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NL Championship Series - Best of 7 - Game 3 - LAD Leads 2-0 | | | |
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963 | LA DODGERS | +110 | Ov 8.5,-110 | +105 | Ov 8,-110 | 964 | CHICAGO CUBS | -120 | Un 8.5,-110 | -115 | Un 8,-110 |
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All Games | 109-58 | +12.5 | 79-79 | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.331 | 0.423 | 0.755 | 3.6 | 0.226 | 0.284 | 0.368 | 0.652 | Road Games | 48-34 | -2.8 | 37-41 | 4.6 | 0.246 | 0.329 | 0.415 | 0.744 | 3.8 | 0.237 | 0.297 | 0.389 | 0.686 | vs Right-handed Starters | 73-43 | -0.3 | 54-54 | 4.6 | 0.246 | 0.321 | 0.419 | 0.740 | 3.6 | 0.225 | 0.285 | 0.371 | 0.657 | Past 7 Games | 7-0 | +7 | 2-4 | 5.7 | 0.272 | 0.378 | 0.439 | 0.817 | 2.9 | 0.204 | 0.251 | 0.364 | 0.615 | Grass Games | 109-58 | +12.5 | 79-79 | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.331 | 0.423 | 0.755 | 3.6 | 0.226 | 0.284 | 0.368 | 0.652 | Night Games | 78-45 | +1.7 | 61-58 | 4.7 | 0.252 | 0.332 | 0.420 | 0.752 | 3.5 | 0.224 | 0.282 | 0.360 | 0.642 | Playoff games | 5-0 | +5 | 2-2 | 5.8 | 0.275 | 0.386 | 0.462 | 0.849 | 2.8 | 0.161 | 0.207 | 0.342 | 0.549 |
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All Games | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.331 | 167 | 5568 | 1392 | 298 | 21 | 208 | 0.423 | 759 | 678 | 1419 | 75 | 1187 | 144 | 91 | 135 | 64 | Road Games | 4.6 | 0.246 | 0.329 | 82 | 2807 | 690 | 148 | 12 | 101 | 0.415 | 355 | 350 | 708 | 36 | 615 | 80 | 46 | 70 | 39 | Righty Starters | 4.6 | 0.246 | 0.321 | 116 | 3897 | 957 | 209 | 12 | 148 | 0.419 | 506 | 434 | 983 | 50 | 817 | 92 | 58 | 88 | 42 |
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All Games | 3.29 | 1.125 | 582.3 | 224 | 213 | 471 | 71 | 184 | 656 | 35-19 | 54 | 16 | 77.1% | Road Games | 3.95 | 1.240 | 282.3 | 131 | 124 | 250 | 37 | 100 | 332 | 14-13 | 26 | 8 | 76.5% |
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All Games | 95-74 | -12.4 | 76-83 | 5.0 | 0.252 | 0.328 | 0.419 | 0.747 | 4.3 | 0.236 | 0.309 | 0.388 | 0.697 | Home Games | 49-34 | -8.2 | 43-36 | 5.3 | 0.262 | 0.339 | 0.437 | 0.776 | 4.5 | 0.238 | 0.312 | 0.384 | 0.696 | vs Right-handed Starters | 73-57 | -12.7 | 58-67 | 4.9 | 0.248 | 0.323 | 0.416 | 0.740 | 4.3 | 0.233 | 0.306 | 0.385 | 0.690 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.7 | 1-4 | 2.9 | 0.162 | 0.235 | 0.257 | 0.492 | 4.1 | 0.198 | 0.318 | 0.369 | 0.686 | Grass Games | 94-73 | -12.7 | 75-82 | 5.0 | 0.253 | 0.329 | 0.421 | 0.749 | 4.3 | 0.237 | 0.309 | 0.389 | 0.698 | Night Games | 57-36 | +9.4 | 44-44 | 5.4 | 0.256 | 0.335 | 0.431 | 0.765 | 3.9 | 0.228 | 0.301 | 0.385 | 0.686 | Playoff games | 3-4 | -0.7 | 1-4 | 2.9 | 0.162 | 0.235 | 0.257 | 0.492 | 4.1 | 0.198 | 0.318 | 0.369 | 0.686 |
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All Games | 5.0 | 0.252 | 0.328 | 169 | 5706 | 1438 | 260 | 29 | 212 | 0.419 | 805 | 642 | 1474 | 62 | 1181 | 161 | 105 | 144 | 114 | Home Games | 5.3 | 0.262 | 0.339 | 83 | 2745 | 718 | 126 | 19 | 106 | 0.437 | 419 | 321 | 704 | 30 | 576 | 79 | 59 | 76 | 59 | Righty Starters | 4.9 | 0.248 | 0.323 | 130 | 4388 | 1090 | 204 | 19 | 165 | 0.416 | 608 | 486 | 1136 | 48 | 897 | 127 | 82 | 106 | 91 |
