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DYK? Cubs-Giants Game 4 NLDS
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Tuesday’s Game 4 of the National League Division Series between the Cubs and Giants is one that will likely be remembered forever in the North Side of Chicago — and perhaps in San Francisco, as well.
What appeared to be a series-tying win for the Giants — one that would’ve placed all the pressure on the Cubs in a potential Game 5 at Wrigley Field — completely flipped in the span of six plate appearances in the top of the ninth, as Chicago erased a three-run deficit and stormed back to claim a dramatic 6-5 victory to punch their ticket to the NL Championship Series for the second time in as many years.
Game Date Matchup TV/Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 7 CHC 1, SF 0 Gm 2 Oct. 8 CHC 5, SF 2 Gm 3 Oct. 10 SF 6, CHC, 5 (13) Gm 4 Oct. 11 CHC 6, SF 5 • Giants vs. Cubs NLDS coverageShop for postseason gear: Cubs | Giants
Before the Cubs host either the Dodgers or the Nationals in Game 1 of the NLCS on Saturday (FOX/FS1), here are the facts and figures you should know about Chicago’s big win Tuesday night:
• This is the first time the Cubs have won a postseason series in back-to-back years since 1907-08 — the years of the franchise’s last World Series triumphs.
• The Giants’ loss marked the franchise’s first in a potential postseason elimination game since Game 4 of the 2003 NLDS against the Marlins. San Francisco went a remarkable 10-0 in elimination games under manager Bruce Bochy between that game in 2003 and Tuesday’s season-ending loss, which also ends the Giants’ run of 11 consecutive postseason series victories — which is tied with the 1998-2001 Yankees for the longest streak in history.
• The Cubs are only the second team to come back from three runs down in the ninth inning or later in a game in which it clinched a postseason series. The first occurrence was the 1986 Mets’ comeback from a 3-0 deficit in the ninth inning against the Astros in Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS.
• Javier Baez’s go-ahead single in the top of the ninth — which proved to be the game-winner — was the fifth go-ahead hit by a Cubs player in the ninth inning or later in the franchise’s postseason history, and the first since Doug Glanville’s RBI triple in the top of the 11th inning in Game 3 of the 2003 NLCS.
• Before Baez came to the plate, pinch-hitter Willson Contreras’ two-run single up the middle was the fourth game-tying hit in the ninth inning or later …
