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Dodgers Blow Chance to Deal Cubs Another NLCS Nightmare

On Saturday night, the Chicago Cubs won their first National League Championship Series game since way back in 2003.

They couldn't have done it without a few assists from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The final score of 8-4 in Game 1 of the NLCS makes it look like the Cubs won a laugher. Not really. The Cubs were clinging to a 3-1 lead through the first seven innings, but then they seemed doomed to relive the heartbreak of their last two trips to the NLCS when Adrian Gonzalez tied the game with a two-run single off Aroldis Chapman in the eighth.