One of the many storylines during this National League Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers is Craig Counsell, the former Brewers skipper — and that

In what was nearly a comeback by the Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom of the ninth, the Los Angeles Dodgers' infield defense held firm, defeating the Phillies 4-3 on the road Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the National League Division Series.

Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning and Shohei Ohtani and three relievers, two of whom were starters in the regular season, shut out the Philadelphia Phillies over the final 7 1/3 innings in the Dodgers’ 5-3 victory in Game 1 of their National League Division Series Saturday evening in Philadelphia.

The Mariners are ESPN's choice to advance to the World Series, also, with a panel-high 14 votes to win the ALCS (the Yankees were second with seven votes). Five voters on the panel picked the Mariners to win it all, second behind only the Philadelphia Phillies from the National League.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while pitching into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a four-run sixth inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 on Wednesday night and advance to the National League Division Series.

In the wild-card series that determines who the Brewers will play in the NLDS, the San Diego Padres got 15 votes and the Chicago Cubs 10. In the NLDS, the experts gave the Brewers a narrow edge, 13-11, over the Padres, with only one picking the Cubs.