Around the National League East
The Phillies’ season came to an end as an eleven-inning pitchers’ duel ended with a mental mistake and throwing error by Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering that allowed the Dodgers to score the walk-off run that ended their NLDS.
Around Major League Baseball
Having arrived back home at Wrigley Field down 2-0 in their NLDS against the Brewers, the Cubs made it back-to-back wins in Chicago with a shutout of Milwaukee to force a Game 5.
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This Date in Mets History
The expansion draft in which the Mets and then-Colt .45s drafted players ahead of their inaugural seasons took place on this date in 1961.