacrifice fly, error (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Heyward plates Baez with an RBI groundout (0:27)
NLCS Gm4: Turner gets the Dodgers on the board (0:30)
NLCS Gm4: Urias works out of trouble in the 2nd (0:24)
NLCS Gm4: Statcast measures Contreras' great throw (0:29)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Mike Montgomery (5-5, 2.52)
Julio Urias (5-3, 3.39)

Game ended at 12:12 AM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Series is now a best 2 out of 3. Kind of scary. If the Cubs bats are back for real, they've gotta be the favorites going forward (better regular season team, homefield advantage, starting three ace-quality pitchers). There were about 1,908 articles written yesterday about how the Cubs were "tested for the first time" and that Game 4 "would show what the team was made of," etc….

Shockingly, Game 4 revealed to us that the Cubs are a good team.

Hate to say it, but I don't think you can count Arrieta as an ace right now. He pretty clearly hasn't been the same guy in the 2nd half and playoffs that he was the past couple seasons

Hes been mediocre in the playoffs and 2nd half of the season. Hes definitely not a #2 pitcher right now

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CLE
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1

TOR
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
x
5
9
0

Box Score

TOR

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

RF
Bautista
5
1
0
0
0
1
.071

DH
Santana, C
4
0
0
0
0
1
.143

LF
Upton Jr.
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

2B
Kipnis
4
0
0
0
0
2
.067

3B
Donaldson
3
1
1
1
1
1
.357

SS
Lindor
4
0
0
0
0
0
.267

1B
Encarnacion
4
0
2
2
0
0
.267

1B
Napoli
3
0
0
0
1
2
.167

SS
Tulowitzki
3
1
1
0
1
0
.143

3B
Ramirez, Js
3
0
0
0
0
0
.077

C
Martin, R
3
0
0
0
1
1
.071

RF
Chisenhall
2
0
0
0
0
1
.333

DH
Saunders
4
0
2
0
0
2
.385

PH-CF
Davis, R
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

LF-RF
Carrera
4
1
2
1
0
0
.286

LF
Crisp
2
1
0
0
1
1
.167

CF
Pillar
3
0
0
1
0
1
.077

CF-RF
Naquin
2
0
1
0
0
1
.222

2B
Goins
3
1
1
0
1
2
.200

PH-RF
Guyer
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

TOR
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Sanchez, Aa
6.0
2
1
1
2
5
95-54
1.50

Kluber
5.0
4
2
2
2
7
89-59
1.59

Cecil
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
11-8
0.00

Otero
1.0
2
0
0
0
0
18-11
3.86

Grilli
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
12-6
0.00

Shaw, B
0.1
2
2
1
1
0
15-7
3.86

Osuna
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
10-9
0.00

Clevinger
1.2
1
1
1
1
1
26-14
5.40

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

3
Josh Donaldson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.
1-0

4
Ezequiel Carrera singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Tyler Naquin. Troy Tulowitzki scores. Russell Martin to 2nd.
2-0

5
Roberto Perez doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Ezequiel Carrera. Coco Crisp scores.
2-1

7
Edwin Encarnacion singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Rajai Davis. Ryan Goins scores. Jose Bautista scores. Josh Donaldson out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Rajai Davis to first baseman Mike Napoli to third baseman Jose Ramirez. Edwin Encarnacion to 2nd.
4-1

8
Kevin Pillar out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Brandon Guyer. Ezequiel Carrera scores.
5-1

Highlights

ALCS Gm4: Donaldson opens scoring with solo homer (0:17)
ALCS Gm4: Carrera plates Tulowitzki on single in 4th (0:19)
ALCS Gm4: Donaldson lays out to rob Santana of a hit (0:15)
ALCS Gm4: Encarnacion drives in a pair on single (0:16)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Aaron Sanchez (16-2, 3.0)
Corey Kluber (18-10, 3.14)

Game ended at 7:12 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Fun fact: Since the LCS switched to best-of-7 in 1985, there have been eight LCS sweeps. Seven of those teams lost the World Series.

Sweeps are bad, mkay?

Edit: the one team that won was the 1995 Braves

oh my bad, i was 8 at the time and was are worried about the next episode of Dragon Ball Z and spongebob then baseball, who was the one that had a sweep in the LCS and won the world series?

and if i remember right, who did the braves beat in 1995 to win the world series? >:) ITS THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!

lmao. my man. Last week's episode was a tease, so I'm hoping we get some good action this week. Think Gowasu is actually going to come up big?

