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Cubs Playoff Guide: Will Game 2 of NLCS See More Chicago Late-Inning Magic?
Find out when the game against the Dodgers starts and how you can catch it on TV, the radio and online.
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
Cubs lead the best-of-seven series, 1-0. Check out the Game 1 recap.
GAME 2
First Pitch: 7:08 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16
Where: Wrigley Field
TV | Radio | Streaming: Fox Sports 1 | 670 the Score (WSCR-AM), ESPNRadio 1000 (WMVP-AM) | Fox Sports Go
Pitching Matchup: Kyle Hendricks (1-0, 4.91 ERA) vs. Clayton Kershaw (1-0, 5.84 ERA)
Cubs Postseason History 101: McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, a lifelong Cubs fan and Oak Park native, offered to buy the North Side team from then-owner Phil Wrigley in the early 1970s, according to Mental Floss. Wrigley told Kroc the team wasn’t for sale, which angered the burger mogul. So Kroc did what any rich businessman would do: He went out and bought another MLB team, the San Diego Padres, in 1974. Kroc died in 1984, the year the Padres came from two-games down in the NLCS to beat the Cubs and give San Diego its first-ever World Series appearance. The Padres ended up losing to the Detroit Tigers.
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Around the Playoffs
Game 3, ALCS: Cleveland Indians 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Indians lead series, 2-0). Next game: 7:08 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
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