St. Louis/Washington NLCS

Last Wednesday, the last two Stanley Cup champions, the current ones, the St. Louis Blues and the ’18 winners, the Washington Capitals, met in St. Louis, as the NHL season began.

A week later, teams from each city/district, the St. Louis Cardinals (a post-season record tying for any inning, 10 runs in the first inning (that a record) at Atlanta (Braves) and Washington Nationals (Howie Kendrick’s 10th inning grand slam home run in L.A. sent home sent home the Dodgers, who recorded a franchise record 106 regular season wins ), won decisive division series 5th games and will meet in the NLCS, beginning Friday night in St. Louis.

Tonight, the Houston Astros host the Tampa Bay Rays in game 5 of their “div” series, the winner of that game to face the New York Yankees, in the ALCS, beginning Saturday night.