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DYK: Facts and figures from NLCS Game 4
- Updated: October 20, 2016
After four games, the National League Championship Series is all square. The Cubs and Dodgers have each won once at home and once on the road, splitting the first two games of the series at Wrigley Field and now the latest two at Dodger Stadium.
The Cubs routed the Dodgers in a 10-2 win in Game 4 on Wednesday to even the series and guarantee that the NLCS will end in their home ballpark, with a trip to the World Series on the line.
• NLCS Game 5: Today at 8 p.m. ET on FS1
Game 5 — the final game at Chavez Ravine before the series returns to Wrigley Field for Game 6 and a potential Game 7 — will be pivotal. But before the teams move on to the next game, as the American League champion Indians await the winner, here are the key facts and figures from Game 4 of the NLCS.
Game Date Time Matchup TV/Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 15 CHC 8, LAD 4 Gm 2 Oct. 16 LAD 1, CHC 0 Gm 3 Oct. 18 LAD 6, CHC 0 Gm 4 Oct. 19 CHC 10, LAD 2 Gm 5 Oct. 20 8 p.m. CHC @ LAD FS1 Gm 6 Oct. 22 8 p.m. LAD @ CHC FS1 *Gm 7 Oct. 23 8 p.m. LAD @ CHC FS1 * If necessary | All times listed ET • NLCS coverageShop for postseason gear: Cubs | Dodgers
• With the Cubs and Dodgers tied at two games apiece, Game 5 has the potential to swing the series. In best-of-seven LCS that have been tied 2-2, the team that wins Game 5 has gone on to win the series 12 of 15 times. In those situations, teams are 7-2 in the series when winning Game 5 at home, and 5-1 when winning on the road.
• The Cubs have been tied 2-2 in an NL Championship Series only once before — in 1984, when the series was a best-of-five. Chicago had a 2-0 lead in that series before losing the final three games to San Diego.
The Dodgers have been tied 2-2 in an NLCS twice, in 1981 and ’85. In ’81, Los Angeles went on to win the series over the Montreal Expos. In ’85, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers to advance to the World Series.
• The Cubs had scored 10 runs on the road in a postseason game only once before in franchise history. That was in 1908, in Game 1 of the last World Series they won.
• The Cubs, who were shut out in Games 2 and 3, snapped a 21-inning scoreless streak — the longest in the club’s postseason history — when Willson Contreras …
