>> otis, it was all about clayton kershaw. the book on him in the postseason was he would hold the hitters in jail for the inning, they would break out. they call it the kershaw shank redemption. this time in this game, he was virtually unhittable. >> very good game i thought. stephen was outstanding. he had one bad inning, and one pitch back, he threw to kershaw. other than that, a very good game. you're facing a good pitcher who when he is right, you don't get a lot of hits. >> otis, we talked before the game. you knew you had to face kershaw but now you're facing him twice, and degrom is on the mound on thursday. overmyer, cbs 2 -- steve overmyer, cbs 2 news. >>> you can't call them the lovable losers anymore, but not tonight. the chicago cubs won their up 5-4 in the 7th, this is sent to lake michigan. 438-foot bomb to right, and a 6- 4 lead, and they hold on to win it. believe it or not, this is the first time they got a series clinched victory at wrigley field. mind you, may have only played there 99 years. they finally g

nagging kershaw every turn. the entire stadium erupted when daniel murphy homered to right in what fans hope would be a much needed turning point but they couldn't dig themselves out of the hole. >> it happens. some days you're good, some days not so good. >> you still optimistic? >> i'm still optimistic. let's hope we go get them and bring home another series. >> we win some, we lose some. hopefully game 5 we win. let's go, mets . >> of course everyone wanted a front row seat here at citifield tonight for a historic win that they hoped would happen here in new york. they still have faith this is going to happen on the west coast. live tonight at citifield, aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you very much. we invite you to stay with eyewitness news for continuing coverage for the mets' road to the world series, fingers crossed. look for our updates on our facebook and twitter pages. >>> the first democratic presidential primary debate tonight. sometimes a fiery but overall friendly affair. if hillary c

he was a dodgers director of player development in 2006 when the team drafted clayton kershaw. on paper it looks simple, clayton kershaw is a three-time cy young award winner. >> he is one of the best for a reason. >> reporter: reality is never so cut and try, he has struggled in the post season. >> i definitely member -- i definitely remember but hopefully it is a new outcome. >> he is such a great picture. he will execute his pitches. >> reporter: the mets believe their own is pretty special even his post season debut. >> my mentality is to try to keep it simple. it is just another game. >> reporter: the mets last faced clayton kershaw before the trade deadline so, tonight he will be seeing a different lineup. we will be here to up tonight and we will wrap it up at 11:00. we will see you then. >> thank you. see you tonight at 11:00. >>> let's get to the blue jays. texas one fuzzy opener last night. this one goes 14 innings today. 6-4 texas. they are heading back home now with the lead. >>> the yankees have started their off season today. they led the division by seven games b

first he has to solve the dodge erds and outdual clayton kershaw. we're here from matt and his for this night for nine years. they're just one win away from going to the lscs for the first time since 2006. but not so fast. that's because the dodgers have two of the best pitchers on the planet loaded for bear over the ne lxt two games. meanwhile the mets are countering with one of their young guns, and he's on the hill tonight, steven max, the 24-year-old long island native, is making his playoff debut and has not made a start in the last three weeks. but his back injury is fine. i >> i get butterflies before every start. post-season baseball is where you want to be. you want to be playing this time of year. i've got a job to do tomorrow and meats win the game. >> you hope they go out and know how to fix it, because this isn't a pitcher you've grown up watching. especially if he pitches wait -- clayton kershaw who is a three-day three-day. i get the dodgers to a game 5. >> i meesht cosby has in me doing it. i've had success the and failures. i don't

and clayton kershaw.trikes out 10 in the first play-off game against the mets.but was it enough to fend of new york. gary has the highlights and all the sports.coming up ♪ ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi, and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. ♪ >> gary: colin kaepernick will have one less weapon again this week against the new york giants tight end vernon davis is out with a knee injury davis will miss his second straight game with knee issues davis this season: 8 rec, 109, no touchdowns davis' production has fallend since his 2013 when he recorded 13 touch-downs sunday kick-off, 5:30 in new york tag: ahmad brooks is now doubtful for sunday's game, with family dealing with his sister's death raiders hosting peyton manning and the denver broncos sunday at 1:25 >> gary: there is an undefeated football team in the bay areanone other than the california golden bears the 23rd ranked bears are visiting number five ranked utah

