The Brewers complete a sweep of the Rockies in their Division Series with a 6 – 0 win at Coors Field. They score a 1st-inning run off German Marquez, then double their lead on a long ball by Jesus Aguilar in the 4th before adding a couple of insurance runs in both the 6th and 9th innings. Six pitchers keep the Rockies off the scoreboard for the second straight game, with Corbin Burnes receiving credit for the win.

The Braves avoid elimination in the other NLDS with a 6 – 5 win over the Dodgers in the first postseason game to be played at SunTrust Park. Shut out in the first two games, the Braves put up 5 runs against Walker Buehler in the 2nd, the big blow being a grand slam by rookie Ronald Acuna. But the Dodgers tie it with 2 runs in the 3rd and 3 in the 5th and have the potential go-ahead run thrown out at home in the 6th. Freddie Freeman puts the Braves ahead to stay with a homer off Alex Wood in the bottom of the 6th and Arodys Vizcaino gets a nerve-wracking save when he strikes out three straight batters after putting two men on to start off the 9th.

In Game 2 of the NLDS, Chicago has 3 – 1 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th, thanks to a solo homer by Willson Contreras and a two-run shot by Anthony Rizzo, both off Gio Gonzalez, but Washington explodes for 5 runs against Carl Edwards and Mike Montgomery to take a 6 – 3 win and even the series at one apiece. In the fateful inning, Bryce Harper hits a two-run shot and Ryan Zimmerman another good for 3 runs as all the scoring comes on long balls (Anthony Rendon had homered in the 1st for Washington’s other run).

In the other NLDS, the Diamondbacks jump off to a quick 2 – 0 lead on a two-run homer by Paul Goldschmidt off Rich Hill in the top of the 1st, but the Dodgers take advantage of Robbie Ray’s wildness to score seven unanswered runs by the end of the 5th. Pinch-hitter Brandon Drury hits a three-run homer off Brandon Morrow in the 7th to make the score closer, but Los Angeles ends up an 8 – 5 winner.

In Game 2 of the ALDS, Toronto hits four homers off Yu Darvish of the Rangers on its way to a 5 – 3 win. In the other ALDS, a three-run homer by Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians is the key blow as the postseason struggles of Boston’s David Price continue. Price is chased after only 3 1/3 innings, while his opponent, Corey Kluber tosses seven scoreless innings as Cleveland wins, 6 – 0, to take a two-games-to-none lead.

Game 1 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and Nationals features a match-up of aces – Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer – but neither lives up to his billing. Scherzer gives up a pair of homers to Corey Seager and Justin Turner, while Kershaw stumbles through five innings, allowing a slew of baserunners, but limiting the Nats to three runs. Those early scores stand up until the end of the game as Los Angeles comes out on top, 4 – 3. In the other NLDS, Johnny Cueto for the Giants and Jon Lester for the Cubs lock up in a scoreless pitchers’ duel until the bottom of the 8th, when Javier Baez hits a solo homer. Aroldis Chapman comes out to pitch the 9th, and while Buster Posey comes close to tying the game with a drive to the left-field wall, the Giants fail to score and go down, 1 – 0.

2015 – The Cubs defeat the Pirates, 4 – 0, in the Wild Card Game thanks to a four-hit shutout by Jake Arrieta and homers by Kyle Schwarber and Dexter Fowler off Gerrit Cole. The Bucs are out of the postseason after a 98-win season.

2014 – Both National League Division Series end after four games tonight. In one NLDS, San Francisco defeats Washington, 3 – 2, with the three runs coming on a walk, a ground ball out and a wild pitch. In the other NLDS, the Cardinals again defeat Clayton Kershaw, winning, 3 – 2, on a three-run homer by Matt Adams in the bottom of the 7th.

The Dodgers are the first team to clinch a spot in the League Championship Series as they eliminate the Braves with a 5 – 4 win in Game 4 of the NLDS; trailing 3 – 2 in the bottom of the 8th, the Dodgers reverse the tide on Juan Uribe’s two-run homer off David Carpenter. Carl Crawford hits a pair of solo homers for Los Angeles’s other two runs. The other Division Series will need a decisive fifth game, however, as the Cardinals even things up with a 2 – 1 win over the Pirates behind rookie Michael Wacha, who keeps the Bucs hitless for 7 1/3 innings. Matt Holliday’s two-run homer off Charlie Morton in the 6th accounts for both St. Louis runs.

The A’s use the long ball to win Game 3 of their ALDS, as Josh Reddick, Brandon Moss and Seth Smith all go deep against American League ERA champ Anibal Sanchez in a 6 – 3 win. In the other Division Series, Tampa Bay staves off elimination with a 5 – 4, walk-off win against Boston. Jose Lobaton homers off heretofore untouchable closer Koji Uehara with two outs in the bottom of the 9th.