– NLCS Game 4 (Cubs 10, Dodgers 2)Īfter 21 straight scoreless innings (including back-to-back shutout losses in Games 2 and 3), Ben Zobrist stepped to the plate in the 4th inning with the ‘Bunt Heard Round the World’. NLCS Game 1: Miguel Montero belts a grand slam. After jumping out to an early lead, the Dodgers came back to tie the game in the 8th inning before Montero crushed a pinch-hit grand slam off Joe Blanton, nearly bringing Wrigley Field to the ground with the delirious crowd going nuts.

This win might be better known as ‘The Miguel Montero Game’. Staring down the proposition of once again facing Cueto at Wrigley Field in a stressful winner-take-all Game 5, the Cubs instead put together a relentless offensive attack, plating 4 runs off five Giants pitchers to set up a date with the powerhouse Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. – NLDS Game 4 (Cubs 6, Giants 5)Īfter a tough defeat the previous night, the Cubs trailed the entire time in Game 4 until an unreal 9th inning rally. But before he departed, he knocked in a pair of Cubs runs with a bloop single and then gave way to Travis Wood’s big game (homer, 1.1 perfect innings in relief).įun fact: The Cubs scored 17 runs in the NLDS and 6 of those were knocked in by pitchers – Hendricks (2), Wood (1) and then Jake Arrieta hit a 3-run homer off Madison Bumgarner in the Game 3 loss.

Kyle Hendricks started for the Cubs, but had to leave the game early when he was struck on the right forearm by a line drive.

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