Stats of the Day: Ross makes history for Cubs

Here are three interesting items from the Division Series on Tuesday …

• After being held to two runs and two hits through eight innings in Game 4, the Cubs unleashed a four-run, four-hit ninth inning and came away with a 6-5 win to clinch their National League Division Series vs. the Giants. In this clincher, the Cubs got a long ball from David Ross, who, at 39 years and 206 days old, became the oldest catcher to homer in a postseason game. The previous oldest was Bob Boone, at 38 years and 327 days. Ross is also the oldest Cubs player — regardless of position — to go yard. In this category, Moises Alou, at 37 years and 104 days old for Game 7 of the 2003 NLCS, had …

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