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SPORTSTuesday 13 October 2015
Cubs hit 6 HRs, top Cards 8-6 for 2-1 lead in NLDS
JAY COHEN Jason Heyward
AP SPORTS WRITER
CHICAGO (AP) -- The and Stephen
young sluggers of the Chi-
cago Cubs are making Piscotty hom-
themselves at home in the
playoffs. ered for St. Louis,
On a rare off night for Jake which got to Ar-
Arrieta, the Windy City
rookies bashed their way to rieta for four runs
the brink of the NL Champi-
onship Series. in his worst start
Jorge Soler, Kris Bryant and
Kyle Schwarber connected in four months.
during a six-homer show for
the Cubs, who beat the St. But the Cardi-
Louis Cardinals 8-4 on Mon-
day for a 2-1 lead in the NL nals were un-
Division Series. Arrieta struck
out nine before departing able to keep
in the sixth inning, and the
bullpen finished the job in the Cubs in the
the first postseason game
at Wrigley Field in seven ballpark.
years.
The six homers
A third straight win for the
Cubs on Tuesday after- for Chicago set
noon, and the once woe-
begone franchise will ad- a franchise re-
vance to the NLCS for the
first time in 12 years. The cord for a play-
Cardinals, who led the ma-
jors with 100 wins this sea- off game, one
son, have won at least one
playoff series in each of the more than its to-
last four years.
Jason Hammel starts at tal from Game
home in Game 4. John
Lackey, who won the 1 of the 1984
opener, pitches for the Car-
dinals. NLCS against
San Diego.
The Cardinals
trailed 8-4 be- Chicago Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler (24) runs bases after hitting a home run against the St. Louis Cardi-
fore Piscotty hit nals during the eighth inning of Game 3 in baseball’s National League Division Series, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015,
a two-run shot in Chicago.
with two out Associated Press
in the ninth, a runs in a game since a June “Today we got his back - Soler, who struggled with in-
scary moment for a towel- 16 loss to Cleveland. just like he always got our juries for much of the year,
waving crowd of 42,411 And it didn’t matter, not backs,” Castro said. is 4 for 4 with two homers,
used to playoff heartache. one bit. Bryant’s two-run drive four RBIs and five walks in
But Hector Rondon retired Schwarber, Starlin Cas- made it 4-2 with one out the series.
Matt Holliday on a harmless tro and Bryant homered in the fifth and chased
bouncer to second, and against Michael Wacha Wacha in favor of Kevin The final homer for Chica-
the party was on. in his first playoff appear- Siegrist. But Anthony Rizzo go went to Dexter Fowler,
ance since he threw the followed another long ball, practically an elder states-
Arrieta improved to 18-1 final pitch of the 2014 post- a drive to right for his first hit man in Joe Maddon’s
with a 1.00 ERA in his last 22 season for the Cardinals, of the playoffs. youthful lineup. Fowler
starts dating to June 21, but a game-ending, three-run doesn’t turns 30 until March,
he was far from his usual shot for Travis Ishikawa in Even Adam Wainwright got but Soler, Bryant, Rizzo,
dominant self. He hadn’t the NLCS against the Gi- into the act, serving up Sol- Schwarber and Castro are
allowed more than three ants. er’s two-run shot in the sixth. all 26 or younger.q
NHL Roundup Boston Bruins’ Matt Beleskey (39) checks Tampa Bay Lightning’s shutout since March 11, draft, bodied off Boone
2012, against Toronto. Jenner in a loose-puck
Continued from page 17 Andrej Sustr (62) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Philadelphia coach Dave battle, kept the puck in the
Hakstol won for the first offensive zone, wheeled to
Ryan Strome banged in a in Boston, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. time in the NHL game af- his forehand and ripped
rebound with a man ad- ter spending 11 seasons a shot over goalie Sergei
vantage at 19:48 of the Associated Press coaching North Dakota. Bobrovsky to give Buffalo
first, giving the Brooklyn The college-to-pros move a 3-1 lead at 9:21 of the
matinee crowd a chance Neuvirth replaced Mason unspecified personal rea- in the NHL is a rare one. third period. Eichel has two
to launch the standard after Florida scored four sons, giving Neuvirth the Hakstol was the first to goals this season.
“Yes! Yes! Yes!” chant. Ta- goals in a 7-1 victory Sat- chance to shut down the make the jump since Bob
vares and Kyle Okposo as- urday night. Mason left the Panthers from the open- Johnson went from Wiscon- Rasmus Ristolainen, Ryan
sisted on Strome’s first of team Monday because of ing faceoff. He had his first sin to the Calgary Flames in O’Reilly and Matt Moulson
the season. 1982. had power-play goals for
SABRES 4, BLUE JACKETS 2 Buffalo. Moulson added
FLYERS 1, PANTHERS 0 BUFFALO, New York (AP) two assists, and Chad
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mi- — Rookie star Jack Eichel Johnson made 21 saves to
chael Neuvirth stopped scored a hustling unas- help Buffalo rebound after
31 shots for his first shutout sisted goal as Buffalo beat losing its first two games of
in more than 3 1/2 years, Columbus to give coach the season.
leading Philadelphia past Dan Bylsma his first victory Scott Hartnell and Brandon
Florida. with the Sabres. Saad scored for Columbus,
Brayden Schenn scored to Eichel, the former Boston and Bobrovsky stopped 29
help the Flyers win for the University player selected shots. The Blue Jackets are
first time in three games this No. 2 overall in the June 0-3.q
season.
