San Francisco Chronicle

Houston pulls out a 13-12, 10-inning win over the Dodgers in Game 5 to take a three-games-to-two lead.

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The Nationals and Phillies, who began Sunday without managers, tabbed two men without major-league experience for those positions to fill the roles.

The Nationals who informed manager Dusty Baker he was out after two seasons on Oct. 20, have chosen Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez for the job, according to the Washington Post. Martinez agreed to a three-year contract plus an option with the Nationals, the newspaper reported.

The Phillies have opted for Gabe Kapler as their bench boss, the Philadelph­ia Inquirer reported. Kapler, who has guided the Dodgers’ minorleagu­e system for the past three seasons, succeeds Pete Mackanin.

Martinez, 53, played for nine major-league franchises over 16 years, including two seasons with the Giants (1993-94) and four with the Montreal Expos, the team that moved to Washington in 2005 and became the Nationals. Martinez, an outfielder, retired as a player in 2001.

Martinez inherits a team that has won the NL East each of the past two seasons. He’ll try to become the first rookie manager to lead a team to a World Series title was Bob Brenly with the Diamondbac­ks in 2001.

Baker was let go a little more than a week ago. He had been given a two-year contract and was dismissed after leading the Nationals to two NL East titles.

Kapler, 37, has coached or managed for just one season, in 2007, at a lowlevel Boston affiliate.

Kapler, who was a finalist in 2015 for the Dodgers’ job that went to Dave Roberts, played parts of 12 seasons with six teams and was on the field in 2004 when the Red Sox won a championsh­ip for the first time in 86 years.

Kapler played half a season in Japan in 2005. He then retired, managed in the minors as a 31-yearold, and unretired to play three more seasons in the majors.

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