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CLE
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1

TOR
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
x
5
9
0

Box Score

TOR

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

RF
Bautista
5
1
0
0
0
1
.071

DH
Santana, C
4
0
0
0
0
1
.143

LF
Upton Jr.
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

2B
Kipnis
4
0
0
0
0
2
.067

3B
Donaldson
3
1
1
1
1
1
.357

SS
Lindor
4
0
0
0
0
0
.267

1B
Encarnacion
4
0
2
2
0
0
.267

1B
Napoli
3
0
0
0
1
2
.167

SS
Tulowitzki
3
1
1
0
1
0
.143

3B
Ramirez, Js
3
0
0
0
0
0
.077

C
Martin, R
3
0
0
0
1
1
.071

RF
Chisenhall
2
0
0
0
0
1
.333

DH
Saunders
4
0
2
0
0
2
.385

PH-CF
Davis, R
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

LF-RF
Carrera
4
1
2
1
0
0
.286

LF
Crisp
2
1
0
0
1
1
.167

CF
Pillar
3
0
0
1
0
1
.077

CF-RF
Naquin
2
0
1
0
0
1
.222

2B
Goins
3
1
1
0
1
2
.200

PH-RF
Guyer
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

TOR
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Sanchez, Aa
6.0
2
1
1
2
5
95-54
1.50

Kluber
5.0
4
2
2
2
7
89-59
1.59

Cecil
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
11-8
0.00

Otero
1.0
2
0
0
0
0
18-11
3.86

Grilli
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
12-6
0.00

Shaw, B
0.1
2
2
1
1
0
15-7
3.86

Osuna
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
10-9
0.00

Clevinger
1.2
1
1
1
1
1
26-14
5.40

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

3
Josh Donaldson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.
1-0

4
Ezequiel Carrera singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Tyler Naquin. Troy Tulowitzki scores. Russell Martin to 2nd.
2-0

5
Roberto Perez doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Ezequiel Carrera. Coco Crisp scores.
2-1

7
Edwin Encarnacion singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Rajai Davis. Ryan Goins scores. Jose Bautista scores. Josh Donaldson out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Rajai Davis to first baseman Mike Napoli to third baseman Jose Ramirez. Edwin Encarnacion to 2nd.
4-1

8
Kevin Pillar out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Brandon Guyer. Ezequiel Carrera scores.
5-1

Highlights

ALCS Gm4: Donaldson opens scoring with solo homer (0:17)
ALCS Gm4: Carrera plates Tulowitzki on single in 4th (0:19)
ALCS Gm4: Donaldson lays out to rob Santana of a hit (0:15)
ALCS Gm4: Encarnacion drives in a pair on single (0:16)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Aaron Sanchez (16-2, 3.0)
Corey Kluber (18-10, 3.14)

Game ended at 7:12 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Fun fact: Since the LCS switched to best-of-7 in 1985, there have been eight LCS sweeps. Seven of those teams lost the World Series.

Sweeps are bad, mkay?

Edit: the one team that won was the 1995 Braves

oh my bad, i was 8 at the time and was are worried about the next episode of Dragon Ball Z and spongebob then baseball, who was the one that had a sweep in the LCS and won the world series?

and if i remember right, who did the braves beat in 1995 to win the world series? >:) ITS THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!

lmao. my man. Last week's episode was a tease, so I'm hoping we get some good action this week. Think Gowasu is actually going to come up big?

Next Day Threads Rules Reminder:

Next Day threads will go up the day after playoff games (shocker). They're for discussing the previous day's game after everyone has had some time to calm down and relax a bit. We're going to be aiming to get them up around noonish eastern time to give all those West coasters a chance to wake up.
We're going to be moderating them more heavily than we would in the post game threads. This isn't a place for memes, jokes, or those sorts of comments that we have in plenty of other places. Rather, this will be focused on more in depth analysis and discussion. We'll be removing those offending comments and encourage you to also report ones you find as well.

Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0

LAD
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
2
x
6
10
0

Box Score

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

2B
Utley
4
0
0
0
0
1
.000

CF
Fowler
4
0
1
0
0
0
.231

P
Jansen
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

3B
Bryant
4
0
2
0
0
2
.333

SS
Seager, C
4
0
3
1
0
1
.364

LF-2B
Zobrist
4
0
0
0
0
0
.100

3B
Turner
4
1
1
1
0
1
.200

1B
Rizzo
3
0
1
0
1
1
.091

1B
Gonzalez, A
4
0
0
0
0
1
.273

2B-SS
Baez, J
4
0
0
0
0
1
.273

RF
Reddick
2
1
1
0
0
0
.333

RF
Soler
1
0
0
0
1
1
.000

PH-RF
Puig
2
1
2
0
0
0
.286

PH-LF
Coghlan
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CF
Pederson
4
1
1
1
0
2
.182

