Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the Los Angeles Dodgers will try to ride their home crowd and notch a series-tying win in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on TBS. Live stream the game here; Cardinals fans can hear the game on 1120 KMOX, while Dodgers fans can listen to the action on 570 Fox Sports LA.
After two rough losses to kick off the NLCS in St. Louis, the Dodgers are back in business after topping Adam Wainwright Monday night. "What can I say? It couldn't be better," Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez said. "Really happy we got the first win. Just come back (Tuesday) and even up the series."
Don Mattingly believes Monday's rousing victory was all L.A. needed. "The playoffs are one-day momentum swings," Mattingly said. "Right now I feel like we've kind of grabbed it."
Cardinals third baseman David Freese didn't seem surprised that Game 3 didn't go their way, owing to a slow start to the NLCS by St. Louis' lineup. "We were fortunate to win the first two (with poor hitting)," Freese said. "We've got to get the sticks going a little bit."
One man who had the sticks going was Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig, who angered Cards outfielder Carlos Beltran with his showboating.
"When you try to do those things sometimes, you know, you get that attention," Beltran said. "And you don't want to wake up nobody. I always thought if you hit a home run off a pitcher, you've got to make him believe he made a mistake. You don't wake him up. Or next time, the pitcher's going to be more focused with you and he's going to try harder to get you out. So he will learn. I don't think he's a bad kid. I just think he doesn't know right now."
It will be up to Lance Lynn to get Puig out tonight, while the Dodgers will trot out Ricky Nolasco for his first start of the 2013 postseason.
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