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All Games | 3.92 | 1.308 | 583.3 | 271 | 254 | 480 | 75 | 283 | 641 | 30-26 | 41 | 20 | 67.2% | Home Games | 4.03 | 1.328 | 321.7 | 156 | 144 | 266 | 34 | 161 | 333 | 19-14 | 24 | 11 | 68.6% |
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10/6/2017 | KERSHAW(L) | ARIZONA | WALKER(R) | 9-5 | W | -260 | 7 ov | O | 12 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10/7/2017 | HILL(L) | ARIZONA | RAY(L) | 8-5 | W | -140 | 8 ev | O | 12 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10/9/2017 | DARVISH(R) | @ ARIZONA | GREINKE(R) | 3-1 | W | -110 | 9 ov | U | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10/14/2017 | KERSHAW(L) | CHICAGO CUBS | QUINTANA(L) | 5-2 | W | -175 | 7 un | P | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10/15/2017 | HILL(L) | CHICAGO CUBS | LESTER(L) | 4-1 | W | -150 | 7.5 ev | U | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10/17/2017 | DARVISH(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | | 10/18/2017 | WOOD(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | ARRIETA(R) | |
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10/6/2017 | HENDRICKS(R) | @ WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 3-0 | W | 140 | 7 ov | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10/7/2017 | LESTER(L) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 3-6 | L | 105 | 9 ev | P | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10/9/2017 | QUINTANA(L) | WASHINGTON | SCHERZER(R) | 2-1 | W | +100 | 7.5 ev | U | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10/11/2017 | ARRIETA(R) | WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | 0-5 | L | -105 | 7 un | U | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 10/12/2017 | HENDRICKS(R) | @ WASHINGTON | GONZALEZ(L) | 9-8 | W | -105 | 7.5 ev | O | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 10/14/2017 | QUINTANA(L) | @ LA DODGERS | KERSHAW(L) | 2-5 | L | 165 | 7 un | P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 10/15/2017 | LESTER(L) | @ LA DODGERS | HILL(L) | 1-4 | L | 140 | 7.5 ev | U | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10/17/2017 | HENDRICKS(R) | LA DODGERS | DARVISH(R) | | 10/18/2017 | ARRIETA(R) | LA DODGERS | WOOD(L) | |
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| | | LA DODGERS: 2016: 91-71, first place, lost to Chicago Cubs in NLCS
Manager: Dave Roberts (second season)
Who's new? IF Logan Forsythe, OF Franklin Gutierrez, OF Brett Eibner, RHP Sergio Romo
Who's gone? OF Josh Reddick, C Carlos Ruiz, RHP Joe Blanton, RHP Jose De Leon, LHP J.P. Howell, RHP Louis Coleman, RHP Jesse Chavez
Projected lineup: 2B Logan Forsythe (.264, 20 HR, 52 RBI with Rays) or Chase Utley (.252, 14, 52), SS Corey Seager (.308, 26 72), 3B Justin Turner (.275, 27, 90), 1B Adrian Gonzalez (.285, 18, 90), RF Yasiel Puig (.263, 11, 45) or Andre Ethier (.208, 1, 2 in 16 games), C Yasmani Grandal (.228, 27, 72), CF Joc Pederson (.246, 25, 68), LF Andrew Toles (.314, 3, 16) or Trayce Thompson (.225, 13, 32)
Rotation: LH Clayton Kershaw (12-4, 1.69 ERA), RH Kenta Maeda (16-11, 3.48), LH Rich Hill (12-5, 2.12 with A's and Dodgers), RH Brandon McCarthy (2-3, 4.95), LH Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-1, 11.57 in one game) or LH Alex Wood (1-4, 3.73)
