atlanta braves are headed to the nlcs. they re a team that won their division. it wasn t a great division, quite frankly, so they sort of flew under the radar, as you said. the brewers were getting a lot of attention coming into the playoffs as a sleeper team. watch for the braves in the playoffs. they ll play either the giants or the dodgers because the dodgers did win in los angeles last night, appropriately forcing a decisive game between the two teams with the best records in baseball that will be played tonight in san francisco. wow, what a series that is. of course, i obviously didn t stay up to see it was not a walk-off. i thought it was. thank god. eighth inning home run. mike barnicle, we talked about yesterday the strategic decision that we had to make as a country, of calling joseph stalin our ally in the battle against adolph hitler and nazi germany. willie geist having to make a similar choice in supporting the
incrediby focused, and they could upset the astros. game one going to be really critical friday night. yeah. the giants have won 107 this year. they re being taken to game five. willie, we wouldn t expect anything less of a dodgers-giants series. what do you think there? do giants pull it out, or are the dodgers going to once again go to the nlcs? boy, these teams are just almost literally evenly matched. they were separated by just one game. giants won 107 games. dodgers won 106 games. they combine, for now, including the playoffs, 217 victories this season. there s mookie betts. i know that hurts, hitting a home run for the dodgers last night. walker bucher from vanderbilt university pitching last night for the dodgers. i guess if you had to toss a coin, you d say home field advantage. but it s the playoffs.
before tampa came back and gave me a heart attack. the red sox gain game four since a little series you might remember as the 2004 alcs against the new york yankees. boston will face the other between astros and white sox. those teams get an extra day of rest with game 4 in chicago postponed because of rain and rescheduled. that will be this afternoon now. houston leads that series, 2-1. to los angeles where the san francisco giants take the edge in their national division series against the dodgers. san francisco s evan longoria helps put the defending champs on the brink of elimination with a solo home run in the fifth. max scherzer gave a brilliant performance on the mound but received no support from the l.a. offense. game four is tonight at dodger stadium. and in los angeles, peterson
out onto the field and surround the fields. abreu had to be restrained. outside pushing and shoving, there was nothing else. white sox manager la russa said abreu had been intentionally hit with a pitch. chicago went on to beat detroit, 8-7. and in ohio, fans cheered let s go indians one more time. they become the guardians next year. cleveland gets the best of kansas city. and bradley zimmer got the best of his older brother kyle zimmer hitting a solo home run. a brother homering off a brother has only happened three other times since 1900. this did not, of course, all the time i went deep off my own brother in whiffle ball. time now for a check on the weather. let s go to meteorologist bill
but designated hitter may be his only focus going forward. a sore arm will keep ohtani off the mound and if it persists joe maddon says the he likely will not pitch the rest of the season. to baltimore lefty jordan montgomery who gave up a solo home run before his exit in the sixth but the lack of run support leaves new york clinging to a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth. a wild pitch thrown by reliever clay holmes ties scores the tying run. walks it off with an rbi single. go orioles. the 3-2 loss drops the yankees a half game off for an off day for the blue jays. in the national league the padre