With a 4-1 victory involving no small portion of heroical theatricals, the LA Dodgers now travel to Wrigley two-games up on the North-siders in the NLCS. In a highly contested series thus far, the Cubbies still find themselves tenuously clutching to hope.
What was the deciding factor in this nail-biter ball-game? Having either Kenley Jansen (a closer) or John Lackey (a starter on no rest) toe respective rubbers in the ninth. Bull-pen, to one-word answer my own query. Jansen bupkis'd the Cubs in the ninth. Then Lackey came on in hopes of doing the same. He got 2/3 of the 1-1 ninth through -- till Justin Turner hit a three-run round-tripper. This coming 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson fist-pumping 'round the bags. Twixt the two iconic occurrences, no other LA walk-offs exist. 1988 was a long time ago, gentlepersons.
The gut-punched second-city representatives are now two-losses from allowing Dem Bums to dethrone them and advance to the World Serious.
"With My Pickle" Kaplowitz Radio: October 11, 2017