Key relievers: RH Kenley Jansen (3-2, 1.83, 47/53 SV), RH Pedro Baez (3-2, 3.04), LH Grant Dayton (0-1, 2.05), LH Luis Avilan (3-0, 3.20), RH Josh Fields (1-0, 4.63 with Astros and Dodgers), RH Sergio Romo (1-0, 2.64 with Giants), RH Chris Hatcher (5-4, 5.53)
Hot spots: Outfield and rotation. The Dodgers set a record for Disabled List trips in 2016. Ethier, who missed most of last season with a broken tibia, compared his recent back injury to 'Groundhog Day.' Even without Ethier there isn't room for Puig, Pederson, Toles, Thompson, Scott Van Slyke, Franklin Gutierrez and Brett Eibner. The pitching staff was decimated last year too, but a deep farm system produced a wave of capable reinforcements. If Scott Kazmir, McCarthy or Ryu can't pitch, Julio Urias, Brock Stewart and Ross Stripling can step in.
Outlook: After two straight winters laying low on the free agent market, Andrew Friedman bet big on his 2016 roster. Turner, Jansen, Hill and Utley all re-signed, giving the Dodgers a chance to prove last season's NLCS run wasn't a fluke. A full season of Kershaw and Hill ' to name just two ' would improve the team's chances of claiming a fifth straight division title. If the Dodgers want to take the next step, they'll have to get past the defending champion Chicago Cubs, a potential perennial powerhouse whose roster remains similarly intact. | | CHICAGO CUBS: 2016: 103-58, won World Series
Manager: Joe Maddon (third season)
Who's new? OF Jon Jay, RHP Wade Davis, LHP Brett Anderson, RHP Koji Uehara, LHP Brian Duensing, RHP Eddie Butler
Who's gone? OF Dexter Fowler, IF/OF Jorge Soler, LHP Aroldis Chapman, LHP Travis Wood, RHP Trevor Cahill, RHP Jason Hammel
Projected lineup: LF Kyle Schwarber (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI in two games), 3B Kris Bryant (.292, 39, 102), 1B Anthony Rizzo (.292, 32, 109), 2B Ben Zobrist (.272, 18, 76), SS Addison Russell (.238, 21, 95), RF Jason Heyward (.230, 7, 49, 11 SB), C Willson Contreras (.282, 12, 35), CF Jon Jay (.291, 2, 26 with Padres) or Albert Almora (.277, 3, 14 in 47 games)
Rotation: LH Jon Lester (19-5, 2.44 ERA), RH Jake Arrieta (18-8, 3.10), RH Kyle Hendricks (16-8, 2.13), RH John Lackey (11-8, 3.35), LH Brett Anderson (1-2, 11.91 in four games with Dodgers) or LH Mike Montgomery (4-5, 2.52 with Mariners and Cubs) or RH Eddie Butler (2-5, 7.17 with Rockies) or LH Rob Zastryzny (1-0, 1.13 ERA in eight games) or RH Alec Mills (0-0, 13.50 in three games with Royals)
Key relievers: RH Wade Davis (2-1, 1.87, 27/30 SV with Royals), RH Pedro Strop (2-2, 2.85), RH Hector Rondon (2-3, 3.53, 18/23 SV), RH Koji Uehara (2-3, 3.45, 7/9 SV with Red Sox), RH Carl Edwards Jr. (0-1, 3.75), RH Justin Grimm (2-1, 4.10), LH Brian Duensing (1-0, 4.05 with Royals)
Hot spots: Fifth Starter. Of all the candidates vying to replace Hammel, who signed with Kansas City as a free agent, most have plenty of upside but didn't log many innings last year. That includes Anderson, who had one productive season and one unproductive season for the Dodgers. Keep an eye on southpaw Montgomery, who tossed two shutouts as a starter for the Mariners in 2015, came to the Cubs last year in a midseason trade, then was effective as a reliever. Last time he was on the mound, he recorded the save in Game 7 of the World Series.
