Cubs move on to the NLCS, after a Giants collapse in the 9th.
Hi everybody. The Chicago Cubs are back in the NLCS for the 2nd straight year after they eliminated the San Francisco Giants in game 4 with a 6-5 victory. I will say this however we should be talking about a game 5 and here's why. The Cubs played really poor for the 1st 8 innings and they were down 5-2 going into the 9th and the Giants were 3 outs away form forcing a game 5 in Chicago. But the bottom feel out from underneath the Giants as the Cubs scored 4 in the 9th and AROLDIS Chapman struck out the side to end it all.
Here's how the comeback started. Kris Bryant started off with a single. Giants Manager Bruce BOCHY made his 1st pitching change, JAVY Lopez entered to face Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo got on base and BOCHY made his 2nd pitching change. He brought in Sergio ROMO to face Ben ZORBRIST. ZORBRIST doubled to right and BOUCHY made another pitching change. Wilson CONTREARAS singled and Rizzo and ZORBRIST crossed home plate and all of the sudden the game was tied and then JAVIER Baez singled and Jason Heyward crossed home plate to give the Cubs the lead. And AROLDIS Chapman came in and struck out the side. All I have to say is that's incredible it happened.
Cubs President Theo Epstein said after the game, " we didn't play cubs baseball for 8 innings. We didn't have good at bats, We weren't playing heads up. We didn't look like the Cubs team that ran away with the NL central and we didn't look like a team that won 102 games in the regular season. And how we did it I will never know. This shows the organization can come back we have done it all season long and I'm looking forward to the NLCS."
The Cubs are looking forward to the NLCS. They are awaiting the winner of the Dodgers-Nationals series that has yet to be decided. Here's my take, The Cubs are going to have their hands full no matter who they play in the NLCS. If it's the Dodgers or the Nationals. The Dodgers are Dangerous right now YASIEL PUIG is back and Clayton Kershaw who was on the disabled list for a long time and he's looking better than ever and they do have one of the best hitters in baseball in Chase Utley. On the other hand the Nationals do have one of the best pitcher in the league in 20 game winner Max SCHERZER going in game 5 on Thursday. And they also do have Brice Harper their star slugger playing in the deciding game on Thursday. So if I was the Cubs I would be watching this game very closely because no matter who the Cubs face they will have their hands full.