SS
Russell
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Grandal
3
1
1
3
1
1
.167

PH-RF
Heyward
1
0
0
0
0
1
.143

LF
Toles
2
1
1
0
0
0
.500

C
Montero
2
0
0
0
0
0
.250

PH-LF-2B
Kendrick
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

PH-C
Contreras
1
0
0
0
0
1
.250

P
Hill, R
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Arrieta
2
0
0
0
0
2
.000

P
Blanton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Wood, T
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ethier
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500

P
Grimm
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Dayton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Almora Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LF
Hernandez, E
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Montgomery
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Hill, R
6.0
2
0
0
2
6
93-60
0.00

Arrieta
5.0
6
4
4
0
5
83-53
7.20

Blanton
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
13-10
27.00

Wood, T
0.2
1
0
0
1
1
19-12
0.00

Dayton
0.2
1
0
0
0
1
16-11
0.00

Grimm
1.1
1
0
0
0
1
14-10
0.00

Jansen
1.1
1
0
0
0
2
21-15
0.00

Montgomery
1.0
2
2
2
0
1
21-13
11.57

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

3
Corey Seager singles on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Soler. Andrew Toles scores. Corey Seager to 2nd on the throw.
1-0

4
Yasmani Grandal homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Josh Reddick scores.
3-0

6
Justin Turner homers (1) on a line drive to center field.
4-0

8
Joc Pederson doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Chris Coghlan. Yasiel Puig scores.
5-0

8
Yasmani Grandal grounds out, shortstop Javier Baez to first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Joc Pederson scores.
6-0

Highlights

NLCS Gm3: Seager opens the scoring with an RBI single (0:07)
NLCS Gm3: Grandal belts two-run home run in 4th (0:07)
NLCS Gm3: Turner extends lead with solo jack in 6th (0:07)
NLCS Gm3: Statcast measures Grandal's two-run homer (0:24)
NLCS Gm3: Rizzo beats out broken-bat infield single (0:30)
NLCS Gm3: Hill masterful in six scoreless frames (0:30)
NLCS Gm3: Puig legs out single off pitcher's glove (0:30)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Rich Hill (13-5, 2.12)
Jake Arrieta (18-9, 3.1)

Game ended at 11:31 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

With Hill, Jansen, and Turner we're seeing 3 guys who are going to get PAID this offseason. Wonder who, if any, stays with LA.

Agreed. I think the odds of Turner returning are a bit higher though. There's been reports they're already talking about a contract.

He's been quoted as saying that he owes his baseball life to the dodgers and that he can't imagine playing anywhere else. So… combine that with the fact that we don't have a 3rd baseman in our minor league system. I say he gets signed.

I went to high school in Long Beach. I don't think we played Mayfair. Which kinda sucks since it would be a cool story to say I played against him.

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We're going to be moderating them more heavily than we would in the post game threads. This isn't a place for memes, jokes, or those sorts of comments that we have in plenty of other places. Rather, this will be focused on more in depth analysis and discussion. We'll be removing those offending comments and encourage you to also report ones you find as well.

Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0

LAD
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
2
x
6
10
0

Box Score

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

2B
Utley
4
0
0
0
0
1
.000

CF
Fowler
4
0
1
0
0
0
.231

P
Jansen
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

3B
Bryant
4
0
2
0
0
2
.333

SS
Seager, C
4
0
3
1
0
1
.364

LF-2B
Zobrist
4
0
0
0
0
0
.100

3B
Turner
4
1
1
1
0
1
.200

1B
Rizzo
3
0
1
0
1
1
.091

1B
Gonzalez, A
4
0
0
0
0
1
.273

2B-SS
Baez, J
4
0
0
0
0
1
.273

RF
Reddick
2
1
1
0
0
0
.333

RF
Soler
1
0
0
0
1
1
.000

PH-RF
Puig
2
1
2
0
0
0
.286

PH-LF
Coghlan
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CF
Pederson
4
1
1
1
0
2
.182

SS
Russell
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Grandal
3
1
1
3
1
1
.167

PH-RF
Heyward
1
0
0
0
0
1
.143

LF
Toles
2
1
1
0
0
0
.500

C
Montero
2
0
0
0
0
0
.250

PH-LF-2B
Kendrick
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

PH-C
Contreras
1
0
0
0
0
1
.250

P
Hill, R
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Arrieta
2
0
0
0
0
2
.000

P
Blanton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Wood, T
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ethier
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500

P
Grimm
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Dayton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Almora Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LF
Hernandez, E
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Montgomery
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Hill, R
6.0
2
0
0
2
6
93-60
0.00

