Posted on 10/14/2016 10:08:32 AM PDT by EveningStar
It will be a team of destiny facing a team of density, the Dodgers having packed their roster so thickly with heroes that a closer was hiding in their starting rotation.
The Dodgers used every bit of that and more Thursday night – a closer pitching in the seventh inning, tag-team starting pitchers, backup catchers pinch-running and pinch-hitting – and finally turned to Clayton Kershaw to close it out after Manager Dave Roberts said he would “absolutely not” do that, not even for one batter.
They somehow managed to both come-from-behind and hold on for their dear lives, beating the Washington Nationals, 4-3, in Game 5 of their National League Division Series.
The Dodgers advance to the NLCS for the second time in the past four years and fourth time in the past nine. This time, they will face the Chicago Cubs starting Saturday night at Wrigley Field.
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MIGUEL F***************ING MONTERO!!!!!! Seconds after I say “WTH are you doing Madden”?!
An Fowler as I type!!!!
awesome!!!
CUBS !!!
more on Sunday!
Thanks!!
Thank you!
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