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When my laralarm went off. >> reporter: i'm sure you had a long night. at least a successful one for you and all rockies' fans that stayed up late for that. i tell you what, there's nothing like post-season baseball. you hang on every single pitch. fans doing that for nearly five hours last night. this wild card game an absolute classic. john lester and kyle freeland throwing gems. cubs down 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth. javier baez comes through with the clutch double. that scores the tying run. this game would go to extra innings. in the 13th, tony wolters, 0 for the last 15 at-bats, come...

Each of them in different countries. remember, the dodgers had one friday night in monterey, mexico. and the two hottest teams in baseball, dave briggs, yankees and red sox, squaring off in the bronx last night. doesn't seem like anyone can stop the yankees now, does it? giancarlo stanton got it going early with two home runs in his first two at-bats. judge hitting a sim for the go ahead -- a single for the go ahead run. that would be all the yankees need, they win 3-2. new york has won 16 of the last 17 games in baseball's oldest rivalry, headed abroad. the yanks and sox will play two games i...

Why are they -- why are they so obsessed about this one thing? i mean, i think it's just that they were behind them, fossil fuel economic interests, businesses, that don't want the climate change agenda to be messing with their business. but i'm guessing about that. >> i'd be dare flect my derelicf i didn't have a "moneyball" question. houston astros, analytics or instinct? >> either team that won, dodgers or astros, we're well beyond analytics, analytics both sides. both general managers were in the game because of billy beane and wouldn't have been in the game -- both analytics people. and y...

>> i would be derelict in my duty if i didn't ask a "moneyball" question. the houston astros, victory for analytics or instinct? >> either team that won, the dodgers or the astros were well beyond instinct versus analytics. analytics up the wazoo both sides. both general managers were in the game because of billy d. they wouldn't have been in the game if billy bean -- they were both analytics people. you could see that on the field. you saw that where the players were, how they approached their at bats. how the pitchers approached the hitters. underneath it all was a lot of study. and the poin...

Elimination thanks to an unexpected hero. >> coy wire has more in "bleacher report." >> good morning. this "bleacher report" brought to you by the 2018 ford 150. javier baez was in a serious postseason slump, zero hits in 20 at-bats the 20-year-old from puerto rico broke the slump with two home runs just in time to save the cubs' season. in front of the home crowd, rallying he helped his team as he's rallied to help his home island. then a bizarre moment in the eighth inning, cubs up by one and the pitch wade davis strikes out a batter so everyone thought. the umpire said the bat touched the b...