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Live blog and chat from NLCS Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cub, 5:05 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15. (FS1)Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream....

Live blog and chat from NLDS Game 4: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Washington Nationals, 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11. (MLB)Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream....

SAN FRANCISCO >> When an animal-rights activist ran on the field and offered Angel Pagan a flower, the Giants left fielder body-slammed him to the ground. That was not the rudest treatment given to a visitor at AT&T Park on Friday night. The Dodgers wanted to see if career starter Brandon McCarthy might possibly be an option to pitch out of the bullpen during the postseason. Now, they know. McCarthy followed starter Rich Hill to the mound in the sixth iing with the Dodgers having just taken a one-run lead. It was McCarthy’s first relief appearance since April 25, 2007 with the Texas Rangers. He faced six batters, didn’t retire any of them and the Giants scored seven times in the iing on thei...

LOS ANGELES >> Baseball superstition holds that you don’t mention a no-hitter in progress, at least if you want it to continue. The home dugout at Dodger Stadium might well have been a very loud place Thursday night. Until Corey Seager singled with two outs in the ninth iing, it could do nothing to coax a hit against Matt Moore in a game the San Francisco Giants won 4-0. Only then did the sellout crowd at Dodger Stadium join the rancor, its decibel level rising to the occasion of history being avoided. Santiago Casilla relieved Moore and got Justin Tuer to pop out on the next pitch, ending the game. All of it served to contrast with an eerie quiet in the Dodgers’ clubhouse Thursday afteoon. ...