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Cubs to take on Dodgers in NLCS

CHICAGO -- So it’s the Chicago Cubs taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS for the right to go to the World Series. It’s a rematch of the 2008 division series when the Cubs were swept by the Dodgers. Like that year the Cubs have home field advantage in this one as the teams will begin the best-of-seven affair on Saturday night at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs won the regular season series 4 games to 3 and outscored the Dodgers 19 to 16. But overall the Cubs didn’t hit the Dodgers very well and were shut out twice in seven games while compiling a .