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The Los Angeles Dodgers, on the brink of elimination, will start Zack Greinke in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday afternoon, with Joe Kelly starting for St. Louis as they seek to make their second World Series appearance in three years.
The St. Louis Cardinals will send Adam Wainwright Monday night as they look to jump ahead three games to none over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have struggled offensively in their first two games of the National League Championship Series.
Max Scherzer pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball before the Detroit Tigers' bullpen gave up a 5-1 lead to the Boston Red Sox before designated hitter David Ortiz saved the day for the Fenway Park faithful.
The Boston Red Sox's Jon Lester will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series and go against Detroit Tigers' pitcher Anibal Sanchez, who led the American League with a 2.75 ERA Saturday night. The Tigers are looking to make their second straight World Series appearance.
Rookie St. Louis Cardinal Michael Wacha, who threw a no-hitter through 7 and 1/3 innings in his playoff debut in the National League Division Series, goes up against Cy Young candidate Clayton Kershaw, who has 1-0 with an ERA of 0.69 in two starts, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series Saturday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals kick off their National League Championship Series Friday night, with Los Angeles looking to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1988 and the Cardinals on a quest for their second title in three years.
The Pittseburgh Pirates will send 23-year-old rookie Gerrit Cole in a must-win elimination game and will face Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals in Wednesday's Game 5 of the National League Division Series.
Former MVP and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers will have a rematch with Oakland A's rookie Sonny Gray, who out-dueled the veteran in Game 2, but now face off in a winner-take-all Game 5 American League Division Series Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will send 23-year-old rookie Gerrit Cole in a must-win elimination game and will face Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals in Wednesday's Game 5 of the National League Division Series.
Tampa Bay Rays Jose Lobaton came off the bench and blasted a walkoff solo homerun off Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara to extend the American League Division Series to Game 4. Jake Peavy goes to the mound for the REd Sox against the Rays Jeremy Hellickson Tuesday night.
Yasiel Puig's double in the eighth inning sparks Dodger's offense in their 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves, L.A. advancing to the National League Championship Series.
Michael Wacha kept the St. Louis Cardinals' season alive taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning in the Cardinals 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Both the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers are sending a pair of rookies, South Korean Hyun-Jin Ryu and Colombian Julio Teheran, as both team trying to a game lead with the National League Division Series tied 1-1.
The St, Louis Cardinals travel to Pittsburgh's raucous crowd to face Francisco Liriano and the Pirates in Game 3 of their National League Division Series.
The Atlanta Braves will start Mike Minor at pitcher, looking not to go down 0-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers after Thursday night's loss. The Dodgers send Zack Greinke - who is sporting a 1.58 ERA in 12 starts since late July.
