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• NLCS Game 5: Dodgers, Cubs lineups.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Dodgers are facing Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester today for the second time in less than a week. Manager Dave Roberts brought back the same starting nine from Game...
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 2:35 PM
• NLCS Game 5 starting lineups: Cubs vs. Dodgers
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The National League Championship Series between the Cubs and the Dodgers resumes tonight at 8 ET at Dodger Stadium. With the best-of-seven series tied at 2 games apiece...
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• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs, NLCS Game 5 live blog
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Live blog and chat from NLCS Game 5: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:05 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20. (FS1)Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream.
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• No review needed for Fox Sports 1 ratings home run
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Sometimes internal memos get leaked. Or they get posted for everyone to share.Nothing clandestine about how Fox Sports made sure an in-house missive from FS1 chief Jamie...
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 12:35 PM
• Fans react when Adrian Gonzalez was out at home
  From the Web › ESPN
  The controversial call at the plate contradicted what many fans saw, depending often if they were wearing an "LA" or a "C" on their cap.
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 10:35 AM
• Dodgers Dugout: Breaking down the Game 4 loss
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and let's all observe a moment of silence when the clock turns to 10 to 2 today. Game...
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• Video: NLCS Game 4 breakdown: Cubs 10, Dodgers 2
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Columnist Jeff Miller breaks down what went wrong for the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS, Wednesday, Oct. 20.
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 7:35 AM
• Putting Yasmani Grandal's value in the proper frame
  From the Web › ESPN
  If you think Yasmani Grandal's biggest playoff contribution has been his NLCS long ball, you're looking at the Dodgers' catcher all wrong.
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• Kenta Maeda to start NLCS Game 5, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirms
  From the Web › Sporting News
  "We're expecting Kenta to go out there and throw well. And I expect for us to play a much cleaner game," Roberts said after Game 4.
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 6:35 AM
• Ultimate guide for Game 5: Will lefty Lester stymie L.A.?
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Dodgers can't hit southpaws. With Jon Lester going in Game 5 for the Cubs, can Kenta Maeda & Co. find a way to take a 3-2 series lead? Setting up Game 5 of the...
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 6:35 AM
• Fit to be tied: Who really has edge in knotted NLCS?
  From the Web › ESPN
  Four games into the NLCS, we're no closer to declaring a winner than we were when the series started. What have the Cubs and Dodgers shown us that can shed some light on...
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• Way-too-early World Series preview: How do Indians match up with NL finalists?
  From the Web › ESPN
  Way-too-early World Series preview: How do Indians match up with NL finalists?
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 6:35 AM
• Playoff Reset: Cubs vs. Dodgers NLCS Game 5
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Dodgers desperately need someone not named Kershaw, Hill and Jansen to step up in this series. Tonight Kenta Maedas takes his turn.
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• Rizzo's something borrowed leaves the Dodgers blue
  From the Web › ESPN
  Anthony Rizzo's bat wasn't working for him, so he used a teammate's. The switch paid off in the Cubs' NLCS-tying Game 4 blowout of the Dodgers.
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 1:35 AM
• Cubs reclaim home-field edge with G4 rout
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With a 10-2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, the Cubs evened the best-of-seven series at two wins apiece.
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• Will Maeda cool off hot Cubs? (FS1, 8 ET)
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Kenta Maeda looks to put the Cubs back on the ropes after they tied the NLCS at two games apiece with a 10-2 victory on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. He'll try to...
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• Inside the inning that might have saved the Cubs' season
  From the Web › ESPN
  The Cubs' stagnant offense finally woke up in the fourth inning of the fourth game of the NLCS. It all started with Ben Zobrist's bunt single.
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 12:35 AM
• A. Gonzalez after review: 'Us against the world'
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was adamant he was safe despite being ruled out at home following a controversial replay review that he said swung the momentum of...
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• LEADING OFF: Cubs-Dodgers play Game 5, Indians resting up
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Cubs can take an NLCS lead back to Wrigley Field by winning Game 5 in Los Angeles. Chicago thumped the Dodgers 10-2 on Wednesday night, tying the series 2-2 behind...
