Today at 5 p.m. ET, the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals continue their best-of-five National League Division Series with Game 4 action live from Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The game can be live streamed for free here. Los Angeles fans can hear all of the action on Fox Sports 570 while St. Louis fans can do the same on KMOX 1100.
St. Louis is looking to punch its ticket to the NLCS for the fourth straight season while Los Angeles will hope to stave off elimination and force a Game 5 back at home on Thursday.
The Cardinals picked up a 3-1 win on Wednesday night with the series shifting to Busch Stadium and now hold a 2-1 series lead. The Dodgers won Game 2 by a 3-2 margin while the Cardinals picked up a 10-9 win in the opening contest.
Clayton Kershaw (21-3, 1.77 ERA regular season) takes the mound on short rest with the Dodgers on the brink of elimination while Shelby Miller (10-9, 3.74 ERA) makes his first-career postseason start and will hope to help the Cardinals advance.
Kershaw, who lost to the Cardinals in the deciding Game 6 of last year's NLCS, will take the mound on just three days' rest after giving up eight runs in a nightmare inning in Game 1.
"Any time we put Clayton Kershaw on the mound, we feel pretty good," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said per MLB.com. "That being said, we're in a tough game. We're in St. Louis. But I think this club has been a club that's bounced back every time we've had any kind of trouble and lost a tough game."
The Cardinals know they're in for a tough task with Kershaw on the hill regardless of him coming in on short rest after a rough outing as Kershaw is seemingly a lock to win his third NL Cy Young Award this season and could even end up taking home NL MVP honors.
"We've said it before," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny told MLB.com. "We've got a lot of respect for him. What he's done this season, you don't turn a blind eye to."
Los Angeles has benched Yasiel Puig after he hit a triple in Game 3, but he also struck out three times and has been set down on strikes eight times in this series.
Outfielder Matt Kemp is having a solid series, as he is 5-for-13 (.385) with one homer and two RBI despite arguing with plate umpire Dale Scott in Game 3 and potentially facing a fine based on his actions.
Los Angeles shortstop Hanley Ramirez went 3-for-4 in Game 3 to make him 14-for-27 (.519) with five doubles, a triple, a homer and eight RBI through seven NLDS games in his career.
For the Cardinals, third baseman Matt Carpenter has been solid as he has a homer in each of the first three games to put his numbers at 6-for-12 (.500) with three homers, three doubles and seven RBI thus far in this series.
St. Louis second baseman Kolten Wong had a huge game-winning two-run homer in Game 3 in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday night and he is 2-for-8 (.250) with a homer, a double and two RBI in the series.
The Dodgers look to force a Game 5 while the Cardinals hope to clinch their fourth straight NLCS appearance when these teams take the field at Busch Stadium this afternoon in St. Louis.
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