NLCS - Cubs vs. Mets

Tonight starts the showdown of the ALCS, Royals vs. Blue Jays match up, and tomorrow the NLCS match up between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets.  What a showdown both of these games will be, yet the one I am interested in, is the Cubs vs. the Mets.  Who would have thought at this point we would be saying the Mets would be facing the Chicago Cubs. A crazy stat is that this is the first NLCS since 2007 without the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco Giants.

I want to first look at the match up between these two teams in the regular season.  The Cubs have recorded a perfect 7-0 record vs the Mets in the regular season.  The playoffs are a different breed though.  Both teams have been on a roll and it all starts Saturday the 17th at 7:07 p.m.

The first game between these two teams will consist of a pitching duo between Jon Lester of the Cubs and Matt Harvey of the Mets.

What a better of a match up could we have hoped for than these two teams. It'll be a showdown and we all can't wait to see what happens in this 7 game series to advance to the World Series.  Also, check out these stats from these two teams this season.  WOW.

Here are the dates and times of the series and also the projected lineups for Game 1

Series schedule
Saturday, Oct. 17: Chicago (Lester 11-12) at New York (Harvey 13-8), 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS

Sunday, Oct. 18: Chicago at New York, 8:07 p.m. ET, TBS

Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York at Chicago, TBD, TBS

Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York at Chicago, TBD, TBS

*Thursday, Oct. 22: New York at Chicago, TBD, TBS

*Saturday, Oct. 24, Chicago at New York, TBD, TBS

*Sunday, Oct. 25, Chicago at New York, TBD, TBS

*If necessary

Projected Game 1 lineups

Mets
RF Curtis Granderson (26 HR, 70 RBI, .259)
3B David Wright (5 HR, 17 RBI, .289)
2B Daniel Murphy (14 HR, 73 RBI, .281)
LF Yoenis Cespedes (35 HR, 105 RBI, .291)
C Travis d'Arnaud (12 HR, 41 RBI, .268)
1B Lucas Duda (27 HR, 73 RBI, .244)
SS Wilmer Flores (16 HR, 59 RBI, .263)
CF Juan Lagares (6 HR, 41 RBI, .259)
RHP Matt Harvey (1 HR, 7 RBI, .108)

Cubs
CF Dexter Fowler (17 HR, 46 RBI, .250)
RF Jorge Soler (10 HR, 47 RBI, .262)
3B Kris Bryant (26 HR, 99 RBI, .275)
1B Anthony Rizzo (31 HR, 101 RBI, .278)
2B Starlin Castro (11 HR, 69 RBI, .265)
LF Kyle Schwarber (16 HR, 43 RBI, .246)
C Miguel Montero (15 HR, 53 RBI, .248)
SS Javier Baez (1 HR, 4 RBI, .289)
LHP Jon Lester (0 HR, 0 RBI, .065)