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Ortiz drove in a run with a sacrifice fly Monday, but he was
just 1-for-9 in the three-game series that saw the Red Sox score
just seven runs.
The Indians, who survived when Travis Shaw flied meekly to right
field with two on and two outs in the ninth inning, host the
Toronto Blue Jays on Friday in the opener of the AL Championship
Series.
Cleveland's Coco Crisp, who earlier laid down a sacrifice to set
up a two-run single by rookie Tyler Naquin, hit a two-run homer
off Drew Pomeranz to make it 4-1 in the sixth. Josh Tomlin
worked five-plus innings of two-run ball and got the victory.
Chad Allen got the final four outs for his second save of the
series.
Giants 6, Cubs 5 (13 innings)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Panik doubled off the right field fence to
score Brandon Crawford with no outs in the bottom of the 13th,
giving San Francisco a win over Chicago to force a Game 4 in
their best-of-five National League Division Series.
Crawford led off the 13th with a two-strike double off the
seventh Cubs pitcher, left-hander Mike Montgomery (0-1). Panik
followed with a blast over right fielder Albert Almora Jr.'s
head, easily scoring Crawford with the game-winner.
Having watched the Giants score three times in the bottom of the
eighth inning to take a 5-3 lead, the Cubs rallied into a tie in
the top of the ninth on a two-run home run by Kris Bryant
(3-for-5) off Sergio Romo.
Nationals 8, Dodgers 3
LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Rendon and Jayson Werth homered, and
Washington beat Los Angeles to grab a 2-1 lead in their National
League Division Series.
Reliever Sammy Solis (1-0) worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings for
the Nationals, who can wrap up the best-of-five series Tuesday
in Los Angeles. Mark Melancon closed out the victory with a
1-2-3 ninth.
Rendon hit a two-run shot in the third, capping a four-run rally
that gave Washington a 4-1 lead. Werth, who was 3-for-4 with a
walk and two RBIs, drilled a solo blast into the left field
bleachers off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen to lead off the
ninth. Ryan Zimmerman added a two-run double for Washington,
which pulled away with a four-run ninth.
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