Outlook: There hasn't been a back-to-back champion this century. For opponents of the Cubs, that might be the most tangible nugget of hope. Most of the key players return from a powerhouse team that played historically good defense, got no fewer than 165 innings from each of its top five starters, and featured a deep lineup led by NL MVP Kris Bryant. In the bullpen, two-time All-Star Davis is capable of replacing closer Chapman if he's healthy. Among the Cubs' regular position players, only Zobrist and new center fielder Jay are over 30 ' everyone else is either entering or in the midst of his prime. This is a strong outlook. |
| | Trailing 2-0, Cubs turn to Hendricks vs. Dodgers
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs return home in a two-games-to-none hole in the National League Championship Series and with plenty of questions left unanswered after back-to-back losses to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Will their struggling offense find a way to recover? What's wrong with a bullpen that yielded late runs in both losses, including surrendering a walk-off, three-run home run Sunday night in Chicago's 4-1 setback in Game 2 at Dodger Stadium? With time now running short on his team's World Series title defense, Cubs manager Joe Maddon realizes that if his team is going to bounce back, it has to be soon. Heading into Game 3 on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, Maddon points back to the NL Division Series against the Washington Nationals, when many of the same concerns arose before Chicago found a way to win and advance. "I obviously wanted to win one out of those two (games in Los Angeles). We didn't. That's reality," Maddon said Monday. "There is reality and there is fantasy. People like to tend to deal with fantasy. It's reality. So we've got to come back here and get ourselves back together." In need of a win, the Cubs will turn to Kyle Hendricks, who pitched four innings in the NLDS-clinching victory last week over the Nationals. Chicago won both of Hendricks' NLDS starts, but the Cubs will need to find a way to produce some offense after scoring just three runs and collecting only seven hits in the two weekend losses to the Dodgers. Hendricks is 2-1 with a 3.15 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers, whom he will face for the first time this year on Tuesday night. Despite the Cubs' 2-0 hole in the best-of-seven series, Hendricks said Monday he doesn't consider Tuesday a must-win. "Our team doesn't really approach games like that," Hendricks said. "You hear the way Joe (Maddon) speaks about it. For us, this is just Game 170, I think it's going to be. So, yeah, we're down 2-0. Obviously we know we need to get wins at this point. But approaching it as a must-win is a little extreme. We've just got to go out there and play our brand of baseball." The Dodgers head into Tuesday still unbeaten in the postseason and confident after Justin Turner's ninth-inning, three-run blast Sunday night. Yu Darvish takes the mound for Los Angeles, having won his lone playoff start to date this year. On Oct. 9 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, he allowed one run, two hits and struck out seven over five innings in a 3-1 victory. Darvish has allowed just two earned runs and struck out 28 in his past four outings dating back to the regular season. The right-hander will make just his second career start against the Cubs, after allowing two runs in 4 1/3 innings during a loss with the Texas Rangers in 2016. The 31-year-old Japan native hopes to continue the mastery that the Dodgers have had in silencing Chicago's bats in the first two games of the series. But as much as the Cubs have struggled to hit thus far, Darvish realizes he has to be careful with a lineup that possesses plenty of dangerous hitters. "They've got (a) really good lineup from top to bottom, and they play as a team so there is nobody in that lineup that I can get easy on," Darvish said. "So it's going to be a battle, and I just want to take one pitch at a time, one guy at a time." |
| Last Updated: 4/18/2024 11:19:27 PM EST. |
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