Thursday, October 12, 2017

NLDS Game 5: Nationals and Cubs Square off in DC

2017 NLDS

Nats Look to Advance out of NLDS for 1st Time


The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals play Game 5 of their NLDS Series on Thursday when they battle at Nationals Park. The game is set to start at 8:08 pm EST. TBS will have the game televised nationally.

The Nationals are fighting the D.C. sports curse. The city's four major pro sports teams have played 68 combined seasons without advancing to a conference or league final. That is over 19. The Capitals were the last team to reach a final. That was back in 1998. The city with the next-longest drought is Cincinnati, at 44 seasons.

The Nantionals have been eliminated in the NL Division Series in their previous three postseason appearances since moving to Washington. Getting past the defending World Champion Chicago Cubs will be a daunting task. Will the Nationals past shortcomings factor into how they play?

Washington got a dominant performance by right-hander Stephen Strasburg on Wednesday to side-step elimination. They beat the Cubs5-0 at Wrigley Field.

Oddsmakers have the Cubs as -107-moneyline favorites. The total is at 7.5.

Baker Goes with Gio Gonzalez: Cubs With Hendricks in NLDS Game 5


Gio Gonzalez took a no-decision in Game 2 of the NLDS. The lefty allowed three runs and three hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked two. The Nationals will need another outing like this from Gio to advance. His regular season was up and down during the regular season.

Unless Gonzalez is raking, it is easy to assume Baker will empty his bullpen to get as many matchups in his favor. Even though Sammy Solis and Oliver Perez gave up hits the other day, they're still good left-on-left matchups if needed.

Kyle Hendricks, who brilliant in his Game 1 win.  He allowed just two hits and struck out six over seven innings. Hendricks is 2-2 in five career starts against the Nationals. He is 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA against Washington this season., including the victory last week in Washington.

Hendricks threw 65 percent fastballs in Game 1. That is his second-highest rate of any start this season. He had a season average of 48 percent, and it was a effective strategy to change. He induced eight foul balls and 24 called strikes out of 69 total fastballs thrown. For a guy who throws 87 it proves location is the key.

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Recent Form































Teamrecordmoneyvs LHPvs RHPFaveDogO/UDiff
Chi Cubs94-72-$724.0021-1573-5781-6113-1175-82-90.74
Washington99-67$778.0023-1676-5183-4916-1870-85-110.91




Pitchers Last 3 Starts


K Hendricks (8-5) ERA: 2.88































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Oct 6, 2017WSHW3-0U7$135.00
Sep 28, 2017STLW2-1U5$125.00
Sep 23, 2017MILL3-4U6-$100.00



Bullpen




Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 10.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Washington's relievers have pitched 7.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent


Chicago Cubs - K Hendricks































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Oct 6, 20173-0CHC720036Win
Aug 4, 20174-2WSH753325Loss
Jun 13, 20164-1WSH5.164344Loss
May 5, 20165-2CHC620024Win
Jun 7, 20156-3CHC563204Win
















DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
No Recent Starts vs. Opponent.



NLDS Supergrid



























TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense5.0084.104
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense4.72114.2310
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense5.0174.267
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense5.1484.005

Head To Head Detail



















































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineO/UAway PitcherHome PitcherAway HitsHome HitsAway WalksHome WalksAway StrikeoutsHome Strikeouts
Oct 11, 2017WSH5CHC0-1047UStephen Strasburg (R)Jake Arrieta (R)5393714
Oct 9, 2017WSH1CHC21007.5UMax Scherzer (R)Jose Quintana (L)341498
Oct 7, 2017CHC3WSH6-1188.5OJon Lester (L)Gio Gonzalez (L)663384
Oct 6, 2017CHC3WSH0-1457.5UKyle Hendricks (R)Stephen Strasburg (R)5223139
Aug 6, 2017WSH9CHC4-1929.5OErick Fedde (R)Jon Lester (L)1010241110
Aug 5, 2017WSH4CHC7-16211PEdwin Jackson (R)John Lackey (R)7952914
Aug 4, 2017WSH4CHC2-1599UTanner Roark (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)763477
Jun 29, 2017CHC5WSH4-1139.5UJon Lester (L)Joe Ross (R)8635810
Jun 28, 2017CHC4WSH8-1788.5OJohn Lackey (R)Stephen Strasburg (R)61123156
Jun 27, 2017CHC1WSH6-1687.5UJake Arrieta (R)Max Scherzer (R)291776



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Team Vs Division Or Conference


Chicago Cubs


























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall94-7249-3445-3881-5813-1475-82-921-1573-57
Last 106-43-23-22-24-24-60-16-3
vs Div46-3022-1524-1540-286-237-37-24-342-27
vs AL12-85-57-310-62-211-7-24-48-4
vs NL82-6444-2938-3571-5211-1264-75-717-1165-53



Washington Nationals


























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall99-6748-3551-3283-4817-1970-85-1123-1676-51
Last 104-63-31-34-60-03-6-11-23-4
vs Div47-2924-1523-1442-246-538-34-410-437-25
vs AL10-105-55-57-63-48-123-27-8
vs NL89-5743-3046-2776-4214-1562-73-1120-1469-43



Team Last 5 Games


Chicago Cubs
































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Oct 11, 2017WSH0-5L-1047J Arrieta4S StrasburgH
Oct 9, 2017WSH2-1W1007.5J Quintana5.2M ScherzerH
Oct 7, 2017WSH3-6L1088.5J Lester6G GonzalezA
Oct 6, 2017WSH3-0W1357.5K Hendricks7S StrasburgA
Oct 1, 2017CIN1-3L-1829Mike Montgomery3Deck McGuireH



Washington Nationals
































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Oct 11, 2017CHC5-0W-1067S Strasburg7J ArrietaA
Oct 9, 2017CHC1-2L-1107.5M Scherzer6.1J QuintanaA
Oct 7, 2017CHC6-3W-1188.5G Gonzalez5J LesterH
Oct 6, 2017CHC0-3L-1457.5S Strasburg7K HendricksH
Oct 1, 2017PIT8-11L-1928.5G Gonzalez4.1Steven BraultH




Weather in
Washington - United States


Weather is Cloudy  66°F


Cloudy
Humidity is 82%
Wind is East-northeast 14 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg



Forecast for Washington


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