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The Dodgers return to Los Angeles for their final homestand of 2017 with a chance to clinch the National League West on Friday. They can celebrate their fifth consecutive division title on Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda’s 90th birthday with a win over the Giants, or a D-backs loss to the Marlins.
This was not the postseason, but it sure felt that way Thursday night at Miller Park as the Cubs and the Brewers traded late-inning blows in Milwaukee’s most charged September ballgame in years. Javier Baez hit a tying two-out RBI single in the ninth, Wade Davis escaped a bases-loaded jam to force extra innings and Kris Bryant’s two-run home run in the 10th sent Chicago to a 5-3 win in the opener of a four-game series that could decide the NL Central.
Let’s call this win revenge for slugging Joey. Tonight, the Toronto Blue Jays hit back at the Texas Rangers with an action-packed 10-1 win in Arlington. The long-awaited game came on the heels of the infamous bat flip by Jose Bautista in 2015, followed by an all-out brawl in May between the two teams
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This was not the postseason, but it sure felt that way Thursday night at Miller Park as the Cubs and the Brewers traded late-inning blows in Milwaukee’s most charged September ballgame in years. Javier Baez hit a tying two-out single in the ninth, Wade Davis escaped a bases-loaded jam to force extra innings and Kris Bryant’s two-run home run in the 10th sent Chicago to a 5-3 win in the opener of a four-game series that could decide the National League Central.
For the second consecutive day, Francisco Lindor helped sink the Angels with a tiebreaking home run, launching a three-run, go-ahead shot to complete the Indians’ three-game sweep with a 4-1 victory in Thursday afternoon’s series finale at Angel Stadium.
