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do-or-die, but I think that it’s a must-win game,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after a 15-0 rout in San Francisco.
“To win the game and get a couple days off, to host the Division Series is very important,” he said.
The tiebreaker losers play Tuesday at the NL Central’s site to determine who advances.
The AL playoff scenario is set.
Oakland and the Yankees hold the wild-card game Wednesday night in New York and the winner goes to Boston on Friday. Defending World Series cham- pion Houston opens the ALDS against Cleveland.
Arenado homered twice and Charlie Blackmon hit for the cycle as the Rockies roughed up Washington 12-0. The Na- tionals decided to skip ace Max Scherzer and instead start Erick Fedde.
Colorado, which has never won a
division title since beginning play in 1993, will try to deny the defending NL champion Dodgers their sixth straight West title. German Marquez, who struck out eight straight batters to begin his last start, takes on Manny Machado, Justin Turner and their Los Angeles teammates.
“It’s two of the best young starting pitchers in the big leagues pitching in this type of game,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “It’s great.”
The Dodgers topped Colorado 12-7 in the season series. The Cubs are 11-8 against Milwaukee.
At Wrigley, lefty Jose Quintana is set to start for the Cubs. He’s 6-2 with a 1.60 ERA in 10 starts against Milwaukee. The Brewers haven’t announced their starter. The Cubs put themselves in this po- sition with a 10-5 win at home over St. Louis. Milwaukee won its seventh in a row, trouncing Detroit 11-0.
“Expecting it to be fairly hostile to- morrow,” Yelich said. “Any time we play the Cubs, it’s a hostile environment, es- pecially in Wrigley Field. It’s going to be a lot of fun. We’re looking forward to it.”
Yelich is hitting .323 in his first season with Milwaukee, sealing the first bat- ting title in Brewers’ history. He has 109 RBIs, tied with Arenado and two behind Javier Baez of the Cubs. Yelich’s 36 home runs are even with Colorado’s Trevor Story and St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter, one behind Arenado.
Since the tiebreakers are considered game No. 163 of the regular season, all stats Monday will count, giving Yelich a chance to win the first NL Triple Crown since Joe Medwick in 1937.
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