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2016 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 6 LOS ANGELES DODGERS VS. CHICAGO CUBS Saturday, October 22 - 7:08 p.m. (CDT) - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL LHP Clayton Kershaw (2-0, 3.72) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 3.00) FS1 - ESPN Radio GAME SIX: The Cubs head into Game 6 with a 3-2 series lead. Teams up 3-2 in best-of-seven LCS play are 27-10 all-time, and 16-4 when the final two games are at home. Chicago is 6-9 all-time in postseason games with a chance to clinch a series, but 0-6 in that scenario in the NLCS. The Dodgers are 16-23 all-time in postseason games in which they face elimi- nation. The Cubs won Game 5 on Thursday in Los Angeles; of the 52 previous LCS series that have gone to five games, the winner of Game 5 is 34-18. - Elias Sports Bureau LIVE ARM: Clayton Kershaw had six strikeouts in Game 2 on Sunday, giving him 102 career postseason strikeouts. He enters tonight's start ranking third among active players, behind Justin Verlander (112) and John Lackey (106). WE HAVE A HEART BEAT: After batting just 2x32 (.063) with four RBI over the first three games of the NLCS, the Cubs 3-4-5 hitters are batting .440 (11x25) with three doubles, a home run (Anthony Rizzo) and eight RBI over the last two games. UPS AND DOWNS: The Cubs have scored 26 runs in this series despite being shut out twice in five games. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the most runs ever scored by a team that was shut out two-or-more times in a series was 32, by the Tigers in the 1945 World Series against the Cubs. LONGEST ON-BASE STREAKS EIGHT IS ENOUGH: The Cubs have scored at least eight runs in their Dodgers’ Postseason History three victories in this series. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the only Player Streak Span Justin Turner 15 10/9/2015 to present team to score at least eight runs in all of its wins in a postseason series Carl Furillo 14 10/3/53 to 10/7/56 was the Blue Jays (8, 10, 15, 8) in the 1993 World Series against Phila- Steve Garvey 13 10/9/74 to 10/14/77 delphia. Pee Wee Reese 13 10/4/53 to 10/7/56 A.J. Ellis 12 10/11/2013 to 10/13/2015 TURNER ON BOARD: Justin Turner singled in the third inning of Steve Sax 12 10/4/88 to 10/20/88 Game 5, extending his postseason on-base streak to 15 games. That Bill Russell 12 10/16/77 to 10/17/78 broke a tie with Carl Furillo’s for the Dodgers’ postseason record, which was set from 1953-’56 (see full chart at right). Turner is tied with Alcides Escobar for the TODAY'S INTERVIEW third-longest active streak, behind Lorenzo Cain (20) and Daniel Murphy (19). ROOM SCHEDULE 4:00 p.m.: Joe Maddon CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Adrian Gonzalez registered his seventh career postseason 4:15 p.m.: Rich Hill home run, all with the Dodgers, in Game 2 on Sunday. He broke a tie with Ron Cey and 4:30 p.m.: Dave Roberts Davey Lopes for third-most in Club history; he trails only Duke Snider (11) and Steve 5:00 p.m.: Jake Arrieta Garvey (10). In Game 5, Gonzalez had his 21st career postseason RBI, tying Dusty Baker for fourth-most in Club history. Cey (24) is the all-time leader, followed by Garvey (22) TONIGHT'S UMPIRES and Lopes (22). Pos. Name LCS* HP #65 Ted Barrett # 7 SWING MAN: Jon Lester earned the win in Game 5, improving to 3-0 in three starts 1B #52 Bill Welke 2 in Game 5’s in his career. He has a 1.80 ERA (20.0 ip/4 er) in those outings, all of them 2B #56 Eric Cooper 3 on the road. All three wins gave his team a 3-2 lead in a series; the first two times, his 3B #38 Gary Cederstrom ^ 7 Club eventually won the series in six games. The first was the 2013 ALCS for Boston LF #55 Angel Hernandez 7 against Detroit, and the second was just 11 days later in the World Series against St. RF #72 Alfonso Marquez 4 Louis. According to Elias Sports Bureau, among pitchers with multiple Game 5 starts in Replay: Paul Nauert a 2-2 series (best-of-seven only), Lester is the only pitcher in Major League history to go (w/ Tripp Gibson) 3-0. Livan Hernandez, Jerry Reuss, and Justin Verlander are all 2-0 in two starts in that *includes 2016 scenario, and David Wells is 2-0 in three starts. ^crew chief #regular season crew chief 2016 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE Game Date Site Time (EDT)/Result Chicago SP Los Angeles SP TV Game 1 Sat. Oct. 15 Chicago Chicago, 8-4 WP - Aroldis Chapman (1-0) LP - Joe Blanton (0-1) - Game 2 Sun. Oct. 16 Chicago Los Angeles, 1-0 WP - Clayton Kershaw (2-0) LP - Kyle Hendricks (0-1) SV - Kenley Jansen (3) Game 3 Tues. Oct. 18 Los Angeles Los Angeles, 6-0 WP - Rich Hill (1-1) LP - Jake Arrieta (0-1) - Game 4 Wed. Oct. 19 Los Angeles Chicago, 10-2 WP - Mike Montgomery (1-0) LP - Julio Urías (1-1) - Game 5 Thurs. Oct. 20 Los Angeles Chicago, 8-4 WP - Jon Lester (2-0) LP - Joe Blanton (1-2) - Game 6 Sat. Oct. 22 Chicago 8:08 p.m. RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 3.00) LHP Clayton Kershaw (2-0, 3.72) FS1 Game 7* Sun. Oct. 23 Chicago 8:08 p.m. RHP Jake Arrieta (0-1, 4.91) LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 3.46) FS1 *if necessary DODGERS' STARTER AT A GLANCE CUBS' STARTER AT A GLANCE #22 - LHP Clayton Kershaw #28 - RHP Kyle Hendricks Season* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO Season* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO 2016 12-4 1.69 21 149.0 31 28 8 11 172 2016 16-8 2.13 30 190.0 53 45 15 44 170 Career 126-60 2.37 263 1760.0 505 463 105 477 1918 Career 31-17 2.92 75 450.1 159 146 36 102 384 Playoffs Rec. ERA G-GS IP R ER HR BB SO Playoffs Rec. ERA G-GS IP R ER HR BB SO All LCS 1-3 5.26 7-4 25.2 16 15 2 12 23 All LCS 0-1 2.89 2-2 9.1 3 3 2 5 9 All P.S. 4-6 4.39 17-13 84.0 44 41 8 27 102 All P.S. 0-1 4.08 4-4 17.2 8 8 5 5 16 vs. CHC* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO vs. LA* Rec. ERA GS IP R ER HR BB SO 2016 - - - - - - - - - 2016 1-0 2.25 1 8.0 2 2 1 1 6 Career 5-3 2.18 8 53.2 15 13 5 13 68 Career 2-1 3.15 3 20.0 8 7 3 3 12 *regular season only *regular season only ADDISON STREET: Addison Russell homered for the second straight HOME RUN STREAKS game in Game 5. He is the ninth player in Club history to homer in Cubs’ Postseason History two-or-more consecutive postseason games (see list at right); the record Player Streak Span is three games, by Kyle Schwarber and Alex Gonzalez. Additionally, Kyle Schwarber 3 10/12/2015 to 10/17/2015 from ESPN Stats & Info, Russell is the second-youngest shortstop in Alex Gonzalez 3 10/5/2003 to 10/8/2003 Major League history to homer in consecutive postseason games. The Addison Russell 2 10/19/2016 to present youngest is Corey Seager, who did it in Games 1 & 2 of the LDS this Anthony Rizzo 2 10/12/2015 to 10/13/2015 year at Washington. Jorge Soler 2 10/10/2015 to 10/12/2015 Sammy Sosa 2 10/7/2003 to 10/8/2003 TAKING A RISP: The Cubs had 18 at-bats with runners in scoring Jody Davis 2 10/6/84 to 10/7/84 position in Game 5. That was the second-most in Club history in a Leon Durham 2 10/6/84 to 10/7/84 postseason game, behind 19 in Game 1 of the 1908 World Series at Frank Demaree 2 10/2/32 to 10/2/35 Detroit. After going 2x16 (.125) with RISP in Games 1-3, Chicago went 10x31 (.323) over Games 4 & 5. MOST RUNS IN A GAME Cubs’ Postseason History BUSTING OUT: Chicago scored 10 runs in a postseason game for just Runs Series/Round Opp. the fourth time in Club history in Game 4 (see chart at right). The Cubs 13 1984 NLCS/Game 1 San Diego were the first team to score 10 runs in an NLCS game since St. Louis 12 2003 NLCS/Game 2 vs. Florida defeated Milwaukee, 12-6, in Game 6 in 2011. The Cubs snapped a skid 10 2016 NLCS/Game 4 at Los Angeles of 21 consecutive innings without a run with a four-run fourth inning. 10 1908 World Series/Game 1 at Detroit The streak dated back to the beginning of Game 2 and 3+ HITS & RBI IN A GAME was the longest postseason scoreless streak in Club Cubs' Postseason History history.