, mistake, pedro baez, kershaw lost his last five in post season, mets take it game one, 3-1.truck out nine, gave up three runs, career minor leaguer, spends first post season at-bat, two batters later. steven piscotti, his first season opener, cards take it 4-0, josh donaldson, thinks he has the game winner here. donaldson breaking the rule, bench is cleared, no punches thrown, then he would strike out. 14th, alberto, thrown on the plate. safe! 6-4, texas, rangers take the series lead there. and another former athletic, second rbi of the game. knocks in escobar, royals win 5-4, even in that series, a game apiece. nobody was talking about cal or utah this summer but they're this only two unbeaten teams, they will meet tomorrow in salt lake city. can jared goff go. now 5 and 0 and in the spotlight. >> just the atmosphere and the buzz around this program right now is really exciting. we haven't been ranked in a while, we haven't been 5 and 0 here in a while. this team is just very confident and excited to go out there and see what we can do. there is no secret to success. it is

clayton kershaw stepped up, the series shifts back to l.a. thursday night with fellow dodgers ace scheduled to start against jacob degromm, the chicago cubs going to the national league championship series. juliet: i am excited about this. ben: lc s opener saturday. juliet: walmart odum is fighting for his life after being found unconscious at a las vegas bravo. ben: he had been partying for several days, teresa priolo has more on what happened. >> reporter: t m z has the video of lamar odum being rushed into a nevada hospital. according to police the power forward is fighting for his life. the 14 year nba veteran found unconscious at a nearby love ranch brothel, a legal brothels 70 miles from las vegas. he was discovered with mucus pouring from his mouth and nose. illegal drugs but he was reportedly in jesting an excessive amount of herbal viagra. the situations those of the year, his condition so critical he has been transferred to a las vegas hospital where according to dnc he is in a coma and his organs are failing. his soon-to-be ex-wife

, mistake, pedro baez, kershaw lost his last five in post season, mets take it game one, 3-1.reer minor leaguer, spends first post season at-bat, two batters later. steven piscotti, his first season opener, cards take it 4-0, josh donaldson, thinks he has the game winner here. donaldson breaking the rule, bench is cleared, no punches thrown, then he would strike out. 14th, alberto, thrown on the plate. safe! 6-4, texas, rangers take the series lead there. and another former athletic, second rbi of the game. knocks in escobar, royals win 5-4, even in that series, a game apiece. nobody was talking about cal or utah this summer but they're this only two unbeaten teams, they will meet tomorrow in salt lake city. can jared goff go. now 5 and 0 and in the spotlight. >> just the atmosphere and the buzz around this program right now is really exciting. we haven't been ranked in a while, we haven't been 5 and 0 here in a while. this team is just very confident and excited to go out there and see what we can do. there is no secret to success. it is just hard work, doing a great job of p

three-time cy young award winner clayton kershaw returns on short rest. while he's 1-6 all time in the postseason, it means nothing tonight. >> we didn't have a ton of success against him then. if we win it at home it will be great but we've got to take it one pitch at a time. >> reporter: the mets counter with a rookie as long island native steven matz makes his debut. >> we'll see if we can continue to grind out good at-bats. >> the mets don't have to win tonight in order to advance but they definitely want to. >> you're going up against kershaw, greinke again so you want to win this thing as quickly as possible. you definitely don't want to go back to l.a. >> steven matz may not have a lot of experience but he's no stranger to a big stage. a year ago he took a no-hitter in to the 8th inning as he led the bighamton mets to the title. live outside citifield, laura news. >> there is another playoff league. the cubs lead the cardinals right now in the 6th >>> finally from us, as mets fans wait for this game, we thought we would leave you with this, a remin

probably a hanging slider and kershaw. and a slider. that's probably the pitch you would like to give back but other than that, it was a very good game. you are facing a good pitcher. when he's right, they don't get a lot of hits an he was right. >> we are going home for a chance to play. that's a good feeling to get out coming in here you think of getting a split. >> felt good to get a win don't. i wanted to send us back to l.a., feel confident with zach going in game five back home. really just wanted to push it. really wanted to win definitely for a lot of reasons. >> reporter: on the north side of chicago, the cubs tried to close out the rival cardinals in four games in the nlds. after a post-season record homers yesterday, the cubs blasted three more today, including this moon shot off the bat of kyle that landed near lake michigan. the cubs win it 6-4. for the first time in the 100 plus year history of wrigley field, the cubbies clinch a playoff series at the friendly confines. >>> on the ice tonight, the rangers lost to winnipeg

ing up, clayton kershaw throw as gem and force as game five on thursday night back in hollywood. oh, what a series. and the cubs are going to the nlcs. that's right, i said the cubs are moving on. we'll find out if chicago will caring about the things that make each of our clients unique... ...that's what makes >>> as the saying goes, it all comes down to this. mets and dodgers tomorrow night for the right to advance to the nlcs. the champagne was on ice last night, but the one man standing in new york's way was clayton one night after the amazings exploded for 13 runs, the dodgers ace limited them. a chance in the eighth, but daniel murphy, who had homed off kershaw earlier hit as harmless fly ball to right field and now it's back to dodger stadium for winner take all ball game. >> what about the challenge now going to los angeles for winner take all game five. >> it will be fun. this is what baseball is all about. it's a fight game five and it will be a lot of fun. >> i wish we could have won here and obviously so that we could prepare for the next round and do it in front of o

