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2016 National League Championship Series - Game 1 Los Angeles Dodgers Vs 2016 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 1 LOS ANGELES DODGERS VS. CHICAGO CUBS Saturday, October 15 - 8:08 p.m. (EDT) - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL RHP Kenta Maeda (0-1, 12.00) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00) FS1 - ESPN Radio MORE THAN JUST AN EXPRESSION: Getting off on the right foot in the National League Championship Series has been a key to success since the series went to seven games 30 years ago. In that time, the team to win Game 1 of the NLCS has a 21-9 (.700) series record. The last team to win the NLCS despite losing Game 1 was the San Francisco Giants in 2012 (4-3 over St. Louis). - Elias Sports Bureau CUBS & DODGERS IN THE NLCS: The Cubs are 1-3 in Game 1 in their four previous trips to the National League Championship Series. Their only win in Game 1 came in their first appearance, against San Diego in 1984. Chicago has never won the NLCS. The Dodgers are 4-6 in Game 1 of the NLCS, are 3-1 in the series when they have won the opener, and have won the series twice despite Game 1 losses (1977, 1988). They are 5-5 in their 10 LCS appearances, including three straight losses. CUBS & DODGERS HEAD-TO-HEAD: The Cubs and Dodgers have met just once in the postseason, when Los Angeles swept Chicago in three games in the 2008 NLDS. In the 2016 campaign, the Cubs won the season series, 4-3, despite drop- ping the last two games of the set. The Dodgers went 1-3 here at Wrigley, and 2-1 at Chavez Ravine. IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL: The Cubs enter their NLCS match-up with the Dodgers in possession of the lon- gest active World Series appearance and championship droughts in Major League Baseball. Chicago last advanced to the Fall Classic in 1945, and last won a World Series title in 1908. The Dodgers, meanwhile, are the second-most recent World Series champion among the four LCS participants this year, having last hoisted the World Series Trophy in 1988. Only the Blue Jays (1993) have won a title more recently. - Elias Sports Bureau FOUR!!!: The Dodgers are in the postseason for the fourth consecutive season, the longest active streak in the Majors and the longest in Club history. They have won the NL West title in each of those seasons, becoming the first Club to win that division in four straight years, and giving them 15 division titles in Franchise history. LES' IS MORE: Jon Lester is making the start for the Cubs tonight. He has made 15 TODAY'S INTERVIEW career starts in the postseason, second only to teammate John Lackey (21) among active ROOM SCHEDULE players on the four LCS participants....in his last outing, Game 1 of the LDS vs. San 3:40 p.m.: Kyle Hendricks Francisco, Lester set a new postseason career-high with 8.0 innings pitched, and picked 4:00 p.m.: Joe Maddon up his first win since Game 5 of the 2013 World Series for Boston in St. Louis...the 4:15 p.m.: TBA victory snapped a two-game losing skid over his last three postseason starts...it was his 4:45 p.m.: Dave Roberts first postseason start without a walk since Game 5 of the 2013 World Series, and his first without allowing a run in a span of four starts, going back to Game 1 of the 2013 World TONIGHT'S UMPIRES Series (7.2 ip in that outing). Pos. Name LCS* HP #39 Paul Nauert 1 MAEDA MAKES A RARE START: Rookie Kenta Maeda will make the start for the 1B #56 Eric Cooper 3 Dodgers tonight, marking his LCS debut....He will be just the fifth rookie in Dodgers 2B #38 Gary Cederstrom ^ 7 history to make a start in the NLCS. The others were Hyun-jin Ryu in 2013, Hiroki 3B #55 Angel Hernandez 7 Kuroda in 2008, Tim Belcher in 1988, and Fernando Valenzuela in 1981....Maeda will LF #72 Alfonso Marquez 4 be just the fourth Japanese pitcher to make a start in an LCS, joining Kuroda, Daisuke RF #65 Ted Barrett # 7 Matsuzaka (Boston, 2007 & '08), and Masato Yoshii (Mets, 1999). Replay: Bill Welke (w/ Tripp Gibson) TONIGHT'S ON-FIELD PERFORMANCES: Tonight's ceremonial first pitch will be *includes 2016 thrown by Rick Sutcliffe, the National Anthem will be performed by John Vincent, and ^crew chief the seventh inning stretch will be led by Ryne Sandberg and Bobby