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• Dodgers push back Kershaw; Maeda to start Game 5
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Los Angeles Dodgers will turn to Kenta Maeda to start Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. Maeda (0-1), and not...
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• Dodgers have themselves to blame in Game 4
  From the Web › MLB.com
  For a team that rarely beat itself in 2016, the Dodgers picked Game 4 of the National League Championship Series to come unhinged.
  Share • October 20, 2016 at 12:35 AM
• Confident Dodgers turn attention to Game 5
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers had little spin to explain their 10-2 loss in Game 4 of the NLCS. They simply lost, with the game out of reach by the sixth inning, and all focus is now on a...
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• Julio Urias was successful for three innings - before a bunt and bad luck
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Ahead of Wednesday's fourth game of the National League Championship Series, the Dodgers pronounced that they liked their starting pitcher, 20-year-old left-hander Julio...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• Cubs' bats break out of slump starting with a bunt
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The Chicago Cubs, with all their power and the momentum of a 103-win regular season at their backs, eventually got around to bludgeoning the Dodgers in Game 4 of the...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers out of sync, out of focus, out of their minds in embarrassing loss
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Yes, you're right, scream away, Adrian Gonzalez was safe. The replay showed it, thousands of fans at Dodger Stadium chanted it, and Gonzalez knew it, so emphatically he...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers have no choice but to save Clayton Kershaw for Game 6
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  The Chicago Cubs are threatening to regain control of the National League Championship Series and the pitcher the Dodgers has assigned to face them in Game 5 is …...
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• Dodgers made the mistakes that allowed the Cubs' feeding frenzy
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> It was the first crack of the door, a cuddly little bunt that Ben Zobrist plopped carefully down the third-base line. That's how Chicago's fourth inning...
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• Dodgers commit four errors, lose controversial challenge; Cubs' offense comes to life and series is tied 2-2
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> Back-to-back Dodgers victories in Games 2 and 3 awakened the ghosts -- or goats -- of a 108-year championship drought. Something else awakened in Game...
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• Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell break out for Cubs in NLCS Game 4
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell came into Game 4 of the National League Championship Series hitting .119 in the postseason.As in … .077 for Rizzo and .042 for...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• Cubs' hitting, run production finally changes
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> He charged in, lunged mightily toward the sinking baseball and reached out with his desperate gloved hand.It was going to take a miracle, certainly. But...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• NLCS Game 4: A controversial call turns into a sloppy mess, and the Dodgers lose.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Chicago Cubs, scoreless in Games 2 and 3 of the National League Championship Series, unloaded on the hapless Dodgers in a 10-2 win in Game 4. The box score is here...
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• Upon further review, Dodgers' momentum shifts to Cubs
  From the Web › ESPN
  There were 12 runs scored in Chicago's Game 4 victory, but it's the one run that didn't count that has L.A. up in arms about what might have been.
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• Dodgers sticking with Maeda for Game 5 start
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts reiterated after Wednesday's loss that Kenta Maeda will start Game 5 of the NLCS, putting ace Clayton Kershaw in line for Game 6 at Wrigley...
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• Statcast of the Day: Cubs' key throws
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As the Cubs' offense continued to sputter early in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night, the club's defense made a pair of crucial throws...
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• Dodgers can reclaim momentum with pitching
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Dodgers weren't supposed to shut out the Cubs for four straight games and win the National League Championship Series in five. There were moments over the previous...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• Even in defeat, Urias cherishes 'beautiful experience'
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Dodgers 20-year-old Julio Urias, youngest to ever start a postseason game, pitched three strong innings in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Cubs, and then ran into trouble...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM
• NLCS 2016: Three takeaways as Cubs get call, then get even vs. Dodgers
  From the Web › Sporting News
  Chicago's bats come alive after a controversial play is ruled in the Cubs' favor. Their 10-2 victory puts the series back even at two games apiece.
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• Managers playing balk "gamesmanship" against Dodgers
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> Randy Marsh is the director of major league umpires. When he heard Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon and Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker recently...
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• John Lackey got it started and the Cubs kept it rolling in Game 4
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> John Lackey was trying to become the first pitcher to win at least one postseason game for four different clubs.That's a bit of a voodoo statistic because...