remember, clayton kershaw is 1-5 in the postseason although three cy young awards. mets have the lead for now. back to you. >> thank you. >>> for 43 years the islanders called nassau coliseum home. they brought the stanley cup banner to the center. trailing chicago, defending champs. watch him unload from the blue line. that ties this up at 2-2. islanders and blackhawks need to overtime. they play three on three in the nhl and it's really tough with the open ice. cane will get the for the game win wither. his second goal of the night. >>> rangers in columbus eyeing a 2-0 start to the season. blue shirts trail in the third. this got out of hand for the blue jackets and fast. oscar lindberg tied it up. second career goal in as many games. kevin hayes strikes to give the rangers the lead. a minute later, matt buries one to cap the rally. three goals in 77 seconds in the third period. tough night if you are a blue jackets goalie. rangers win 4-2. >>> devils at the rock hosting the jets. and the second period, trailing 1-0. on the turnover a rocket from wheeler. that mak

ernie: he's going up against kershaw. that's major opposition. russ: all kershaw has done in three of the last four years is be the national league cy young award winner, the best pitcher ernie: is he going to fill the pressure? russ: i don't think he will. i think the pressure will be felt by the hitters. kershaw is a lefty. the big hitters, granderson is a lefty. it's going to be incumbent. you've got other guys, david wright. i look for this series to be about a guy making a mistake. who's going to make the mistake on the mound. ernie: and joe girardi. a little wrap up. russ: he had his wrap-up. for joe, it's hard to watch what's going on. he was knocked out of the post-season in the wildcard game tuesday night against the astros. but joe was asked flat out to assess his performance this past season. here's what he had to say. >> with the information in front of me and being prepared and the discussions i had with my was right every day. the bottom line is we didn't win, so that's going to be questioned. i understand that. hindsight can be 20-

the problem was the dodgers and clayton kershaw weren't ready for the off season yet so the mets left for a cross- country trip to l.a. winner-take-all game five. kershaw was dominant giving up three hits, one with aidan yell murphy solo home run and went 7 strong innings on short rest. tony steve matz had one run inning, three runs not a bad performance for the 24-year- old rookie but it was in a loss nonetheless. mets were looking for their first post-season series win at citi field but instead, they will have to try to clinch on the road thursday night with game one winner jacob degrom on the mound. >> i wish we could have won here. obviously so that, you know, we could prepare for next round and do it in front of our fans but clayton kershaw was just a beast. it's going to be tough to beat him when he is on like he was but hopefully we can take care of business. >> definitely tune in. >> you dream about that. >>> over in the american league, the rangers lead the blue jays 3-2 in the 7th inning. another game 5 tonight the royals host the astros. >>> it must feel like christmas in o

kershaw, complete game shutout. 11 strikeouts. but that was a long time ago. >> definitely a completely different team and obviously a lot better than what we face in july. >>> we've got more from laura in l.a. tomorrow with the nets. let's get to the american league. game 1. rangers-blue jays. last playoff game in toronto, 22 years ago. a favorite to go to the series. texas had other areas at least for game 1 against david price, robinson chirinos. they win game 1. price now 1-6, e.r.a. of almost 4.8. >>> game 1 between the astros and royals in kansas city, a game that waited through a rain delay. 5-2 houston right now 9th inning. royals can ask the yankees how tough the astros are. springer and rasmus with homers tonight. teams on the ice tomorrow. nba regular season opens in three weeks. practice for the knicks today, the nba investigating an apparent altercation between derek fisher and memphis grizzlies matt barnes. they used to be teammates, friends. it all happened here at the home of barnes' estranged wife, neither with a

especially when you're going against clayton kershaw. a short rest has never been an afford to lose, that was the problem. in the meantime in the meantime the rookie wasn't too kershaw was just lights out. top of the third, doctors that 1-0. the big one had some trouble out doctors took the 3-0 lead. then a solo home run. this this is the second home run of kershaw's series. janssen was trying to close things out, he gets murdered to line up there. dodgers escape, eighth inning was the mets chance, their best chance. the dodgers when 3-1. game five will be back in l.a. >> it's a good game, when you face a good picture. were going back home to get a chance to play. that is is a good feeling to get out of here. >> reporter: thursday night in los angeles. according to multiple reports chase utley hearing will be this it means he remains eligible to play on monday night. that there is a slide tackle trying to break up the play. he was suspended two games, peel that suspension. baffert did say he would like to see the rules against aggressive

kershaw, three-run cushion. he made one with mistake and there it was. daniel murphy.r the fence in right. so it's a 3-1 game. kershaw, pitching on three days rest. 94 pitches. seven innings, three hits and ght ks. but the $300 million payroll has not helped them. two on, two out in the eighth. can murphy do it again? no. janson out with a line drive to puig. dodgers hold on to the 3-1 win. and game five thursday. >> the sharks have started the last three seasons, 3-0, for once, they would like to finish a season having won three straight. could this be the year? first period, multiple denials of 31 saves. a few minutes later. pavelski back hands it to burns and angle of attack, setting up the rebound for brown. 2-0 san jose, 3-0 three minutes later. cleaning up the wingels attempt, the sharks have an effort to be more active in front of the goal and it is working. jones with the second straight shut out, he has given up one goal in three games. clippers coach doc rivers said that the warriors were lucky to win the championship this past season, because they didn't hav