Arrieta
5.0
6
4
4
0
5
83-53
7.20

Blanton
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
13-10
27.00

Wood, T
0.2
1
0
0
1
1
19-12
0.00

Dayton
0.2
1
0
0
0
1
16-11
0.00

Grimm
1.1
1
0
0
0
1
14-10
0.00

Jansen
1.1
1
0
0
0
2
21-15
0.00

Montgomery
1.0
2
2
2
0
1
21-13
11.57

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

3
Corey Seager singles on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Soler. Andrew Toles scores. Corey Seager to 2nd on the throw.
1-0

4
Yasmani Grandal homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Josh Reddick scores.
3-0

6
Justin Turner homers (1) on a line drive to center field.
4-0

8
Joc Pederson doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Chris Coghlan. Yasiel Puig scores.
5-0

8
Yasmani Grandal grounds out, shortstop Javier Baez to first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Joc Pederson scores.
6-0

Highlights

NLCS Gm3: Seager opens the scoring with an RBI single (0:07)
NLCS Gm3: Grandal belts two-run home run in 4th (0:07)
NLCS Gm3: Turner extends lead with solo jack in 6th (0:07)
NLCS Gm3: Statcast measures Grandal's two-run homer (0:24)
NLCS Gm3: Rizzo beats out broken-bat infield single (0:30)
NLCS Gm3: Hill masterful in six scoreless frames (0:30)
NLCS Gm3: Puig legs out single off pitcher's glove (0:30)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Rich Hill (13-5, 2.12)
Jake Arrieta (18-9, 3.1)

Game ended at 11:31 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

This was the first postseason game in a long time where i did not feel like something terrible was about to happen.

That Washington series was stressful as all hell. Sunday's lead was one swing away from evaporating. This game was a welcome breath of fresh air.

Prior to elimination games, queasiness (while winning) doesn't begin until the ~5th inning. But that's just me

EDIT: We weren't winning yet but for the same reason, too much game left for that whole "Man I hope we don't blow this" thing to surface just yet

With Hill, Jansen, and Turner we're seeing 3 guys who are going to get PAID this offseason. Wonder who, if any, stays with LA.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

CLE
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
7
0

TOR
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
7
0

Box Score

TOR

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

RF
Bautista
3
0
1
0
1
1
.111

DH
Santana, C
4
1
0
0
1
0
.200

3B
Donaldson
3
0
1
0
1
0
.364

2B
Kipnis
4
1
1
1
0
0
.091

1B
Encarnacion
4
0
0
0
0
0
.182

SS
Lindor
3
0
0
0
1
2
.364

SS
Tulowitzki
3
0
0
0
1
1
.091

1B
Napoli
3
2
2
2
1
1
.222

C
Martin, R
4
0
0
0
0
3
.091

3B
Ramirez, Js
4
0
1
1
0
0
.100

DH
Saunders
3
1
1
1
0
1
.333

RF
Chisenhall
4
0
0
0
0
1
.400

PH-DH
Navarro
1
0
1
0
0
0
1.000

LF
Crisp
3
0
1
0
1
0
.250

CF
Pillar
4
0
1
0
0
1
.100

LF
Davis, R
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

LF
Carrera
3
1
2
0
0
0
.200

CF
Naquin
4
0
1
0
0
2
.143

PH
Upton Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Perez, R
4
0
1
0
0
2
.111

2B
Goins
2
0
0
1
0
0
.000

PH
Smoak
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

2B
Barney
1
0
0
0
0
0
.200

TOR
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Stroman
5.1
3
4
4
3
5
94-59
6.75

Bauer
0.2
0
0
0
2
1
21-9
0.00

Biagini
0.2
1
0
0
0
0
14-11
0.00

Otero
1.1
2
1
1
0
0
20-15
6.75

Grilli
0.2
1
0
0
0
1
10-6
0.00

Manship
1.1
1
0
0
0
1
20-12
0.00

Cecil
1.1
0
0
0
1
1
15-8
0.00

McAllister
1.0
1
1
1
0
0
12-9
9.00

Osuna
1.0
2
0
0
0
1
15-9
0.00

Shaw, B
1.2
2
0
0
0
2
28-16
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Mike Napoli doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Kevin Pillar, deflected by right fielder Jose Bautista. Carlos Santana scores.
0-1

2
Michael Saunders homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.
1-1

4
Mike Napoli homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.
1-2

5
Ryan Goins grounds out, pitcher Zach McAllister to shortstop Francisco Lindor to first baseman Mike Napoli. Ezequiel Carrera scores.
2-2

