Dodgers close in on World Series

CHICAGO — For the Los Angeles Dodgers, it’s beginning to look a lot like 1988.

Yu Darvish pitched sparkling ball into the seventh inning, Chris Taylor homered again and the Dodgers

GAME 4: 6 p.m. today, TBS

beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Tuesday night to open a 3-0 lead in the NL Championship Series.

Andre Ethier also went deep and Taylor added an RBI triple in the fifth as Los Angeles set a franchise record with its sixth consecutive playoff win. Yasiel

NEW YORK — With a soaring shot headed for Monument Park, Aaron Judge got New York back on course for another memorable October.

Yankee Stadium sounds like it’s ready, too.

“That ballpark is alive,” Judge said after this latest rousing rally.

Judge ignited a comeback with a home run , then hit a tying double during a fourrun eighth inning to spur the unflappable Yankees over the Houston Astros 6-4 Tuesday night and tie the AL Championship Series 2-2.

The Baby Bombers trailed 4-0 against starter Lance McCullers Jr. until Judge hom-

ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK YANKEES’ AARON JUDGE reacts after hitting an RBI double during the eighth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros on Tuesday in New York.