The AL and NL Championship series' are in full swing as four teams remain, trying to book their ticket to the world series.
In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals jumped out to a three games to one series lead before losing game five last night. Cardinal fans will remember last years NLCS when they held a three games to one series lead on the eventual World Series champs San Francisco Giants before blowing the lead, and losing the series. The Dodgers will have to rely on great starting pitching to stifle a experienced Cardinals lineup, and get back in to this series. Game six goes in St. Louis tomorrow night. The Cards currently leads the series three games to two.
The American League series has been a strange one. The Red Sox are struggling to score runs, but won game three with just two swings of the bat, and beat Justin Verlander in game three 1-0 on a Mike Napoli home-run. In game two, a grand slam by David Ortiz tied the game at five in the bottom of the 8th, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a walk-off single in the 9th after an error by Tigers SS Jose Iglesias. The Red Sox will have to score more runs in order to win this series. The Tigers have too much talent in their lineup for the Red Sox to continue to eek out 1-0 wins. Game five goes tonight in Detroit. The series sits tied at two games a piece.
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