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MLB Playoffs – St. Louis Cardinals Make NLCS, Los Angeles Dodgers Disappoint Again
All the money in the world doesn’t matter when players under-perform. The St. Louis Cardinals knock off the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League playoffs for a second straight year, overcoming Clayton Kershaw on the mound, getting a clutch three-run homer from Matt Adams in the 7th inning, while the incredibly expensive lineup coudln’t find a way to overcome just a one run deficit.
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MLB Playoffs – Washington Nationals Back In, San Francisco Giants Lament Error
One mistake and a great day on the mound gets tarnished, as a throwing error by Madison Bumgarner and excellent hitting and fielding from Bryce Harper helped the Washington Nationals win for the first time in their NLDS with the San Francisco Giants, coming away with the 4-1 win and making it a 2-1 series as well.
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MLB Playoffs – St. Louis Cardinals Flip Series, Los Angeles Dodgers Mostly Complaining
The home run hitting ability of Matt Carpenter has kicked into extra gear in the postseason, hitting his third consecutive homer to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 and take a 2-1 lead in the series after being the worst long-ball hitting team in baseball during the regular season.
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MLB Playoffs – Los Angeles Dodgers Shine Late, St. Louis Cardinals Can’t Hit
After an explosive first game in the series, the Los Angeles Dodgers bounce back with a 3-2 win thanks to a game-winning home run from Matt Kemp in the 8th inning, while the St. Louis Cardinals, losing their lead in the NLDS, found it very difficult to get anything going offensively.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Make History, Washington Nationals Couldn’t Last
The longest game in postseason history ended after 18 innings of baseball, as Brandon Belt hit a home run that eventually gave the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals and put them 2-0 up in the NLDS, heading back home to host the next two games, if necessary a fourth.
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Clutch Home Runs and Pitching Mistakes (Braves vs Dodgers)
The Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves in a jam, but got out of it with some big hitting early on from Carl Crawford and very late from Juan Uribe to give them a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves, clinching the divisional series, while some were left wondering why the best reliever in Baseball, Craig Kimbrel, wasn’t used.
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Perfect Pitching Carries Ugly Hitting (Cardinals vs Pirates)
As both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates combined for only four hits and a batting average of .007 in the game, it was Michael Wacha, striking out nine batters and pitching a strong 7 and bit innings that came out as the hero, giving the Cards the 2-1 win and sending the series back to St. Louis for a deciding fifth.
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Barely Holding On (Dodgers vs Braves)
Some quality gaps are too hard to bridge, but the Atlanta Braves somehow managed to even up things with the Los Angeles Dodgers, beating the visitors 4-3 in game 2 of their divisional series, getting just about enough from Mike Minor when there were runners in scoring positions and some solid closing from Craig Kimbrel.
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Perfect Pitching Going the Other Way Now (Pirates vs Cardinals)
Turning the tables was the main theme in game 2 of the series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Gerrit Cole having an absolutely dominant performance on the pitching mound while Pedro Alvarez hit a big 2-run homer in order to reverse the roles and give the Pirates a 7-1 win, tying up the series at 1-1.
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Clayton Kershaw a Nightmare to Bat Against (Dodgers vs Braves)
The Los Angeles Dodgers made things very simply for Clayton Kershaw in the opening of their NLDS series against the Atlanta Braves, giving him an early lead to protect, something he probably does better than anyone else in the majors.