Utley’s hearing scheduled for Monday

The Mets and Dodgers are facing off on Thursday night in Game 5 of the NLDS, and the victor of this game will go on to face the Cubs in the NLCS.

The Dodgers are trying to advance to the NL Championship Series for the first time in two years.

With Greinke and deGrom meeting, Kershaw says the series is “dead-even”. Fans rose to their feet, sensing a chance to take advantage of the Dodgers’ weak bullpen, but Daniel Murphy popped out to right field to end the threat. Yes, there was a “We want Utley!” chant during the second at-bat of the game, but that faded away quickly. Well, yes-and sorry. Matt Harvey started and wasn’t very good, just good enough. “You don’t get many pitches to drive against him”.

Consider that during the regular season, he posted one of the best ERAs of all-time (post Deadball era) at 1.66 to go along with a 19-3 record, 0.84 WHIP and 200 strikeouts in 222 2/3 innings. As one of two right-handers on the Dodgers’ postseason roster, he has allowed two or fewer runs 27 times. “C’mon, guys”, I murmured, taking my seat, whereupon the Royals produced five consecutive base hits, then accepted a bad-hop, two-run infield error, and wound up their inning with a 7-6 lead, which shortly became a 9-6 win, tying the series at two games apiece.

“He’ll paint the corners”.

Tonight’s starter for the Citi Field Mets, Steven Matz, hasn’t pitched since September 24th because of back issues. Right now, the Mets want deGrom to take the ball in these situations over any of their coveted young arms. “But if he elevates, be aggressive with that and hit the ball hard somewhere and just try to keep him in the middle of the plate”. For Los Angeles, it’s no more complicated than getting the very best it can out of one of the best pitchers in the world.

“He played at Philly”, Mattingly said.

Pretty basic, yet as a scout said, “With him it’s vital, but it’s also easier said than done”.

If Grandal can’t go, A.J. Ellis would start. Postseason.TV costs $4.99 and allows users to watch live alternative video feeds (different from the regular TBS broadcast and with no announcers) of the game.

Cano hit. 287 with 21 home runs and 79 RBIs in 156 games this year. DeGrom, a long-haired 27-year-old with a fastball that reaches the upper 90s in m.p.h., struck out 13 over seven scoreless innings in which he allowed only five hits. “Thank God, the most important thing is I feel good”. Johnson as 0-3 with one save and a 10.13 ERA in 23 games for Los Angeles after being acquired from Atlanta on July 30….

“If you look at how I pitched them last time, I threw more fastballs to their righties and less fastballs to their lefties”, Greinke said, “and they had more lefties than most teams”. “I said get him throwing so we can get that over with”. Murphy got the count full against Kenley Jansen, who was the Dodgers’ second pitcher of the eighth (following Chris Hatcher), but could only muster a fly out to Yasiel Puig in right. The stakes are even higher Thursday.

After a series of simulated games at Toronto’s spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla., Stroman started at Class A Lansing on September2, striking out seven in 4⅔ hitless innings. “I really wanted to win tonight, definitely”.

Jacob deGrom starts the team’s win-or-go-home game Thursday against Greinke. That one ended with Wright’s two-run single off reliever Pedro Baez and with Kershaw losing his fifth straight postseason start.