SAN FRANCISCO -- This postseason is supposed to be a silencing of the echoes for the Chicago Cubs. After the two games in San Francisco, the reverberations of history might be silenced after all.
Javier Baez capped a four-run ninth-inning rally against five Giants relievers as the Cubs beat San Francisco 6-5 and put Chicago into the NLCS for the second straight season.
The Cubs’ offense did little against Giants starter Matt Moore for eight innings but sprang to life against the San Francisco bullpen in the ninth. Ben Zobrist doubled to drive in Kris Bryant and draw the Cubs within 5-3.