6
Jason Kipnis homers (1) on a line drive to right center field.
2-3

6
Jose Ramirez singles on a line drive to right fielder Jose Bautista. Mike Napoli scores.
2-4

Highlights

ALCS Gm3: Bauer exits with finger wound in the 1st (0:20)
ALCS Gm3: Saunders hits a solo home run to left (0:19)
NLCS Gm3: Napoli smacks RBI double, belts solo homer (0:20)
ALCS Gm3: Kipnis gives Tribe lead with solo homer (0:19)
ALCS Gm3: Crisp saves a run with a sliding catch (0:20)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Bryan Shaw (3-5, 3.24)
Marcus Stroman (9-11, 4.37)

Game ended at 11:36 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Did anyone else think the Jays looked completely deflated? They were swinging out of their shoes at bad pitches, and taking strikes right down the middle. It looked like they were desperately praying to run into a ball and hit a homer.

The Blue Jays also haven't been playing great baseball for a while. In September and October (reg + post), they're 17-19 (.472) with a -5 run differential.

That's kinda been the story of this team this past year. When they're down, it's long ball or nothing. Shame too because they're arguably a more well rounded team than last year but the bats just haven't been there for like a month (excluding the ALDS)

It's like they refuse to foul pitches off to see another. If they can't crush it, they let it go.

That's surprising to hear, we've had 6 months to get used to it.

How long you need to keep that awful flair, btw?

Quietest game in Toronto all season I would imagine. Fans just had very little to be excited about for 9 innings.

Certainly they seemed to be just praying for the best and keep getting frustrated. So amazed that they still haven't figured out Miller at least little bit yet, like Miller is an amazing pitcher, but come on, as major league team with one of the better offenses, should put some effort trying to figure stuff out.

Same thing applies to Allen too, it's like Jays hitters are only looking for heaters and trying to hit dongs instead of figuring out breaking pitches (Miller's slider or Allen's Knuckle Curve) when Indians pitchers just throw them more than half of the time.

Cleveland pictching hasn't been making any mistakes whatsoever.

This offense is feast or famine. They love to pull the ball and hit fastballs.

So what happens when you throw plenty of offspeed on the corners? Weak contact.

Shatkins will need to retool the offense with younger guys and with players who aren't all or nothing. It wouldn't hurt to bring Edwin back, though. And maybe a rightfielder who isn't egotistical.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

LAD
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1

CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0

Box Score

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CF
Fowler
4
0
0
0
0
1
.222

2B
Utley
3
0
0
0
1
2
.000

3B
Bryant
4
0
0
0
0
2
.250

SS
Seager, C
3
0
0
0
1
1
.143

1B
Rizzo
3
0
0
0
1
0
.000

3B
Turner
2
0
0
0
1
0
.167

LF
Zobrist
3
0
0
0
0
1
.167

1B
Gonzalez, A
3
1
1
1
1
1
.429

SS
Russell
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000

RF
Reddick
4
0
1
0
0
0
.250

2B
Baez, J
3
0
1
0
0
1
.429

P
Jansen
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C
Contreras
3
0
1
0
0
2
.333

CF
Pederson
3
0
0
0
1
0
.143

RF
Heyward
3
0
0
0
0
0
.167

C
Grandal
1
0
0
0
2
0
.000

P
Hendricks
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

LF
Toles
2
0
0
0
0
1
.500

P
Edwards Jr.
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH-LF
Hernandez, E
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Soler
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

P
Kershaw
3
0
1
0
0
1
.333

P
Montgomery
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

RF
Puig
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Strop
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Montero
1
0
0
0
0
1
.500

P
Chapman
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Hendricks
5.1
3
1
1
4
5
91-54
1.69

Kershaw
7.0
2
0
0
1
6
84-55
0.00

Edwards Jr.
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
2-2
0.00

Jansen
2.0
0
0
0
0
4
18-16
0.00

Montgomery
1.0
0
0
0
2
1
18-8
6.75

Strop
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
14-9
9.00

Chapman
1.0
0
0
0
1
0
14-7
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

2
Adrian Gonzalez homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.
0-1

Highlights

NLCS Gm2: Adrian opens scoring with solo homer on FS1 (0:07)
NLCS Gm2: Baez starts heads-up double play on FS1 (0:10)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Clayton Kershaw (13-4, 1.69)
Kyle Hendricks (16-9, 2.13)

Game ended at 10:56 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

Cubs: .177/.261/.387
Dodgers: .197/.319/.311

Both teams struggling offensively, pretty badly. Corey Seager and Anthony Rizzo are both big bats that have gone silent. Tomorrow's matchup features Hill vs. Arrieta.

