The Cubs third-straight trip to the National League Championship Series will feature the same matchup as last year: The Dodgers. The 2016 NLCS was a dramatic six-game series with the Cubs taking the first game, the bats disappearing for two games and then roaring back for three games. The finale featured Kyle Hendricks outdueling Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw and Aroldis Chapman closing it out.
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Oct. 15: Game 1
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Cubs catcher Miguel Montero snapped an eighth-inning tie with the third pinch-hit grand slam in playoff history as the Cubs beat the Dodgers 8-4. Montero fell behind 0-2 and then launched an 86-mph slider from Joe Blanton into the seats in right to send Wrigley Field into bedlam. Dexter Fowler, who had made two diving catches in center, hit Blanton’s next pitch for a homer.
Oct. 16: Game 2
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Clayton Kershaw shut down the Cubs for seven innings, and Adrian Gonzalez homered off Kyle Hendricks as the Dodgers evened the series with a 1-0 victory. Kershaw retired the first 14 batters and allowed just two hits overall. Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen struck out four in two perfect innings for the save.
Oct. 18: Game 3
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Left-hander Rich Hill baffled Cubs hitters, holding them to two hits in six innings as the Dodgers cruised to a 6-0 victory. Corey Seager had three hits, including a go-ahead single in the third and catcher Yasmani Grandal, who was hitting .105 with no RBIs in the postseason, hit a two-run homer off Jake Arrieta in the fourth inning.
Oct. 19: Game 4
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Addison Russell’s two-run homer highlighted a four-run fourth inning that stopped the Cubs’ 21-inning scoreless streak and sparked a 10-2 victory over the Dodgers. Anthony Rizzo, looking to snap his postseason slump, borrowed teammate Matt Szczur’s bat and came through with three of the Cubs’ 13 hits, including a home run, and three RBIs.
Oct. 20: Game 5
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Addison Russell, who broke out of a slump with a key homer on the previous night, hit Dodgers pitcher Joe Blanton’s 0-1 hanging slider into the stands in left-center for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning as the Cubs beat the Dodgers 8-4. The Cubs jumped on pitcher Kenta Maeda early, and Jon Lester pitched seven sharp innings.
Oct. 22: Game 6
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Kyle Hendricks outpitched Clayton Kershaw, and Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras homered as the Cubs won their first National League pennant since 1945 with a 5-0 victory over the Dodgers. Aroldis Chapman got Yasiel Puig to ground into a game-ending double play, setting off a wild celebration. Second baseman Javier Baez and pitcher Jon Lester shared the NLCS MVP.
Sources: Baseball-reference.com, Tribune reporting
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