Today at 4:07 p.m., the Los Angeles Dodgers will try to shake off Friday night's crushing, extra innings loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, which fans can watch on TBS or live stream here. Dodgers fans can listen to the game on 570 Fox Sports LA, while Cardinals fans can turn their dials to KMOX 1120.
Carlos Beltran, who is having a stellar 2013 postseason, was the star of Game 1, driving in all three of St. Louis' three runs and making a game-saving throwout of Mark Ellis in the 10th inning. "That's a preview. Today was a good game and that's what it's all about. They didn't want to lose and we didn't want to lose," Beltran said.
The Dodgers are turning to their not-so-secret weapon tonight as they try to even up the series and steal a road game-Clayton Kershaw.
"I mean, he's obviously been one of the league's top pitchers," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "You throw him from the left side, first of all, then you put the velocity and the ability to control the counts and both sides of the strike zone and use his off speed pitches."
Kershaw was virtually unhittable for the entire 2013 campaign, but the Cardinals are loaded with patient, clutch hitters and he knows it.
"Everybody talks about the team approach that they have, and kind of passing the baton just to the next guy," Kershaw said. "They don't hit a lot of homers, but they just get big hits and that's kind of what they preach. I guess that's the challenge they pose."
In typical Cardinals fashion, they'll match Kershaw with rookie Michael Wacha, who pitched a one-hitter through 7.2 innings of ball against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLDS.
Manager Don Mattingly said the close loss hasn't dampened L.A.'s spirits. "We had a couple opportunities to get a run in and we didn't do it," Mattingly said. "If the rest of the series is like this game, it should be a pretty good one."
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