Last night was just Kershaw doing Kershaw things. Kershaw leads the league in fastballs down the heart of the plate. He throws first pitch fastball ~70% of the time, generating a first pitch swing percent of ~33%, yet has one of the lowest first pitch OPS, at .472. He threw just 9 curveballs, relying on just 2 pitches last night to allow only 3 baserunners.

The Dodgers still went 0-7 with RISP, while the Cubs went 0-1. Dodgers need to capitalize if they expect to win.

EDIT:

For what it's worth, these were 538's MLB statistical matchups for the series:

format is pitcher (statistical chance of winning)

Dodgers
Cubs

Game 1
Maeda (32%)
Lester (68%)

Game 2
Kershaw (46%)
Hendricks (54%)

Game 3
Hill (50%)
Arrieta (50%)

Game 4
– (53%)
Lackey (47%)

Game 5
– (50%)
– (50%)

Game 6
– (41%)
– (59%)

Game 7
– (41%)
– (59%)

To be fair, both teams have only faced amazing pitching. What did we expect?

Dodgers: Scherzer (x2), Hendricks, Lester, Roark, and even Gio Gonzalez and Joe Ross are decent, plus Chapman and Melancon, etc…
Cubs: Cueto, Bumgarner, Moore, Kershaw, Maeda, Jansen, etc…

I think there's too much blame being put on the hitters and not enough credit being given to the pitchers.

Overall ERA (regular season) of the opposition's starters

Cubs opposing starters: 3.02ERA
Dodgers opposing starters: 3.00ERA

I was too lazy to calculate all of the relief pitchers used

It warms my heart seeing Karl on these "great pitching" lists when we talk about rough days for an offense.

Dodgers really missed a lot of opportunities to increase their lead. There were a few times with guys on first and second and they didn't even move them over.

Also, whatever the fuck Puig's bunt was last night.

Whoever has been complaining about games going too long hasn't watched much of the Championship series. That game was two hours and forty five minutes.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

TOR
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1

CLE
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
x
2
4
0

Box Score

CLE

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

TOR

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CF
Davis, R
4
1
0
0
0
0
.000

LF
Carrera
4
0
0
0
0
1
.000

2B
Kipnis
4
0
0
0
0
0
.000

3B
Donaldson
4
0
1
1
0
1
.375

SS
Lindor
4
0
2
1
0
1
.500

1B
Encarnacion
3
0
0
0
1
1
.286

1B
Napoli
3
0
0
0
0
1
.000

RF
Bautista
3
0
0
0
1
2
.000

DH
Santana, C
2
1
1
1
1
1
.333

SS
Tulowitzki
4
0
0
0
0
0
.125

3B
Ramirez, Js
3
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Martin, R
3
0
1
0
0
2
.143

LF
Guyer
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000

DH
Saunders
2
0
0
0
0
2
.333

RF
Chisenhall
3
0
1
0
0
0
.667

PH-DH
Upton Jr.
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

C
Perez, R
2
0
0
0
1
2
.000

CF
Pillar
3
0
0
0
0
1
.000

CLE
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

TOR
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Tomlin
5.2
3
1
1
2
6
85-52
1.59

Happ
5.0
4
2
2
1
4
94-62
3.60

Shaw, B
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
6-4
0.00

Biagini
2.0
0
0
0
1
2
29-15
0.00

Miller, A
2.0
0
0
0
0
5
24-18
0.00

Osuna
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
13-10
0.00

Allen
1.0
0
0
0
0
2
13-8
0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

2
Carlos Santana homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.
1-0

3
Josh Donaldson doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall. Darwin Barney scores.
1-1

3
Francisco Lindor singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kevin Pillar. Rajai Davis scores.
2-1

Highlights

ALCS Gm2: Santana belts a solo shot on TBS (0:17)
ALCS Gm2: Donaldson plates Barney on double on TBS (0:19)
ALCS Gm2: Davis helps create go-ahead run on TBS (0:19)
ALCS Gm2: Miller strikes out the side in order on TBS (0:19)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Josh Tomlin (14-9, 4.4)
J.A. Happ (20-5, 3.18)

Game ended at 6:56 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

I'd say he's definitely the early favourite. Especially when you consider that with the off days he could reasonably end up pitching in 6 or even all 7 games.

