The Cubs beat the Nationals 9-8 in a wild game five, and will now face the well-rested Dodgers. It was a game full of Rays story lines.
- Ben Zobrist, had a quiet but important pinch hit single in the fifth.
- Mike Montgomery failed, along with most of the other pitchers in this game, failed to shut the door.
- This is the interesting part. With two outs in the seventh inning, and most of his bullpen used up, Joe Maddon went to closer Wade Davis.