Cubs close out St Louis to advance to National League Championship Series

Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo celebrates with fans after a 6-4 series-clinching victory against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the NLDS at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. “It’s been a long time coming for this city, and hopefully it’s just a sign of things to 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.

Schwarber’s blast – which came in the Cubs’ first series-clinching win at Wrigley Field – traveled an estimated 438 feet before landing under the big Budweiser sign on the Sheffield Avenue side of the stadium.

Dodgers 3, Mets 1: Clayton Kershaw finally came through in October, just in time to save Los Angeles from another early exit.

The Cubs, who used seven relief pitchers, will next face either the New York Mets or the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Championship Series which is scheduled to start on Saturday. The Cubs skipper is likely to go with the left-hander Lester in Game 1 and Arrieta in Game 2, simply because the innings are piling up on Arrieta like never before and in his last outing he was not almost as sharp as he has been.

Middletown native Kyle Schwarber’s towering home run he hit yesterday is about to be protected by a plastic case and security guards, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The Cardinals led the major leagues with 100 wins but could only watch from the dugout while the Cubs danced with joy.

Many Chicago Cubs fans said that if the Cubs only went to the Wild Card game in Pittsburgh and lost in a one and done deal, it would still have been an excellent season.

The Cardinals failed to reach the NL Championship Series after playing there the past four years.

“We just beat the best team in baseball”.

The movie’s screenwriter, Bob Gales, said the Cubs winning the World Series was meant as a joke. A couple of singles, a groundout and a strikeout brought Hammel to the plate with two down, but he surprised with a single up the middle off John Lackey that scored one run.

The Cardinals tied the game at 4-4 with two runs off Cubs reliever Trevor Cahill in the sixth, on an RBI double from Tony Cruz and an RBI single from Brandon Moss. “I haven’t gotten any finalized conclusions from anybody yet”, Maddon said.