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- Updated: October 20, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers weren’t supposed to shut out the Cubs for four straight games and win the National League Championship Series in five.
There were moments over the previous two nights when those outcomes may have looked like distinct possibilities, but it was never going to be quite that easy or uncomplicated.
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After the Dodgers had shut out the Cubs twice in a row, the Cubs’ offense arose Wednesday night in Game 4. A 10-2 Cubs victory evened the series at two games apiece. The Cubs started a four-run, fourth-inning rally in the least offensive way, or the most offensive way, depending on your point of view.
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
After the Cubs had been shut out for 21 straight innings, and after the Dodgers’ 20-year-old lefty Julio Urias had held the Cubs hitless for the first three innings of Game 4, Ben Zobrist, the Cubs’ cleanup hitter, laid down a bunt single leading off the fourth.
“How about the bunt gets the whole thing rolling by your No. 4 hitter?” said Cubs manager Joe Maddon. “How unlikely is that? We do that.”
This modest start eventually became a four-run rally, highlighted by shortstop Addison Russell’s two-run homer.
Russell had been 1-for-25 in the postseason coming into that at-bat. It was that sort of thing that convinced some people that the rest of the series could go on that way. The Cubs’ 3, 4 and 5 hitters were hitting just 2-for-32 (.063) in this series, coming into this game. The worst …
