Cubs Avoid Elimination Against Dodgers 3-2.
BRIGGS: The Chicago Cubs avoid elimination but not without a little bit of controversy.</s>ROMANS: Coy Wire has more in this morning's "Bleacher Report". Hey, Coy.</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDEN: Christine, wearing her Cubby blue.</s>BRIGGS: Is it or is it Dodger blue?</s>ROMANS: Oh.</s>WIRE: I like that.</s>BRIGGS: Dodger blue is very similar, just saying.</s>WIRE: Come on, let the Cubs fans have their moment of fun. Good morning to you. The defending World Series champ not going quietly into that good night. They are fighting scratching clawing and swinging for the fences. Cubs Javier Baez was in a post-season slump for the ages, 0-20, but the 24-year-old from Puerto Rico broke out of the slump just in time to save the Cub season. Baez blasts not one but two home runs at Wrigley. But then, in the eighth inning, closer struck out Curtis Granderson, so everyone thought. Shockingly, the umpire ruled that Granderson actually fouled off the pitch, and that gave him and the Dodgers another shot. Well, Cubs manager Joe Maddon not happy about that. He would get tossed with some not words safe for TV, but thankfully for the Cubs, Granderson would strike out on the next pitch. Cubs would go on to win 3-2. After of the game the umpire admitted he blew the call. And, Joe Maddon, what would you have done if Granderson would have got a hit?</s>JOE MADDON, CUBS MANAGER: That can't happen. The process was horrible. To have that change in next picture out, you know, I might come running out of the clubhouse in my jockstrap. I mean, that was like really that bad.</s>WIRE: Kind of wishing Granderson would have had a hit. All right. Game 5, tonight at 8:00 Eastern on sister channel TBS, Christine's Cubbies are alive. After being down two games to none against the Astros, the Yankees are just one win away from the World Series. Up 3-2 now. Masahiro Tanaka took his game to a whole new level, eight strike outs and seven scoreless, as he owns Yankee, seven wins in the last eight starts. How about Gary Sanchez for the Yankees? Coming up big at the plate, hits a home run to help New York stay unbeaten at home this season, winning 5-zip. They can wrap it up in Houston tomorrow night. Yesterday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league would like to get the number of players protesting during the anthem to zero but is going to stand behind the players and help them make change in their communities.</s>ROGER GOODELL, NFL COMMISSIONER: I understand where our fans feel about this issue, and we feel the same way about the importance of the flag, about the importance of patriotism I believe our players feel if a way. They will state to you and they have stated to everyone publicly. They are not doing this in any way to be disrespectful to the flag. But they also understand how it's being interpreted. That's why we're trying to deal with those underlying issues.</s>WIRE: New York Giants owner John Mara agreed with Goodell, saying that he asked his players to stand by said quote at the end of the day this is America. We do have something called the First Amendment, unquote. Let's get you to the NBA.</s>GORDON HAYWARD, CELTICS STAR: What's up everybody? Just want to say thank you to everyone who has the thoughts and prayers. I'm going to be all right.</s>WIRE: That's Celtics star Gordon Hayward addressing the Boston faithful from his hospital bed, right before going to surgery to repair that gruesome injury he suffered on Tuesday. Fans lined to sign a huge card urging the all star to come back stronger than ever. Good stuff there, guys.</s>ROMANS: That is great.</s>BRIGGS: That is good. You know what else is great. You mentioned Javier Baez from Puerto Rico. Good catch there. He's raising money to help everyone in Puerto Rico, selling some T-shirts, El Mago, the magician.</s>ROMANS: Yes.</s>BRIGGS: So, thanks for their help in Puerto Rico. Hundred percent of the proceeds go to them. Thank you.</s>WIRE: You're welcome.</s>ROMANS: Nice to see you. All right. Just about half past the hour, the defense secretary said to be dismayed about lack of information about that deadly ambush on Americans in Niger. Now anger growing about what the president did or did not say to a Gold Star widow.