Playoff Power: 20 homers in 1 day a postseason record

With Jake Arrieta on the mound tonight, the Cubs probably didn’t think they would need a whole lot of run production.

Wacha is cool and all, but Arrieta is on another planet right now and has to be the pick until he comes back to earth. Their 100-62 regular-season mark was the best record in baseball. He had a 1.213 WHIP and averaged 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.

Soler also doubled and walked twice in the Cubs’ first postseason victory due to the fact 2003.

Lackey is 2-0 with a 2.42 ERA in four postseason starts on three days’ rest, with two of those outings following a start. The Cubs slashed.301/.376/.542 in games against Wacha this season. He also was the biggest challenge for the St. Louis Cardinals, who insist they will be ready for the first playoff game at Wrigley Field in seven years.

While the Dodgers managed to rally to even up their series with the Mets, Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros slipped up early but settled in and eventually evened the odds against the reigning American League Champions Kansas City Royals. He has a 4.86 ERA against the Cubbies.

Having played small ball to win Game 2 in St. Louis – “I love that word!”

But it was blowing for the Cardinals, too, in this critical Game 3 of the National League Division Series.

But as discouraging as all of the Cubs’ numbers may be, the Cardinals can take a few heart from a few of their own.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta talks with teammates before an…

Manager Joe Maddon is excited about returning to Wrigley, where he hopes to go up two games to one in the best of five series. “And we saw a few times where it just looked like something was out of sync”. The Cubs are lucky enough to have both, and Maddon stretches those traits to the absolute maximum to give his team an advantage. “I don’t think any of us do. We did not win yesterday but we have been not overwhelmed by anything”. Over his last 16 starts – including a shutout of the Pirates in the NL wild-card game – Arrieta is 13-1 with a 0.70 ERA, and the Cubs haven’t lost with him on the mound since July 25.

Adrian Gonzalez hit a go-ahead, two-run double during Los Angeles’ four-run surge in the seventh to come from behind and beat the Mets at Dodger Stadium. Being that they are a young team, I figured it would take the Cubs a year or two to get where they wanted to be.

In 2015, Wacha has been tougher on left-handed batters (.215 batting average against) than right-handed batters (.253 batting average against). Additionally, righty Starlin Castro is due for a breakout performance after only managing two hits thus far in the postseason. “He got a ball up where I could hit it hard”. When he has faced a right-handed pitcher this season, Schwarber slashed.278/.396/.557 with 14 home runs and 32 RBIs. Now the Major League Baseball Odds for the game have the Cubs as the heavy favorite to get the job done.

This was LeBron scoring just 15 points in a playoff game but the Cavaliers still winning.

Lackey faces the task of shutting down the Cubs’ power.

“I want to win championships”.

The young sluggers of the Chicago Cubs are making themselves at home in the playoffs.

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