>>Cardinals Beat Dodgers, Take NLDS Lead

(St. Louis, MO) -- Kolten Wong blasted a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Cardinals to a 3-1 win over the Dodgers in Game Three of the National League Division Series from Busch Stadium. Wong's homer broke a 1-all tie and gives St. Louis a two-games-to-one lead in the best-of-five series. Matt Carpenter also went deep for the Cardinals while John Lackey picked up the win with eight strikeouts over seven innings of one-run ball. Trevor Rosenthal closed it out for the save. Hanley Ramirez tied the game in the sixth with an RBI double to score Yasiel Puig [[ YAH-see-EL pweeg ]], who broke a streak of seven straight strikeouts with a triple. Hyun-Jin Ryu [[ ree-OO ]] gave up a run over six innings while Scott Elbert was charged with the loss. The teams will play Game Four from St. Louis on Tuesday.

>>Nationals Beat Giants In NLDS G3

(San Francisco, CA) -- The Washington Nationals are back in their National League Division Series after a 4-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in Game Three at AT&T Park. The Nats broke through for three runs in the seventh inning, with two scoring when Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner threw away a sac-bunt by catcher Wilson Ramos. Asdrubal Cabrera added an RBI single and Bryce Harper belted a long homer in the ninth for Washington. Doug Fister pitched seven innings of four-hit ball for the win. Bumgarner gave up three runs in seven frames to take the loss. Brandon Crawford broke up the shutout with a sac-fly in the ninth. The Giants still lead the best-of-five set two-games-to-one. San Francisco will host Game Four Tuesday, with Ryan Vogelsong opposing Gio Gonzalez.

>>Kershaw To Start Game Four Against Cardinals

(St. Louis, MO) -- Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will get a chance to rebound from his rough outing against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Four of NLDS. Manager Don Mattingly says Kershaw will start the game with Zack Greinke [[ GRAIN-kee ]] throwing in a potential Game Five. The two-time Cy Young Award winner is 0-and-3 in his last three postseason starts against St. Louis with an ERA of 8.10, including allowing eight earned runs in Friday's Game One.