On the National League side of the postseason bracket, the Dodgers were the first team to clinch an NLCS berth over the Phillies on Thursday, thanks to an egregious error in extra innings from pitcher Orion Kerkering. The Cubs and Brewers are still duking it out and are headed to a Game 5 after Chicago stormed back from a two-game deficit.
Game 4 at Wrigley, with the Cubs' season on the line, featured a familiar face. Former Tigers pitcher Matthew Boyd, in his third start of the postseason, pitched 4 2/3 innings of scoreless baseball. He got into some trouble early in the fifth when he gave up a double and then a walk, but Craig Counsell let him get the first two outs of the inning — the second on a strikeout — before he was pulled.