kershaw was going to be a tough one. russ: there's a reason he's won the cy young the past four years, he's considered the best pitcher in baseball. he is the best pitcher in baseball. the mets were up against it. ernie: a lot of intensity. russ: big time intensity. you can see him coming out. he was so fired up prior to the game. take a look there. he showed -- he gave them seven innings. he gave them seven innings on three days' rest. he was everything that he's been built up to be. he was the real deal. and as soon as they got three runs, he was going to be tough to beat. ernie: steven matz. he looked good. >> it was a bloop -- he was okay. he has nothing to be ashamed up. he went up against the best pitcher in baseball. it wasn't just the best pitcher in baseball. he was against the guy he and his team, the dodgers, were in a must win situation. they beat them once in game one. ernie: what are the mets' chances tomorrow night? russ: you know what? i got to -- i had a better feel for last night than i do for game 5. j

now he faces his biggest challenge going toe to toe with kershaw. a three-time cy young award winner. >> with our pitching staff any of the games taking on game one and when i told them i was in game one i was honored. i'll try to keep it simple. it's another game. pitch my ball game. he's one of the best pitchers tern ball game if not the best and the way he takes the mound. he attacks hitters. i try to do the same thing not get inti my dated by anybody who steps in the box. >> it's called blue heaven on earth, dodger stadium. it opened in 1962. it's the third oldest ballpark in the majors behind fenway and wrugly. also the largest, 56,000 fans is the capacity. and oh, yes it's a pitchers park, 12 no-hitters and two perfect games here. by the way, tomorrow it will be hot at this majestic ballpark,

kershaw struck out seven over 3 -- seven and 2/3 innings of work to finish the regular season with 301 k' s. the patriots are enjoying a sunday off. it' s their bye week. in fact, the players had today off completely. they get back at it next sunday at the dallas cowboys. elsewhere in the afc east, the jets and dolphins played in london this morning. chris ivory had a career day for new york, running for 166 yards and this touchdown. that made it 7-0. in the second quarter, ryan fitzpatrick finds eric decker for the touchdown. jets win 27-14. they are 3-1. the bills were home with the giants. in the fourth quarter 16-3 , giants. williams out of the backfield. 23-yard touchdown. he is the only back in the league with a touchdown in each of the first four games. that made it 16-10 giants. but later in the fourth, eli manning dumps it off to rashad jennings and he does the rest. 51 yard touchdown. the giants win it 24-10. both teams are now 2-2. the patriots are still undefeated in the league. new york jets at 3-1. the dolphins struggling, 1-3. chip kelly' s eagles were in washington. fou

the pitching matchup is a dandy. re who jacob thinks can hold kershaw. that's coming up in sports on until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. isn't that amazing? custom-make and install and only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. plus, they do it all in just one day. >>> the verizon fios sportsdesk is brought to you by verizon fios. leave slow internet behind. get fios. >> we cannot wait for this game. just a few hours away. >> i remember mets fans on opening day saying we're going to be in the playoffs. >>> your nine-year wait is over. the playoffs start tonight, mets and dodgers opening the nlds. as they prepare for game one, they're not exactly the same two that matched up in the regular season. the mets took four of seven meetings with l.a. before the transforming trade at the deadline. since, the mets worked hard to surge ahead and take the n.l. east. they know the heavy lifting starts tonight. >> we still have a lot left to be done. it's definitely one of our checklis

clayton kershaw, great in the regular season, but with an e.r.a., kershaw finally put together a nice outing. 6 and two thirds, 11 strikeouts. got yoenis cespedes twice. but there it comes, there it goes. daniel murphy gets all of this one, a solo homer, 1-0 mets. jacob degram, lights out, seven scoreless, struck out seven, andre ethier, they will all get nothing and like it! don mattingly pulls kershaw, mistake, you kill your team sometimes. david wright knocks in a pair off pedro baez, and right now the mets are leading 3-1, bottom of the ninth, last up for the dodgers. john lackey, a gem, had a no-hitter, through five, struck out five, meanwhile, cubs pitcher john lester struck out nine. including this bomb from a career minor leaguer. first post-season at-bat right now. two batters later, the former stanford star, steven piscotti, kids coming through huge for the cardinals, they take the series opener 4-0, and left yesterday with a head injury, he looks fine right now. bottom of the first, crushing his post-season run, toronto up 4-3, look at h

