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Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Your Quick Guide to Game 1 of 2016 NLCS
When is the first pitch? How can I watch the game on TV or online? Patch answers those questions and more.
The postseason continues for the Chicago Cubs with the National League Championship Series. To advance, the North Siders defeated the San Francisco Giants in dramatic fashion to win the NL Division Series. Now, the Cubbies take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-seven series. Here's your quick guide to what you need to know before the first pitch is thrown.
2016 NL Championship Series: Cubs vs. Dodgers
GAME 1
First Pitch: 7:08 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15
Where: Wrigley Field
TV | Radio | Streaming: Fox Sports 1 | 670 the Score (WSCR-AM), ESPNRadio 1000 (WMVP-AM) | Fox Sports Go
Pitching Matchup: Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Kenta Maeda (0-1, 12.00 ERA)
Cubs Postseason History 101: The NBC sitcom "Punky Brewster" filmed an episode set during the 1984 NLCS between the Cubs and San Diego Padres. The episode used footage from the Chicago's 13-0 win in Game 1 (as well as an incongruous, blink-and-you'll-miss-it clip from a Padres home game) during a montage sequence of Punky and Henry — both big Cubs fans — watching the game from the Wrigley Field home dugout. NBC aired the episode Oct. 21, two weeks after the Padres won the NLCS and eliminated the Cubs from the postseason.
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Game 1, ALCS: Cleveland Indians 2, Toronto Blue Jays 0 (Indians lead series, 1-0). Next game: 3:08 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
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