Diamondbacks 5, Cubs 1
From the first pitched at Wrigley Field Saturday evening, the Diamondbacks were ready to move on to bigger and better things. Outfielder Chris Young homered off Cubs starter Rich Hill on the very first pitch of the game, and the D-Backs never trailed the rest of the contest. The Arizona Republic’s Bob Young writes that starter Livan Hernandez (6.0 IP, 1 ER) stayed poised working out of tough jams throughout the night…Jay Mariotti of The Chicago Sun Times writes it’s almost sickening how the Cubs haven’t won in ‘one hundred freaking years‘.
Rockies 2, Phillies 1
The upstart Rockies rode youngster Ubaldo Jimenez’s outstanding pitching performance and pinch-hitter Jeff Baker’s tiebreaking single in the eighth to sweep the Phillies. A 14-mintue power outage affected the game in the second, but Woody Paige of The Denver Post writes that through the darkness, the Rockies achieved historic brilliance…Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Todd Zolecki writes that not even the resiliency that the team showed in the regular season could save the Phillies in this series.
The Rockies and Diamondbacks will play Game 1 of the NLCS on Thursday in Arizona.
