Harvey and Murphy lead Mets over Cubs 4-2 in NLCS opener

Guess they’ll have to play the series to find out. But between 1909 and 1945, Chicago’s NL team reached the World Series seven times – and lost every time.

Further exacerbating those issues was Harvey being the only Met to arrive late for a mandatory team workout prior to Game 1 of the NLDS.

Needless to say, the Mets don’t see that regular season dominance as important in the postseason. “But this is a different team”.

It has been a rough decade for both the Cubs and the Mets which has caused even more hype in this series for the two franchises. He was on the roster for the wild-card game win at Pittsburgh, then was replaced by pitcher Jason Hammel for the Division Series.

Matt Harvey, Daniel Murphy and the New York Mets have a mind to make a few history of their own, the kind that would break Chicago Cubs hearts one more time. Game time is set for 8:07 p.m.at Citi Field in Queens, New York, on Saturday, October 17 – 7:07 p.m. Central Time, 5:07 p.m. Pacific. Of course, his homer against a right-hander was the decisive shot in Game 5 of the division series against Zack Greinke, which allowed the Mets to advance. He was signed as a minor league free agent August. 24 after being released by the Red Sox.

Volquez had a phenomenal ALCS Game 1 performance against the Toronto Blue Jays, where he tossed six shutout innings, allowing only two hits to an offense that led the league in runs scored during the regular season. That was right after Harvey made comments in support of Boras’ wish to place strict limits on him, rather than giving cause to think Harvey would do all he could to help the Mets win a championship. Jeurys Familia got four outs for his third playoff save and the Mets jumped ahead in their first NLCS since 2006. But they have never faced the Cubs in the postseason and have not won a World Series since 1986, or appeared in one since 2000.

The Cubs won’t have their starting shortstop, but if they need a stolen base they’ll have Quintin Berry during the National League Championship Series. Login credentials from a cable or satellite provider will be required to access the live stream.

The potential pitching matchups stand out with Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester on Chicago’s side and a deep rotation that includes deGrom, Syndergaard, Matt Harvey and Steven Matz for New York.