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• Dodgers commit four errors, Cubs' offense comes to life
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Back-to-back Dodgers victories in Games 2 and 3 awakened the ghosts -- or goats -- of a 108-year championship drought. Something else awakened in Game 4.The Chicago...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 10:35 PM
• Adrian Gonzalez criticizes MLB's replay system after controversial call at the plate
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> In the second inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, a close play at the plate briefly consumed all of Dodger Stadium. The announced...
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• What we learned: Indians pitch way into WS, Cubs slug way back into NLCS
  From the Web › ESPN
  What we learned: Indians pitch way into WS, Cubs slug way back into NLCS
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• Cubs beat Dodgers to even best-of-seven series at 2-2
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  (The Sports Xchange) - Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell broke out of slumps by hitting home runs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 to even the...
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• Urias, Dodgers unravel in 4th inning of Game 4 blowout loss
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Julio Urias cruised through three hitless innings to begin Game 4 of the NL Championship Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers' 20-year-old rookie starter seemed to be...
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• Cubs homer twice in 10-2 win over Dodgers; tie NLCS 2-2
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  After striking out in his first two at-bats, Anthony Rizzo was seeking a slump buster. Using the borrowed lumber, Rizzo homered and ended a postseason skid with three...
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• Oct. 19 Dave Roberts postgame interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Manager Dave Roberts addresses the media after the Dodgers' 10-2 loss to the Cubs on Wednesday in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.
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• Dodgers' follies help Cubs tie National League Championship Series with 10-2 victory in Game 4
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  One sequence cannot do this game justice, not during a 10-2 defeat Wednesday to the Cubs when the Dodgers' lineup hibernated, the pitchers quivered and the defense...
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• Cubs end slump, drub Dodgers to tie NLCS
  From the Web › ESPN
  L.A. shut down Chicago in Games 2 and 3. In Game 4? Not so much. After 21 scoreless innings, Anthony Rizzo and the Cubs came alive to even the series.
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• Dodgers slowed by Cubs' fast start in G4 loss
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill out of the way temporarily, the Cubs went back to being the Cubs on Wednesday night. Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo...
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• Cubs' bats wake up, slug past Dodgers 10-2 in NLCS Game 4 to even up series
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Cubs were shut out in NLCS Games 2 and 3, but struck Dodgers pitching for 10 runs in a Game 4 victory on Wednesday night.
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• Jason Heyward playing his way out of the Cubs' starting lineup?
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Jason Heyward did not have a banner night in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Dodgers. Is he playing his way out of the starting lineup?
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 9:35 PM
• NLCS Game 6, Game 7 start times announced.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  With the Cleveland Indians winning the American League Championship Series earlier today, Major League Baseball announced that Game 6 of the NLCS will begin at 5 p.m...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 8:35 PM
• Vin Scully is planning to attend Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Vin Scully is planning to attend Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Thursday. Bob Nightengale of USA Today was first with the news...
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• The Cubs' faith in Addison Russell paid off big time in NLCS Game 4
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Addison Russell celebrates his fourth-inning homer. LOS ANGELES — One of the biggest questions the Chicago Cubs faced heading into Game 4 of the National League...
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• Tale of the Tape: Lester, Maeda in key showdown
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With the American League champion Indians awaiting the victor of the National League Championship Series, a pivotal Game 5 will be a rematch of Game 1's starting...
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• Turner's 2-run single rouses Dodgers
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Justin Turner got the Dodgers on the scoreboard in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Cubs with a two-run single in the fifth inning.
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• A-list stars add extra glitz to NLCS stage
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Chavez Ravine typically has a strong Hollywood presence during baseball season, but the list of celebrities tends to double, maybe triple, in October.
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• Maeda set for Game 5; Kershaw ready for 6
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Kenta Maeda will start for the Dodgers against the Cubs in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday, giving the Japanese right-hander another...
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• Gonzalez thrown out on close play at plate
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Adrian Gonzalez was thrown out by Cubs right fielder Jason Heyward on a close play at the plate in the second inning -- so close that Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts...
