Major League Baseball Playoffs Standings, Bracket & Schedule: Cubs Advance to NLCS; Blue Jays

The final Championship Series spot will be decided with a Game 5 between the Mets and host Dodgers – the victor advances to play the slugging Chicago Cubs. “We got the wins that we needed, and we’re going to go party for a little while, and take a day off and get ready for the NLCS and it will be a lot of fun”. The last two of the four by third baseman Justin Turner and right fielder Andre Ethier brought home shortstop Corey Seager and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, respectively, for a 2-1 Los Angeles lead.

My advice to the Dodgers is to lay off the pitches out of the zone and to dial in and attack early to ensure that Greinke isn’t shaken in the latter half of the game. Jacob deGrom starts for the Mets.

New York is looking to reach the World Series for the first time in 15 years, the longest absence in franchise history, but one the Cubs and all their pained, loyal followers would certainly scoff at.

However, those prices pale in comparison to the Cubs, who are generating an average price above $1,100 at each of their three potential games at Wrigley Field.

The Toronto Blue Jays were down 0-2 in their series against the Texas Rangers, but have rallied back to even the series, 2-2. Cole Hamels will get the start against Marcus Stroman. Add both together, and deGrom has 21 strikeouts and zero runs allowed in 14.2 innings versus Los Angeles. And that comes from Joe Maddon. The Blue Jays used David Price in a relief position for Game 4, which worked. “We should have won this game”. We’ll find out soon if that was a wise decision. You just can’t count out these Royals, who are after all the defending AL champions.

In fact, it was deGrom who broke the streak with an RBI ground out in the third inning, but Greinke still pitched quite well with just two runs allowed in seven innings.

In just a few words, we can say that Chicago defeated the best team in baseball the St. Louis Cardinals by displaying a very solid execution of passion, hard work and talent not seen in decades. Cueto is a dominant ace pitcher, but he has struggled big time in the postseason with a career 5.52 playoff ERA.