Cubs ready for Nationals or Dodgers in NLCS

SAN FRANCISCO — OK, so who’s next? Now that the Cubs have advanced to the National League Championship Series (Game 1 Saturday on FOX/FS1, time TBD), they will face the winner of the other NL Division Series between the Dodgers and Nationals, which is slated for a decisive fifth game on Thursday (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on FS1).

The Cubs rallied for a 6-5 win over the Giants on Tuesday night at AT&T Park to clinch their NLDS. Last year, Chicago was swept by the Mets in the NLCS.

Does it matter who the Cubs play?

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“I don’t think so,” second baseman Ben Zobrist said on Tuesday night. “I have to look at those particular teams and the matchups, but for us, right now, all we care about is the confidence our team has. To us, it doesn’t matter who we play. We’ll feel confident going into that first game.”

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In the regular season, the Cubs went 5-2 against the Nationals, sweeping a four-game series at Wrigley Field on May 5-8, that was capped by Javier Baez’s walk-off home run on Mother’s Day in the 13th inning. Chicago also lost two of three in Washington on June 13-15.

In those matchups, …

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