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• NLCS 2016: Umps uphold out call on Adrian Gonzalez; were they right? (AGonz says no)
  From the Web › Sporting News
  Adrian Gonzalez, the Dodgers and most of America thought Gonzalez had scored the first run of the game Wednesday night.
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 6:35 PM
• Kiké Hernandez's father gets good news, cancer is in remission.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Dodgers utility player Kiké Hernandez got some good news last night: His father, Enrique Hernandez Sr., learned his cancer is in remission. Hernandez's father...
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• Dodgers' Roberts shrugs off Maddon balk talk
  From the Web › ESPN
  Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is growing impatient with the claims that his starting pitchers are prone to balk with their pickoff moves to first base.
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• Baseball: Indians blank Blue Jays to reach World Series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  (The Sports Xchange) - Carlos Santana and Coco Crisp homered, rookie Ryan Merritt allowed two hits in 4 1/3 innings and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue...
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• Indians blank Blue Jays to reach World Series (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Cleveland Indians are going to the World Series for the first time since 1997 after a 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays in Toronto. The Indians won the best-of-seven...
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• On Merritt: Indians head to World Series, top Jays in ALCS
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  A most unlikely pitching performance helped put a most unexpected team into the World Series. Cleveland rookie Ryan Merritt came out of nowhere and coolly delivered a...
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• A look at the matchup for Game 5 of the National League Championship Series between the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  A look at Game 5 of the National League Championship Series between the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs When: Thursday, 5 p.m. Where: Dodger Stadium. TV: FS1. Radio: 570, 1020...
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• NLCS Game 4: Dodgers, Cubs lineups.
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  The Chicago Cubs swapped right fielders again for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series - Jason Heyward is in, Jorge Soler is out - while the Dodgers made no...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 3:35 PM
• News station graphic completely butchers Adrian Gonzalez's name
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The 34-year-old has turned in an excellent 13-year career in the majors, and currently has the Dodgers just two wins from the World Series. One news station might need a...
  Share • October 19, 2016 at 2:35 PM
• NLCS Game 4 starting lineups: Cubs vs. Dodgers
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Here are the starting lineups for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Dodgers, to be played tonight at Dodger Stadium in Los...
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• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs, NLCS Game 4 live blog
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Live blog and chat from NLCS Game 4: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:05 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18. (FS1)Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream.
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• NLCS Game 4: Dodgers vs. Cubs live blog
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  Live blog and chat from NLCS Game 4: Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers, 5:05 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19. (FS1).
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• Estrada and Urias, two Mexicans starting LCS games on the same day
  From the Web › ESPN
  Estrada and Urias, two Mexicans starting LCS games on the same day
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• Urias VS. Lackey NLCS Game 4
  From the Web › Scout.com
  Urias VS. Lackey NLCS Game 4
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• HILL- NLCS Game 3 Summary
  From the Web › Scout.com
  HILL- NLCS Game 3 Summary
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• Dodgers' Julio Urias will be the youngest pitcher ever to start a MLB playoff game
  From the Web › LA Daily News
  LOS ANGELES >> When Julio Urias was a teenager pitching in Mexico, the Dodgers left each scouting trip with the same question as every organization: would the benign...
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• Julio Urias set to join talented group of youngest postseason starters
  From the Web › ESPN
  Julio Urias set to join talented group of youngest postseason starters
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• Dodgers Dugout: Breaking down the Game 3 victory
  From the Web › Los Angeles Times
  Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and just think: The Dodgers are closer to the World Series now than any time since...
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• Stats of the Day: Dodgers lefties sending Cubs' offense south
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Here are three interesting items from League Championship Series play on Tuesday ...
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• Ultimate guide for Game 4: Can Dodgers push Cubs to brink?
  From the Web › ESPN
  NLCS Game 4 pits veteran John Lackey against rookie Julio Urias. If experience doesn't pay off for Chicago, the Cubs' season could be in big trouble.
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• Fernandomania II? Not quite, but it's Julio Urias' time in Game 4
  From the Web › ESPN
  Fernandomania II? Not quite, but it's Julio Urias' time in Game 4
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