With the Indians offence being how it is there is no doubt miller has a shot.. But the series isn't over I wouldn't count them out yet

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

LAD
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
4
9
0

CHC
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
5
x
8
9
0

Box Score

CHC

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CF
Fowler
5
2
2
1
0
1
.400

LF
Kendrick
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000

3B
Bryant
4
0
2
1
1
0
.500

PH-2B
Utley
1
1
0
0
1
0
.000

1B
Rizzo
5
0
0
0
0
2
.000

3B
Turner
4
0
1
0
0
0
.250

LF
Zobrist
3
1
1
0
1
0
.333

SS
Seager, C
4
0
1
0
0
2
.250

SS
Russell
4
0
0
0
0
1
.000

RF
Puig
4
0
0
0
0
1
.000

RF
Heyward
3
2
1
0
1
0
.333

P
Blanton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

2B
Baez, J
4
1
2
1
0
0
.500

P
Dayton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C
Ross, D
3
0
0
0
0
1
.000

1B
Gonzalez, A
4
0
2
2
0
1
.500

PH
Coghlan
0
1
0
0
1
0
.000

C
Ruiz
2
0
0
0
0
0
.000

C
Contreras
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH-C
Grandal
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

P
Lester
0
0
0
0
2
0
.000

2B-RF
Hernandez, E
2
0
0
0
2
0
.000

PH
Soler
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CF
Pederson
4
1
1
0
0
2
.250

P
Wood, T
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Maeda
1
0
1
0
0
0
1.000

P
Edwards Jr.
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH
Ethier
1
1
1
1
0
0
1.000

P
Montgomery
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Baez, P
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Strop
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Stripling
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Chapman
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH-LF
Toles
2
1
2
1
0
0
1.000

PH
Montero
1
1
1
4
0
0
1.000

P
Rondon
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CHC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Lester
6.0
4
1
1
1
3
77-47
1.50

Maeda
4.0
4
3
3
3
2
66-41
6.75

Wood, T
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
3-1
0.00

Baez, P
2.0
1
0
0
1
3
34-21
0.00

Edwards Jr.
0.1
0
0
0
1
1
11-6
0.00

Stripling
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
10-6
0.00

Montgomery
0.1
1
1
1
0
1
5-5
27.00

Blanton
0.2
4
5
5
2
0
28-13
67.50

Strop
0.0
1
1
1
1
0
10-4
-.–

Dayton
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
3-3
0.00

Chapman
1.0
1
0
0
0
2
17-13
0.00

Rondon
1.0
2
1
1
0
0
15-11
9.00

Scoring Plays

Inning
Event
Score

1
Kris Bryant doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Joc Pederson. Dexter Fowler scores.
1-0

2
Javier Baez doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Joc Pederson. Jason Heyward scores.
2-0

2
With Jon Lester batting, Javier Baez steals (1) home.
3-0

5
Andre Ethier homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.
3-1

8
Adrian Gonzalez singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Dexter Fowler. Andrew Toles scores. Chase Utley scores. Justin Turner to 3rd.
3-3

8
Miguel Montero hits a grand slam (1) to right field. Ben Zobrist scores. Jason Heyward scores. Chris Coghlan scores.
7-3

8
Dexter Fowler homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.
8-3

9
Andrew Toles doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Dexter Fowler. Joc Pederson scores.
8-4

Highlights

NLCS Gm1: Zobrist cuts down Gonzalez at the plate (0:08)
NLCS Gm1: Baez steals home in the 2nd inning (0:07)
NLCS Gm1: Adrian ties game with two-run single in 8th (0:07)
NLCS Gm1: Montero belts grand slam to give Cubs lead (0:07)
NLCS Gm1: Statcast measures Bryant's RBI double (0:43)
NLCS Gm1: Fowler makes a spectacular diving snag (0:19)

Decisions

Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

Aroldis Chapman (5-1, 1.55)
Joe Blanton (7-3, 2.48)

Game ended at 11:50 PM EDT.

Here is what the baseball community thinks;

I bet we keep him. He loves Chicago and the Cubs don't really have anything they NEED to acquire this offseason. We'll probably either keep Fowler or Chapman and I'm hoping it's Fowler.

They need room for Almora. He's major league ready for his glove alone, and he's not been completely inept at the plate. Why pay Fowler when they can bring up Almora and use the Fowler money to try and keep Chapman?

You can keep both. The Cubs payroll is still relatively low compared to our market size. It would probably lead to a Soler trade in the offseason, and let Almora become the 4th outfielder.

The real problem is that Baez needs to play every day, he's shown that. So assume that pushes Zobrist to the outfield, then you've got Zobrist-Fowler-Heyward, with Schwarber, Soler, Almora all jockeying for spot starts? Even if you deal Soler, Schwarber needs to be on the field as much as possible as well. It's getting very crowded, I just can't imagine they pay up to keep Fowler unless he wants to take less and stay. And in this offseasons outfielder market, he's going to get PAID.

If I'm the FO, i wanna see how Schwarber has recovered and can handle real game time before dealing Jorge.

That's a fair point. Soler also hasn't regained his value from last season. So it probably doesn't make sense to deal him yet.

