MLB Playoffs: Dodgers vs Cubs Game 1 Predictions

Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks watches batting practice during a team workout in preparation for Saturday’s Game 1 in baseball’s National League Championship Series in Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Chicago took three of four from Dodgers in a low-scoring series at Wrigley from May 30 to June 2, getting wins from Lester and Hendricks. “I think the best I can do for you at this point is to say I’m prepared to think about additional rule changes that are relevant to the issue of pace of play”. Then Cubs manager Joe Maddon almost got too smart for his own good, pulling Lester after those six innings and only 77 pitches in favor of the new must-have for the fall – matchup baseball with his bullpen (also laden with four left-handers).

“I have a lot of faith in our guys”.

Chapman struck out the first two batters but gave up a two-out single to Adrian Gonzalez that drove in pinch hitters Andrew Toles and Chase Utley to tie the game.

Hendricks, 26, has shown no ill effects since a comeback line drive clocked off the bat of Giants outfielder Angel Pagan at 94 miles per hour drilled the lanky 180-pounder in the right forearm in Game 2 of the NLDS, forcing him to exit in the fourth inning.

“Yeah, I feel fine”, Kershaw said Saturday. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda smiles as he answers a question during a news conference before baseball’s National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Chicago. The three-time Cy Young Award victor did not earn a decision in any NLDS game, but the Dodgers won all three games in which he appeared. The ALCS will resume at Rogers Centre on Monday, when right-handers Corey Kluber and Marcus Stroman will face off in Game 3 at 8 PM EDT. During the regular season, he joined Rogers Hornsby (1929), Hack Wilson (1930) and Derrek Lee (2005) as the only players in franchise history with at least 120 runs, 35 doubles, 39 homers and 100 RBIs.

As the Dodgers clash with the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of the NLCS at Wrigley Field, we took at the storylines from the best game of the MLB Playoffs thus far. “And like I said before, it doesn’t mean it’s a curse or it’s a black cat or a goat or whatever else it is, it’s us making physical mistakes and we’re going to move on and move on to the next moment, and hopefully we’re able to have that next moment and do better”. With runners at first and second and two out, Maeda dribbled a single past Addison Russell and Bryant but Zobrist rifled a throw to the plate and catcher David Ross tagged Gonzalez to close the frame. In two games against them in 2016, Lester has thrown 15 innings and given up just one run.

The opposing pitcher in Game 2 has not yet been confirmed, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has hinted that Kershaw will be ready to get the call.

Baez had a huge NLDS in the Cubs’ series win over the San Francisco Giants, going 6-for-16, with a game-winning home run in Game 1 that provided the game’s only offense. “They know that we’re trying to beat them just as bad as they’re trying to beat us, and that’s what we’re focused on right now”. I kind of did the same thing and had success. The Dodgers as a team hit just.213 against LHP this season.

Saturday, the Cubs jumped on Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda en route to their first win in an NLCS game since October 11, 2003 – Game 4 against Florida Marlins.

“I couldn’t hold it down tonight”, Blanton said. “And right there, yeah, I thought we were going to win the game”. The back-to-back home runs – on back-to-back pitches, no less – gave the Cubbies an 8-3 lead.