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League Championship Series: Elimination games

The Royals lead the ALCS three games to one, and the Mets are looking to finish off the sweep in the NLCS tonight.

By Fielder's Choice Oct 21, 2015, 6:10pm EDT

Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, Game 5

Time: 4:00 p.m. ET

Media: FS1

Pitching: RHP Edinson Volquez (13-9, 3.55 ERA) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (13-8, 3.13 ERA)

Today's Lineups

KANSAS CITY ROYALS	TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Alcides Escobar - SS	Ben Revere - LF
Ben Zobrist - 2B	Josh Donaldson - 3B
Lorenzo Cain - CF	Jose Bautista - RF
Eric Hosmer - 1B	Edwin Encarnacion - DH
Kendrys Morales - DH	Chris Colabello - 1B
Mike Moustakas - 3B	Troy Tulowitzki - SS
Salvador Perez - C	Dioner Navarro - C
Alex Gordon - LF	Kevin Pillar - CF
Alex Rios - RF	Ryan Goins - 2B

Edinson Volquez - RHP	Marco Estrada - RHP

New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, Game 4

Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Media: TBS

Pitching: LHP Steven Matz (4-0, 2.27 ERA) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (10-7, 3.74 ERA)

Today's Lineups

NEW YORK METS	CHICAGO CUBS
Curtis Granderson - RF	Dexter Fowler - CF
David Wright - 3B	Jorge Soler - RF
Daniel Murphy - 2B	Kris Bryant - 3B
Yoenis Cespedes - CF	Anthony Rizzo - 1B
Lucas Duda - 1B	Starlin Castro - 2B
Travis d'Arnaud - C	Kyle Schwarber - LF
Michael Conforto - LF	Javier Baez - SS
Wilmer Flores - SS	Jason Hammel - RHP
Steven Matz - LHP	David Ross - C