clayton kershaw has had a spotty season. 5.21 e.r.a. in 11 play-off games. the mets counter with jacob degrom off another solid season at 14-8. kershaw degrom and a series that could be decided by what else, pitching. degrom knows he is going up against king clayton. >> he is one of the best pitchers in the game if not the best and the way he takes the mound he goes out there and attacks hitters and i think i try to do the same thing not get intimidated and make your pitches when you need. >> in order to play that game at this level you have believe in your self and have confident. jake has as much confidence as anybody i have around. >>> alds, first play-off game in toronto since the blue jays won in 1993. and right now they are trailing the rangers 5-3 bottom of the 9th inning. rangers got the blue jays david price for five runs and seven innings of work but right now the blue jays have the tying run at the plate with no one out at the bottom of the ninth. >>> derek fisher supposed to be getting the team ready to bounce back from the worst season in histor

he'll face clayton kershaw. no pressure. >> post season baseball is where you want to be. i'm not really looking at this as a fan. kind of taking the emotions out of it. we've got a job to do. >> we just feel like he's that or up 2-1, we feel like he's the right guy. >> as great as kershaw has been in the regular season, he struggled in the postseason. tomorrow he goes on short rest. pitching just four days after his game 1 loss in los angeles. we're live at citifield, laura behnke, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> let's get to the other baseball playoff games now. blue jays beat the rangers 8-4. game 5, toronto, wednesday night. in houston, the astros and royals play game 4. rookie shortstop carlos correa. he also did this, a huge error in the 8th inning. tied the game. royals would score five runs in the frame. defending american league champs are still alive. 9-6 kc. series heads back to kansas city. that game also on wednesday. >>> we move to chicago where the cubs haven't won a playoff game since 2003. the wind must have been blowing at wrigley field because the basebal

kershaw struck out seven over 3.2 innings of work. he finished the regular season with 301 k' s. the red sox announce that manager jon ferro would -- farr ell will return as manager for the 2016 season. boston bench coach torey lovullo has been serving as interim manager will return to his previous position as bench coach. he got a two-year contract extension. on the field, the sox wrapped up 2015 with the indians in cleveland. top of the first. [no audio] xander bogaerts comes around to score. porcello with a pick up -- pick-off. lawn each as an whole is going to score to make it 3-1. that -- each is an to score to make it 3-1. don orsillo called his last game for boston after 15 years. the baseball player picture wasn' t clear until today, the final day. here are your american league wild-card teams. houston is in. they will play at new york tuesday night. the division winners were the blue jays, royals, and rangers. in the national league, the cubs will take on the pirates in pittsburgh on wednesday night in the wild-card game for the national league. the division leaders in t

clayton kershaw and the dodgers. thank you for joining us. a very good start outside. only have partly cloudy skies in the area. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. cloud starting to thicken up. there is plenty out there. sun coming through pennsylvania. we have mild temperatures out this morning. we will see warmer temperatures. mid- late afternoon. up until then, pretty good shape. high temperature gets up to about 76. getting ready for the showers and storms. high of 65 on saturday. let's bring in christina stoffo. she is in for i noticed today. >> it has been a busy morning. let's just go right to it. we are looking at some trouble both places were running on delays. the freeway we are looking at some congestion. of course we have the apple lisa to video. delays as you are traveling into all of these areas. let's go outside to the garden state are quite. here is a live shot. everything is okay for you here. the fdr drive. traveling in either direction. we are still seeing this minor delay. alternate side is in effect today. the end of the year. ben: meeting the federa

kershaw brilliant allowing just one run striking out eight in seven inning. dodgers win 3-1 and they forced a game five in l.a. >>> the cubs are one win away from the mlcs. anthony rizzo gives chicago the lead with a solo home run. they win it 6-4. it's the first time in 99 years at wrigley field the cubs have clinched a playoff series at home. >>> sharks goalie martin shone recorded his second straight shutout tonight in d.c. 2nd period, a score on the rebound makes it 3-0. how about the sharks? they win 5-0. granted ovechkin did not play. who cares? okay. >>> warriors versus denver. it may be preseason, but look at steph curry ready for the big time one-hand noter. denver won 114-103. before -- floater. denver won 114-103. >>> i apologize for us being healthy. i apologize for those playing in front of us. i apologize for all the accolades we receive as a team and individually, very truly sorry. >> okay. when you're the defending champion, you've got a little target on your back and everywhere the warriors go in every arena people want to take you down. >> w

he beat clayton kershaw. now he tries to outduel zack greinke to get his ball club to the next round of the play-offs. news 4's john chandler has more from los angeles. >> you can never go wrong with a trip to universal studios, hollywood, especially to watch a pitching matchup like we're going see in game five. jacob degrom against zack greinke. this has a chance to be historic. the mets would have preferred to not make this return trip built. the time they went wheels down, they had forgotten all about losing game 4. >> nobody wants to fly all the way across the country for one game. but i think we're as excited as we were the other night. >> reporter: the san gabriel mountains are a beautiful sight from 30,000 feet. just not a welcome one to mets who have one more hill to climb against the dodgers. >> the guys were having fun on the plane. joking around. they had some music going. and i think we have a good attitude going into the game. >> reporter: they're doing this the hard way even if jacob degrom make

