they will face either the yankees or indians on friday. let s switch to the national league and the dodgers are heading back to the nlcs, they beat the diamondbacks 3-1, completing the series sweep. and in chicago, defending champion cubs take a one game lead against the nationals after a 2-1 victory. washington ace max scherzer made a strong return to the mound after missing time with a hamstring injury, tossing a no hitter into the 7th inning until he was pulled. the game tied at one in the seventh, and in the next inning, anthony rizzo drove in the go-ahead run on a bloop single. the cubs went on to win 2-1. they lead the series 2-1, game four tonight in chicago. so a lot of exciting highlights there. still ahead, defense secretary jim mattis weighs in on whether there is a military solution to the crisis in north korea.
and the gators get their first college world series championship. there it is after 1203 years of baseball at the university of florida, the gators celebrate the school s first ever college world series title. welcome back. time for sports. in omaha, nebraska, florida wraps up a two-game series sweep of lsu, scoring four runs on the way to a 6-1 victory. tim tebow extended this congratulations to the team on twitter. the former miami quarterback making his way up through the system. and breaking news, new york knicks electrical parting ways with phil jackson. according to the team owner james dollman has been weighing the future of jackson, along with his, quote, fitness on the job after jackson s comments on trading kristaps porzingis ahead
a four-game series sweep. a pair of home runs last night, including a grand slam on the way to a 9-6 victory there. it was not enough to power past l.a., which went on to beat the bombers 10-5. finally, the braves sprinter known as the freeze took the mlb by storm after a come from behind win in a race that blew a fan off of his feet. the freeze allowed the challenger to zoom ahead while the competition takes an embarrassing tumble there. ouch. that might leave a mark. i love how that guy was living it up. come on. come on. the freeze was, like, sorry, bro. he sprints. he is too fast. just too fast. i wonder if we know who the identity of the freeze is. that would be good.
victory, and the three-game series sweep. don t see that often. boston, toronto leading the red sox, 6-0. and bounces into the stands. but check out the play made by the fan in left field. there you go, watch that. can t get much smoother. hello, yeah. hello, baseball. there you go. a little bounce, a little spin right into my hand. it s like that kid in texas. remember that little boy in texas? it was the fake with the ball in his glove. but very smooth. smooth operator. speak to you, smooth weather operator. what s going on? see the pictures out of denver? amazing. watching that on twitter. they had the amazing storm over the denver airport. it s not in downtown denver, thankfully. and it s almost in nebraska. it s out in the plains. i have to show you the pictures. it left this trail of hail that was incredible. we saw up to about five inches of hail in some spots.
cleveland gets the victory and the three-game series sweep. balk. my lord. it was a balk. mike, good luck, man, in the locker room after that. yeah. well, tito francona needed that win. that was a good one for them. a balk-off. awful. that s all i ve got to say. it s awful. coming up on morning joe, six years after the financial crisis and a big bank pleads guilty to a major climb. asking why does nobody seem to care. and then later are you talking about counting cards? no. i m talking about getting very, very rich. his books have been turned into major hollywood blockbusters. now ben meserit is speaking