mlb playoffs scores
The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense has awaken and must find the spark that Yasiel Puig provided all year, especially with the St. Louis Cardinals sending their rookie phenom, Michael Wacha, to the mound in Friday night's Game 6 of the 2013 National League Championship Series.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, on the brink of elimination, will start Zack Greinke in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday afternoon, with Joe Kelly starting for St. Louis as they seek to make their second World Series appearance in three years.
Max Scherzer pitched seven innings of no-hit baseball before the Detroit Tigers' bullpen gave up a 5-1 lead to the Boston Red Sox before designated hitter David Ortiz saved the day for the Fenway Park faithful.
Rookie St. Louis Cardinal Michael Wacha, who threw a no-hitter through 7 and 1/3 innings in his playoff debut in the National League Division Series, goes up against Cy Young candidate Clayton Kershaw, who has 1-0 with an ERA of 0.69 in two starts, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series Saturday afternoon.
Former MVP and Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers will have a rematch with Oakland A's rookie Sonny Gray, who out-dueled the veteran in Game 2, but now face off in a winner-take-all Game 5 American League Division Series Thursday night.
The Boston Red Sox successfully advanced to the American League Championship series for the first time since 2008. But unlike the overwhelming big bats they had in previous postseason campaigns, the Red Sox leaned on their speedy and gritty unit led by Shane Victorino.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will send 23-year-old rookie Gerrit Cole in a must-win elimination game and will face Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals in Wednesday's Game 5 of the National League Division Series.
Tampa Bay Rays Jose Lobaton came off the bench and blasted a walkoff solo homerun off Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara to extend the American League Division Series to Game 4. Jake Peavy goes to the mound for the REd Sox against the Rays Jeremy Hellickson Tuesday night.
