The Chicago Cubs clinched a postseason series at home for the first time in team history Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, topping the Cardinals 6-4 to win the National League Division Series 3-1. With that being said, watching them clinch Tuesday night at Wrigley was a sight to behold. “This is the kind of team that we’ve had all season long, regardless of what anybody else thinks, regardless of odds, regardless of who we’re stacked up against, this team just continues to fight, and that’s not something that you lose regardless of where you stand”. “I can’t even put it into words”.
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Clayton Kershaw led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a series-levelling 3-1 win over the New York Mets in the Major League Baseball play-offs on Tuesday.
The Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908.
The All-Star slugger endured several seasons of losing with the Chicago Cubs before they finally got into the playoffs again, and he was more than ready to enjoy the franchise’s first appearance in the NL Championship Series in more than a decade.
But there was late drama to be endured.
Hammel settled down after giving up a two-run homer to Piscotty on the game’s fourth pitch.
And when closer Hector Rondon struck out Stephen Piscotty on a ball in the dirt and catcher Miguel Montero made the tag to end it, the Cubs came streaming out of the dugout. “We came up just a little short”.
Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs celebrates with fans after the Chicago Cubs defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4. Today’s winners will meet in Game One of the American League Championship Series on Friday.
Seven different Cubs have combined for 12 home runs through five postseason games this year, and Dexter Fowler (29) is the oldest to send one out of the park. In all, Chicago has scored 15 of 20 playoff runs from homers.
The Cardinals took a quick 2-0 lead in the first. It began with Anthony Rizzo hitting his second home run in back-to-back nights.
Schwarber’s monstrous shot leading off the seventh gave the Cubs a two-run lead and ended the scoring. First, the Cubs knock off the second best team in baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates-in Pittsburgh.
Matheny said Molina could catch, but swinging a bat was a problem.
But, the Cubs battled back to take a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the second thanks to Hammel’s RBI single and Javier Baez’s three-run homer.
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“We just played an unbelievable ball club right there”, an emotional Rizzo, who hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth inning, said in an on-field television interview.
