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postseason roundup: Baez's blast gives Cubs 1-0 victory
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[October 08, 2016]
The Sports Xchange
CHICAGO
-- A one-out eighth inning home run by Javier Baez gave the Chicago
Cubs the lone run they needed in a 1-0 National League Division
Series victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday.
Baez launched a 3-2 pitch into Wrigley Field's left field basket to
break open a scoreless pitchers' duel between San Francisco starter
Johnny Cueto and Chicago left-hander Jon Lester.
Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman allowed a two-out double to Buster Posey
in the ninth, but got Hunter Pence to ground out to Baez at second
to lock down the victory and claim a save.
The victory gave Chicago a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series,
which resumes Saturday night.
Lester departed for pinch hitter Tommy La Stella with two out in the
eighth. He gave up five hits, struck out five and walked none in an
efficient 86-pitch outing for the victory.
Cueto, who took the loss, otherwise had a crisp three-hitter but
topped 100 pitches by the eighth inning and closed with 121. He
struck out 10 while walking none.
Indians 6, Red Sox 0
CLEVELAND -- Corey Kluber pitched seven scoreless innings in his
first start in 10 days because of a strained quad and combined with
two relievers on a three-hit shutout as Cleveland blanked Boston in
Game 2 of their American League Division Series at Progressive
Field.
The Indians got all the runs they needed in a four-run second inning
that was capped by a three-run homer by Lonnie Chisenhall to take a
2-0 lead in the best-of-5 series. Game 3 is scheduled for Sunday in
Boston.
Kluber, in his first career postseason start, held the American
League's most prolific offense to three hits through seven innings.
He was removed after walking the first batter and hitting the second
in the eighth. Relievers Dan Otero and Bryan Shaw completed the
shutout.
Red Sox starter David Price came into the game hoping to reverse his
dismal career postseason record, but instead fell to 0-8 as a
starter and 2-8 with a 5.53 ERA overall.
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Blue Jays 5, Rangers 3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Troy Tulowitzki, Kevin Pillar, Ezequiel Carrera
and Edwin Encarnacion homered as Toronto made the most of its six
hits to defeat Texas and take a 2-0 lead in their ALDS.
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The four
homers allowed by Yu Darvish were a career high and matched a major
league postseason high. He was charged with five runs and five hits
in five innings.
The Blue
Jays' J.A. Happ, who won 20 games during the regular season,
scattered nine hits over five innings but limited the Rangers to one
run. He struck out five and walked one. Roberto Osuna, the fifth
Toronto reliever, worked around a leadoff double in the ninth to
earn the save. Game 3 is Sunday in Toronto.
Ian Desmond had three of Texas's 13 hits and two RBIs. Ryan Rua also
went 2-for-3 as the Rangers were 2-for-18 with runners in scoring
position in dropping to 1-11 in ALDS home games.
Dodgers 4, Nationals 3
WASHINGTON -- Corey Seager hit a solo homer in the first and Justin
Turner had a two-run shot in the third -- both off Max Scherzer --
as Los Angeles defeated Washington in Game 1 of their National
League Division Series.
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Dodgers starter and winner Clayton Kershaw was also hit hard as he
allowed three runs and eight hits with seven strikeouts on 101
pitches over five innings.
Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen came on with one out in the eighth
and gave up a two-out pinch-hit double to Clint Robinson. Jansen
struck out pinch-hitter Chris Heisey looking for the third out, and
set down the side in the bottom of the ninth, striking out Jayson
Werth to end the game.
Scherzer took the loss, giving up four runs and five hits in six
innings (91 pitches) with five strikeouts. Anthony Rendon and Ryan
Zimmerman each had two hits for the Nationals, who lost five of six
games to the Dodgers during the regular season. Turner and Yasmani
Grandal had two hits apiece for Los Angeles.
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