Dernier. #regular season crew chief 2016 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE Game Date Site Time (EDT)/Result Team 1 SP Team 2 SP TV Game 1 Sat. Oct. 15 Chicago 8:08 p.m. LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00) RHP Kenta Maeda (0-1, 12.00) FS1 Game 2 Sun. Oct. 16 Chicago 8:08 p.m. RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 4.91) TBA FS1 Game 3 Tues. Oct. 18 Los Angeles 8:08 p.m. RHP Jake Arrieta (0-0, 3.00) TBA FS1 Game 4 Wed. Oct. 19 Los Angeles 8:08 p.m. RHP John Lackey (0-0, 6.75) TBA FS1 Game 5* Thurs. Oct. 20 Los Angeles 8:08 p.m. TBA TBA FS1 Game 6* Sat. Oct. 22 Chicago TBD TBA TBA FS1 Game 7* Sun. Oct. 23 Chicago TBD TBA TBA FS1 *if necessary CUBS' STARTER AT A GLANCE DODGERS' STARTER AT A GLANCE #34 - LHP Jon Lester #18 - RHP Kenta Maeda Season* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO Season* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO 2016 19-5 2.44 32 202.2 57 55 21 52 197 2016 16-11 3.48 32 175.2 72 68 20 50 179 Career 146-84 3.44 316 2003.2 819 766 182 644 1861 Career 16-11 3.48 32 175.2 72 68 20 50 179 Playoffs Rec. ERA G-GS IP R ER HR BB SO Playoffs Rec. ERA G-GS IP R ER HR BB SO All LCS 1-4 4.15 7-5 34.2 17 16 6 8 32 All LCS - - - - - - - - - All P.S. 7-6 2.63 17-15 106.0 33 31 11 25 92 All P.S. 0-1 12.00 1-1 3.0 4 4 1 2 4 vs. LAD* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO vs. CHC* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO 2016 1-0 0.60 2 15.0 1 1 1 2 16 2016 - - - - - - - - - Career 2-2 3.06 5 32.1 11 11 1 10 34 Career - - - - - - - - - *regular season only *regular season only th CENTURIONS: The Cubs this season became the 16 team 100-WIN TEAMS IN POSTSEASON since 2000 to win 100 games in the regular season, the first since Since 2000 St. Louis won exactly 100 last season. Reaching the century mark has not translated into much postseason success in that Club Year Wins Result time, however. (See chart at right.) Of the 15 other Clubs to Chicago-NL 2016 103 --- St. Louis 2015 100 Lost LDS (CHI, 3-1) reach the plateau since 2000, only one has won the World Series Philadelphia 2011 102 Lost LDS (STL, 3-2) - the 2009 New York Yankees, who had a 103-win regular sea- New York-AL 2009 102 Won W.S. (PHI, 4-2) son. Worse still, only three of those Clubs even reached the Fall Los Angeles-AL 2008 100 Lost LDS (BOS, 3-1) Classic. The others were St. Louis in 2004 (105 wins) and the St. Louis 2005 100 Lost LCS (HOU, 4-2) Yankees in 2003 (101); the Cardinals were swept by Boston and New York-AL 2004 101 Lost LCS (BOS, 4-3) the Yankees lost to the Florida Marlins in six games. The last St. Louis 2004 105 Lost W.S. (BOS, 4-0) National League Club to win 100 games in the regular season New York-AL 2003 101 Lost W.S. (FLA, 4-2) and go on to win the World Series was the 1986 New York Mets, Atlanta 2003 101 Lost LDS (FLA, 3-1) who won 108 games before defeating Boston for the champion- San Francisco 2003 100 Lost LDS (CHI, 3-2) ship. New York-AL 2002 103 Lost LDS (ANA, 3-1) Oakland 2002 103 Lost LDS (MIN, 3-2) Including the Cubs this season, there have been 48 100-win Atlanta 2002 101 Lost LDS (SF, 3-2) teams in either league during the LCS era (since 1969). Of those Seattle 2001 116 Lost LCS (NYY, 4-1) Clubs, 35 reached the LCS, 22 reached the World Series, and 10 Oakland 2001 102 Lost LDS (NYY, 3-2) won the title. - Elias Sports Bureau FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: The Cubs this season became just the third team in Major League history to win 100 games within four seasons of losing 100 games, according to STATS LLC. Chicago went 103-58, just four years removed from a 61-101 campaign in 2012. The only other teams to do that were the 1969 Mets (100-62 after 50-112 in 1965) and the 1995 Indians (100-44 after 57-105 in 1991). TWO-WAY PLAYERS: The Cubs are getting an historic performance from their pitchers this postseason - at the plate. Chicago hurlers batted .333 (3x9) with two home runs and six RBI in the Division Series vs. San Francisco. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the two homers set a new LCS-era (since 1969) record for pitchers in a single series, and they tied the 1970 Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS for the most RBI.
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