The excitement intensifies in the National League with two crucial Game 4s in the Division Series, after the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided elimination in the MLB playoffs. Will the Cubs and Phillies be able to force a decisive fifth game this Thursday? Or, will the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers be the ones to advance to the National League Championship Series?
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Philadelphia Phillies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (6:08 p.m. ET)
Los Angeles leads the series 2-1. Game 4 Pitchers: Cristopher Sanchez vs. Tyler Glasnow Keys for the Phillies to tie the series: The Phillies have an advantage in the starting pitchers comparison, with Cristopher Sanchez, who had an outstanding regular season and an excellent performance in Game 1, with four days of rest, facing Glasnow, who hasn’t pitched much in the last two weeks and has struggled with control issues. In addition, the bullpen will be in good shape thanks to Ranger Suarez’s great effort on Wednesday, so the winning strategy is based on a closing effort from Sanchez and the performance of the relievers in high-pressure situations. The Phillies’ offensive plan will be to make Glasnow raise his pitch count and expose the Dodgers’ relievers sooner than Dave Roberts would like. A home run by Bryce Harper would also be of great help.Alignments
Phillies: To be determined.- Shohei Ohtani (L) DH
- Mookie Betts (R) SS
- Teoscar Hernandez (R) RF
- Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
- Tommy Edman (S) 2B
- Will Smith (R) C
- Alex Call (R) LF
- Enrique Hernandez (R) 3B
- Andy Pages (R) CF