here pot tom four with the hets to get a hit off clayton kershaw. daniel murphy saying bye-bye, so long, farewell. that was he second bomber to series off kershaw. cutting 7. that's the wait still is. now in the pot tom of the ninth. if it stays that way. game five thursday in l.a. as for what the met or done, will face in the national league championship series with which opens up saturday at field or dodger stadium. let's go to wrigley field chin chy earlier tonight. >> he got him! strikeout! chicago cub cans! reporter: yes, in eid. the can bees can wing 6-4 closing out the series tin four games. receipt impressive because the cubbies just best record in baseball for 2015 and get. it was the first time tin cubs' host are ry that they had a series children win of any kind in their home at wrigley he field. to give you a sense of how long that is. it was first called in the park when it was built in 1914 then the cubs' park from 1920 to 26 before becoming wrigley field in 1927 as for the hast time the can be prince world sorries that would be 1945 a

you figured it would go 5. for clayton kershaw rock, to lose. top of the third, justin turner but we to run double down the left-field line. bought a drink on dollars court and the dodgers just like that were up 3-0. turner made a good defensive play on florida's. bottom of the on the board, daniel murphy is in game one, rips the solo home run, second off of clayton kershaw on mets down 3-1. bottom of the eighth, the go-ahead run at the plate. janssen is going to get him to fly out here to end the inning and the dodgers still lead 3-1 after the eighth. that is the mets's best chance, dodgers win game number 4, 3-1 the final score, game 5 in l.a.. >> very good game facing a good pitcher who when he is right he is right. >> we are going back home and have a chance to play. a good feeling to get out of duke: game 5 will be thursday at 8:07. if you are wondering, the chase utley hearing is scheduled for monday, the nineteenth. this series with the mets will be over one way or another and if the dodgers would advance games 1 and 2 they would be eligi

clayton kershaw. that is the story the mets one win away from advancing. back to you. juliet: all right. very exciting. police believe they know who of a nightclub. ben: aiming for the bouncers, put in three women. two other people were wounded. murdering a 19 -month-old boy. in a courtroom today. he was watching the boys sunday while she was at work. he may have dropped the child, possibly peaked in him. for the first time this campaign season, the democratic round comes together. ben: it will be held in las vegas. robert moses joins us now with what we could expect. you. the stage tonight will be a whole lot less crowded. besides hillary clinton pitches from martin o'malley and others. many are asking if there will soon be a sixth. hillary clinton will take her place tonight at center stage in las vegas. the candidate nearest to her will stand to wreck we to her right. although the spotlight will be on democrats, republicans will not be far from view. clinton appeared yesterday outside of one of trump's hotels in las vegas to show her solidarity. >> i do not think it

kershaw beat the mets in july before the new look mets made some moves and had some big names coming back from injury. >> d'arnaud and wright were out at the time. so there's a lot of guys that that i'll be seeing for the first time this season at least. definitely a completely different team. a lot better than what we faced in july. guy could come with game one. i was honored. i'm going to keep it simple. it's another game an pitch my ballgame. >> joe girardi held his year end press conference at yankee stadium today. a team that was picked fourth in the division by many limped into the wild card game. some of would call that a success but in yankee land it's a failure. girardi was asked to evaluate his performance. >> with the information in front of me and being prepared and the discussions that i had with my coaches, i did what i thought was right every day. we didn't win. so that's going to be questioned. and i understand that. i did the best i could is the bottom line. >> all right. blue jays and rangers game 2 of the alds. we saw the benches empty. this was over watching a fou

coming up, can clayton kershaw finally win a play-off game? the dodgers play-off lives depended on it and somewhere harry carey is smiling. the dramatic moment at wrigley field coming up. >> i knew he was there. thank you, dennis. >>> are you good at crunching numbers? jill schlesinger tells us about careers in accounting in today's jobs report. >> reporter: if you are looking for a new job and like math you might want to check out accounting. that's because the number of openings in this field is already up 19% in the first part of the year according to workforce data firm wanted analytics. here in the bay area the average accountant earns about $86,000 a year and even better news, employers plan to boost starting salaries for staff accountants by 5.1% next year. you don't need to be a certified public accountant but it helps you earn 5% more but becoming a cpa requires at least 150 hours of education and a year's worth of accounting experience under your belt. you will also need to pass the rigorous cpa exam. the skills you learn are useful

clayton kershaw. >> that's your boy? >> yeah, he's a heck of a pitcher. this is the first time the cubs have clinched a series at home in the history of their franchise. it was the first time their fans could really party and get into it because it was happening right in front of them. >> what took them so long? >> well, that's the age-old question. people say it's the curse of the goat. the curse of steve bartman, that guy who reached into the playing field and cursed them and they -- that was the last time they were in the nlcs, 12 years ago. a lot of happy people in chicago today. >> maybe they changed their socks too many times. >> something. but it's working so far. >>> coming up in "the mix," was that santa claus that we saw in the audience in last night's debate? >> so many people buzzing about that one. also ahead, a family dispute involving an aunt, her enthusiastic nephew's hug and a broken wrist. the fight went to court, and this morning there's a winner. >>> and the baby born on an international flight to the u.s. the special delivery and the

