Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the New York Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday. CBC | Sports News
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Lindor homers as Mets stop Dodgers’ record scoreless streak, head to NY with NLCS tied
Francisco Lindor and Mark Vientos homered as the New York Mets stopped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ record-tying postseason scoreless streak in a 7-3 victory on Monday, tying the NL Championship Series at a game apiece. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dodgers tie post-season record of 33 straight scoreless innings, rout Mets in NLCS opener
Jack Flaherty combined on a three-hitter and Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers tied the post-season record of 33 consecutive scoreless innings by routing the visiting New York Mets 9-0 Sunday night in the NL Championship Series opener. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Yamamoto outduels Darvish in historic matchup as Dodgers beat Padres to reach NLCS
Yoshinobu Yamamoto outduelled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kike Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday night and advance to the National League Championship Series. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Lindor grand slam helps Mets eliminate Phillies, advance to 1st NLCS since 2015
Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his latest clutch swing in an extraordinary season full of them, and the New York Mets reached the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Diamondbacks jump on Phillies with consecutive homers to force NLCS Game 7
Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight to help the Arizona Diamondbacks force Game 7 of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marte hits walk-off single in 9th inning as D-backs trim Phillies’ series lead in NLCS
Ketel Marte capped a three-hit afternoon with a walk-off single in the ninth, rookie Brandon Pfaadt pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on Thursday in Phoenix and close to 2-1 the NL Championship Series. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Justin Turner hits walk-off HR to give Dodgers 2-0 NLCS lead
Justin Turner hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the NL Championship Series. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Yasiel Puig sparks Dodgers in NLCS Game 1 win over Cubs
Chris Taylor hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, Yasiel Puig added a homer and an RBI double to his dynamite post-season, and the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a short start by Clayton Kershaw for a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night in the NL Championship Series opener. CBC | Sports News
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