Alex Cora breaks down the pitching matchup in Saturday's Game 1 of the NLCS between Chicago's Jon Lester and New York's Matt Harvey. Cora also discusses the Cubs' problems hitting against high-velocity pitches.
It has been standard operating procedure for even really good lineups to be shut down in October, because good pitching is almost always the preeminent force in the postseason.
To date, the Chicago Cubs, stacked with the best collection of young, dynamic hitters we've seen in years, have not stopped hitting in the playoffs, at least in the small sample size of five games.