but like i said, clayton kershaw was just a beast tonight. it was going to be tough to beat him when he's on like he was. hopefully we can take care of business in l.a. >> it'll be a fun one to watch. definitely tune in. elimination game. this is what you think about and dream about as a kid, to get a chance to be a part of. of course, we wanted to win it today. the nature of the beast is we didn't. now we have to go to game five. both teams are going o be excited, looking to close it out. >> reporter: so we have the ultimate. a winner take all game five. what a pitching matchup. zach greinke for the dodgers, jacob de grom for the mets. should be a dandy. at citi field, i'm bruce beck for "today in new york." >> darlene, will it be one for the ages? >> i think it might be. according to bruce. >> bruce was saving that. >>> 5:11, still ahead, uber drivers are everywhere and that's the point. the new way they could help lice. >>y> plus, a pizza delivery that you have to see. the urprise that came in the nick of time for a working mom. >>> and so

clayton kershaw. kind of struggled in the postseason. steven matz. i do not think that the fear that that did when going up against clayton kershaw. two runs to score. dodgers take a leaf. turner. a great play. daniel murphy rips a solo home run to right. his second off kershaw in this series. mets down three-one. everybody on their feet. the place is just going mad. daniel murphy just cannot get it done. he was tough. the mets lose re- one. they force a game five back in los angeles. >> a very good game. facing a good picture. when he is ripe, people do not get a lot of hits. he was right. >> going back home to play. that is a good feeling. duke: seven strong innings. , seven scoreless innings. thirteen strikes. we will see what happens. game five. we will talk with bobby o kita about this. utley remains eligible to play in game five. seems kind of unfair. he could play in games one and two. ruben tejada sat out with a broken leg. utley did not play game three and four. we have to change these rules. i think it is time. rosanna: to dodgers fans. a m

steven matt screw up a mets fan on long island, he will go against clayton kershaw on, one of the best in the game tonight back to you. juliet: must be so excited. thanks very much. ben: city field is a great place for a baseball game. any baseball game let alone a playoff game. how will the wetherbee for the game tonight? >> meteorologist: little shaky, some showers coming through, doesn't look like we will get rained out but a delay for a while could happen. what we had this morning some heavy showers coming through at the east of long island, twin forks getting a good amount of rain, even some thunderstorms in the mix out there but starting to lose their punch as those storms rolled by to the north and head into new england but still a messy start out there but the main cold front that will bring our showers for the tristate region today well back to the west of us. 60 in islip, 60 in the work, temperatures quite a bit warmer than they were 24 of the go, 15 degrees warmer it and we had 24 hours ago, this is the cold front times speaking of needs to slide through later this afternoon

and clayton kershaw is beating the drums happy.ms to be yelling at don mattingly for apparently not having his bat at a particular strike call. now 2-2 in the sixth. murphy again against greinke. gone to right field. solo homer. there you go. he has three in the post season. and, a not so happy kershaw. not so happy magic johnson. one of the owners of the dodgers and the mets closer familia with a six-out save with no problem at all. put it down, 3-2 is the final. the metsnow meet the cubs in what should be a great nlcs. it starts saturday in new york. >>> sometimes football is just in the blood. ed mcaffrey had a great nfl career. his son looks headed for the nfl, but still has some undergraduate work to be done. he is big man on campus tonight. first quarter, josh rosen. freshman quarterback. picked by elijah holder. he is bringing it back. gets some nice help. nice blocks. makes some nice moves along the way. cross country for the touchdown. stanford against jim moore and company. 7-0 now. 7-3 on an ensuing kickoff. christian mc

. >>> also next, three time cy young award winner clayton kershaw is money in the regular season, butss in the post. could he lead the dodgers to victory or would he get outpitched by the mets? th it'll be here before you know it. hello, halloween. it's the one night when everybody dresses up. and that includes dinner. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. >>> in sports the san jose sharks play their home opener at 7:30 p.m. in college football, only two bay area schools are in action today. at 6:00, san jose state travels to las vegas to play unlv. and at 7:00 p.m., the cal on the utes. and the national league takes central stage today with game two of both division series. last night the playoffs started off rough for the dodgers. here are the highlights. >>> no bay area teams to root forks but you can always root against the dodger, right is this kershaw's

