Chicago Cubs Knock off St. Louis to Cardinals to Advance to NLCS

The only starter manager Mike Matheny could really trust in the NL Division Series was John Lackey, and even that didn’t pan out in the elimination Game 4. But getting close to the field is another thing.

St. Louis equalized in the sixth after Jason Heyward and Jhonny Peralta hit back-to-back singles.

The banged-up Cardinals had reached the NLCS in the last four years. They will tell you about a collapse of epic proportions. Watching them play the game reminds me of when I was a kid playing sports. Their rotation specifically had a 2.99 ERA, which was not only the lowest in baseball, it was the lowest by any team since the 2011 Phillies (2.86 ERA) and the second lowest since the 1988 Mets (2.86 ERA). He’s also due for free agency and the team’s level of interest isn’t clear. A season in which the “leader” of this team is a mere 26 year old. These were the two runs that Hammel gave up in his three innings of work as he allowed three hits while walking three and striking out two. I mean, the night he won the title four years ago, he took a limo straight to his home in Chicago and partied with Cabana and Steel in the streets with a Cubs hat on. 289 with a homer and 4 RBIs in 28 games.

Louis Cardinals kept losing players and winning games, eventually recording the majors’ first 100-win season since 2011, there was a suspicion that they could run into trouble in the playoffs due to an inconsistent offense. “I knew adrenaline would take over”, Kershaw said. Their lineup is loaded with power hitters and it is done them well to this point. Instead, he watched every pitch, hit and run at Roadhouse 66 along North Clark Street. Schwarber is 22 years old.

“We’re trying to win baseball games”, says David Ross, who isn’t exactly young or dumb himself.

Hoping to score tickets to see the Chicago Cubs play in the National League Championship Series? “It’s just the fact you’re going to be there”, said die-hard Cubs fan Joe Kozar. “We just fell a little short”. The stadium shook when Yadier Molina was announced as the starting catcher. It puts the Cubs just one step away from the Word Series, which they haven’t won since 1908.

Baidas said there was, though, one minor drawback about attending the deciding game against St. Louis: “you didn’t want to leave your seat to go to the bathroom-because you thought you might miss something”. You used to sit at Wrigley, drink a few Old Style beers and understand that the “W” flag probably wouldn’t fly that day.