Cubs Advance to NLCS; Mets & Dodgers to Play Game 5 on Thursday

The source did not say what the Cubs will do with the ball once the postseason is over, but for now, it will serve as a memento of the Game 4 NL Division Series win. (Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS) The St. Louis Cardinals’ Tony Cruz is tagged out at the plate by Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Montero, left, to end the top of the sixth inning in Game 4 of the NLDS at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.

“But we’re going to celebrate this”, he added as his fellow Cubs players, coaches and executives got into champagne-soaked party mode – both in the clubhouse and out on the field. “I feel like they’re more nervous than we are and [have] more got anxiety when things go wrong”. “It’s been a long time coming for this city, and hopefully it’s just a sign of thing stop come”. If you believe that’s true it makes Chicago’s win more impressive than it already is, but the feat itself will still be overshadowed by the fact that it’s Chicago’s first series win at home – ever.

Maddon said they haven’t made a decision on Russell’s replacement for the NLCS roster against the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Mets, which must be submitted by Saturday morning.

Clayton Kershaw had eight strikeouts and allowed one run in seven innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field.

The ball landed on top of the right-field video board.

Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez connected home runs in the victory in their century-old ballpark. “But you’ve got to know the Cardinals never quit … and they’re going to fight until the last out”. Jason Hammel, 33, started the clincher for the Cubs on Tuesday.

Slugging heroics sparked the Cubs, who blasted a major league playoff record nine homers in consecutive games.

The NL playoffs opened with Arrieta tossing a five-hit shutout in the wild-card game against the Pirates, and the Cubs just kept on rolling against the Cardinals.

It’s the first time in 12 years that the Cubs will be playing in a league championship. “I think he was relieved in a sense so he didn’t have to push it right now”.

The Mets answered on Daniel Murphy’s solo homer in the fourth and threatened in the eighth after Curtis Granderson and David Wright each walked with two outs. The Cubs are guaranteed at least two home games in the NLCS, and ticket prices are averaging over $1,300 on the secondary market.

Molina could only watch as the Cardinals were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs for the first time in their active run of five consecutive postseason appearances.

Addison Russell will miss the NLCS with a hamstring injury.