If you're the FO you should still be kicking yourself for not trading him to an AL team, where he belongs as a DH, before the injury.

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Box score can be found here.

Cleveland now leads the best of seven series 1-0.

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Here is what the baseball community thinks;

All it took was one bad pitch from the Jays and the Tribe made them pay. Also glad Kluber lasted 6.1 innings. Gotta save that pen for game 4

I think we're one of the best teams in baseball at playing with a win. If we have a lead going into the 6th inning, we're usually going to close it out.

one terrible call from martin. lindor was late on every fastball just enough to foul them off, it was obvious he was looking changeup, so obviously martin calls for a changeup and lindor didn't miss it

You can't keep calling for the same pitch over and over again. If anything I wanted a breaking ball with two strikes but not another fastball

Estrada throws a curve and a cutter, both of which are above average and both of which had been thrown like once all game until that point. When he kept fouling fastball, Martin should have called one of those two pitches.

It really did look like he could get that curve for a strike whenever he wanted. The hitters just weren't looking for it at all.

He missed his spot though.

Martin is set up outside here: http://i.imgur.com/p0ueCaT.jpg but look where the pitch ends: http://i.imgur.com/ArS9jmb.jpg

I think the change up was the right call right there, he was cruising with the change up.

Marco Estrada missed his spot to Francisco Lindor. A change-up caught too much of the plate. "It’s killing me right now," Estrada said.

Bullpen should be set loose tonight. With an off day tomorrow, no reason to rest any pieces if the need for bullpen help arises tonight.

You guys stole it, and good on you. Seemed like it would be our night with how many runners we put on against Kluber.

Also we have know for a year and a half how good Marco Estrada is, but he's at the point where throwing a complete game allowing 3 runs or less is just… normal. He's been unreal.

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Line Score – Final

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

LAD
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
8
0

WSH
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
7
0

Box Score

WSH

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

LAD

AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
BA

CF-2B
Turner, T
5
0
1
0
0
1
.318

2B
Utley
3
0
0
0
0
1
.188

RF
Harper
3
0
1
0
2
1
.235

PH-C
Ruiz
2
1
1
1
0
1
.500

LF
Werth
3
0
0
0
2
3
.389

SS
Seager, C
5
0
0
0
0
1
.130

2B-1B
Murphy, Dn
3
1
1
0
2
0
.438

3B
Turner
4
0
1
2
1
1
.400

3B
Rendon
4
0
0
0
0
2
.150

1B
Gonzalez, A
4
0
1
0
0
1
.200

P
Melancon
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

RF
Reddick
4
0
1
0
0
1
.267

PH
Difo
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

CF
Pederson
3
1
2
1
1
0
.333

1B
Zimmerman
2
0
1
0
1
0
.353

C
Grandal
1
0
0
0
2
1
.125

P
Solis
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PR
Barnes, A
0
1
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Kelley
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Dayton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Perez, O
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Jansen
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

3B
Drew
0
0
0
0
1
0
.000

P
Kershaw
0
0
0
0
0
0
.333

SS
Espinosa
3
1
1
1
1
0
.143

LF
Toles
2
0
1
0
0
0
.222

C
Lobaton
2
0
0
0
0
1
.222

PH-LF
Kendrick
1
1
1
0
1
0
.333

PH
Heisey
1
1
1
2
0
0
.250

P
Hill, R
1
0
0
0
0
0
.333

C
Severino
1
0
0
0
0
0
.100

P
Blanton
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Scherzer
2
0
0
0
0
2
.000

PH
Ethier
1
0
0
0
0
1
.500

P
Rzepczynski
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Urias, J
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

P
Treinen
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

PH-2B
Culberson
2
0
0
0
0
1
.000

1B
Robinson, C
1
0
1
0
0
0
.667

PR
Ross, J
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000

CF
Taylor
1
0
0
0
0
1
.000

WSH
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

LAD
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
P-S
ERA

Scherzer
6.0
5
1
1
2
7
99-65
3.75

Hill, R
2.2
3
1
1
2
6
55-34
6.43

Rzepczynski
0.0
0
1
1
1
0
4-0
4.50

Blanton
1.1
0
0
0
0
0
18-12
0.00

Treinen
0.1
1
1
1
0
1
6-4
6.75

Urias, J
2.0
1
0
0
2
1
30-16
0.00

Solis
0.1
1
1
1
0
0
9-6
1.93

Dayton
0.0
2
2
2
1
0
13-7
16.20

Kelley
0.0
1
0
0
0
0
3-1
0.00

Jansen
2.1
1
0
0
4
4
51-29
6.75

Perez, O
1.0
0
0
0
1
0
13-8
0.00