if the mets wins, they move onto kershaw. >> he pitched seven solid innings. dodgers win 3-1. the fifth deciding game is on thursday night. >> tomorrow's pre-season game in brooklyn. the head coach brad says--on the other side though, marcus is sick and will miss the contest. the mets will be the celtics' nba opponents this pre-season. >> yeah, we are back in the state and i am back in the nba and it was fun and challenging to play two great teams. thisis the nba so it will be our first real test >> i cannot wait for sunday's game. i wish it was tomorrow but it is going to build up. guys. >> they're only eight points favorites. >> it blows me away. >> up next, the new kids return to the block. >> we'll take you to a special event that had all the right spots. everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the fastest internet and wi-fi available, from 50 to 500 mbps. but the main reason to get fios? satisfaction. ultimately, that's

faceing the likes of clayton kershaw will do that to you.thing of the past at least for tonight and the dodgers have their own mr. october with a bat. gonzalez. a little soft fly ball to center that falls in the third inning. drives in the first run and another clutch hit is coming up. a former met. name of justin turner rakes it down the left field line. you will watch yoenis cespedes fool around down there. 3-0. kershaw got that inning rolling with a base hit for the dodgers. and on the mound per usual for him. seven innings, just three hits allowed, eight strikeouts. he gave up a home run to dave murphy. the methods only home run. solo. back to la. greinke for the dodgers on thursday night. they might still be going at it hard tonight in chicago. long suffering cub fans kind of lefting loose as their team muscles a step closer to the first world series for that team. 1908. these cubs not finessing their way deep. there is jim beluschi. brandon moss. they want to take the lead. tony cruz slides and he is a goner. jorge solar with a beautif

rookie pitcher steven matz against reigning mvp and cy young award winner clayton kershaw. manager it terry collins spoke this afternoon. >> we're hoping he goes throughout and pitches like he knows how. here's a local kid going out there pitching for the team you grew up watching, it's going to be a real cool scenario, especially if he pitches great, it's going to be really a fun night. >> so another big night for mets tonight with the chance to advance to the next round. last night the mets' fans sure brought their a-game. now we see what they bring for tonight. we go back outside, anthony johnson standing by with the fans. >> just want to show you this is what citifield looks like outside. certainly starting to buzz. the people already gathering. we see a lot of tailgaters already gathered out here. we want to show you this place over here. the parking lot. this is a very special place. this is the footprint of the old shea stadium. the last time the mets really won anything, that parking lot was their home. the fans out here tonight, they want the mets to go and they wa

i think they'll score runs on kershaw with three days rest. russ: you sound confident. >> i'm confident. i believe. they got me hooked in. >> we don't want to make the trip to los angeles. i think the bats are waking up. when you wake a sleeping giant, anything can happen. >> i believe the energy in this building and here at home, getting the chance to clinch, what they displayed yesterday, i think the whole team is russ: in just about three hours and one minute, the talking stops. it's the first pitch. the game begins. that's it from citi field. back to you. steve: thank you. all day we've been hearing about the threat of rain tonight. will it be an issue come game time? let's get over to nick. nick: it will be fine. a couple of showers with a cool front moving along. as you look at fox 5 sky guardian, there's nothing to worry about. a couple of light showers off to the west. a batch of showers went off to the north about an hour and a half ago. as we go in fox 5 sky guardian 3-d, you can see that stripe of the middle connecticut river valley

kershaw brilliant last night ending his post-season slide allowing one run. dodgers win 3-1 forcing a game 5 in l.a. >>> the cubs are a win away from the nlcs. bottom of the 6th tied at 4 with st. louis, rizzo gives chicago the lead with a solo home run. they win it 6-4 . >>> the first time in 99 years at wrigley field that the cubs have clinched a play-off series at home. >>> sharks goalie martin jones recorded his second shutout last night against d.c. and in d.c. second period, san jose already leading 3-0. that was hurdle scoring off the rebound to make it 3-0 sharks. they beat the capitals 5-0. the sharks are 3-0 to start the season. now granted, ovechkin didn't play for the capitals last night. that certainly helped san jose. but playing good hockey right now. >>> warriors with a little preseason tune-up last night against denver. bring on "the real deal." i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> play of the day, we are going to take you back to some major league baseball action at wrigley field. cubs and kyle schwarber with a solo home run at histori

kershaw's postseason struggles continued with the mets.ut 11, but one big mistake and here it is in the fourth, daniel murphy gets all of this. solo home, 1-0 mets. degrom was throwing smoke. karl crawford, cory seager, you'll all get nothing and like it. he was pulled in the 7th. mistake. david wright makes him pay. knocks in a pair. mets take the opener 3-1. game one cubs and cardinals, chicago's jon lester former ace struck out nine, but gave up three including this bomb from tommy fam's his first postseason at bat. and two batters later, piscotti's first career postseason bomb cards take the series opener 4-0. game two rangers and blue jays, bottom of 13. josh donaldson admiring a foul ball he thought was going to be the game winner. he broke the unwritten rule by gazing. the benches clear, but no punches thrown. he strikes out a chasing donaldson. top 14, a two out single to center. the throw, play at the plate, and he slides inside ways and safely. 6-4 texas. rangers take a commanding 2-0 series lead. orioles and astros, royal takes