With Tommy Lasorda back at Dodger Stadium after being hospitalized after a fall, here are some pregame notes heading into Game 3 of the NLCS between the Dodgers and Cubs.
This is the ninth time the Dodgers have been 1-1 in a best-of-7 series, and they are 2-6 in the previous eight series. They won the 1959 World Series against the White Sox and the 1988 NLCS against the Mets. They lost the World Series in 1941, 1949, 1952 and 1977 to the Yankees, lost the 1974 World Series to the A’s, and lost the 2009 NLCS to the Phillies.