Cubs: Kyle Schwarber hit a massive home run off of Yu Darvish

The Chicago Cubs have been seeing thier former players play well all throughout the playoffs. A few hours after Anthony Rizzo’s New York Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series, two great former Cubs faced off.

In game one of the National League Championship Series, the San Diego Padres hosted the Philadelphia Phillies. Former Cubs ace Yu Darvish got the start for the Padres after what has been a masterful season for him.

Darvish pitched well but he did allow two solo shots in the game which is not uncommon for power pitchers like him. Giving up two runs on three hits (one walk) in 7.0 innings is a really nice start. It isn’t his fault that his offense scored zero runs and they lost the game 2-0.

Bryce Harper hit the first solo shot for the Phillies and that gave them a 1-0 lead. Later in the 6th inning, old Cubs star Kyle Schwarber hit his first of the postseason to make it 2-0.

These two were teammates on a division-winning team in the past and now they are facing each other in the playoffs. It is certainly a sight to behold as two greats battle on a huge stage.

Two former Chicago Cubs stars put on a show in the MLB Postseason on Tuesday.

Schwarber got the better of Darvish in this one as he took him deep and had two total hits in the game in addition to being that one walk that Darvish allowed. The Phillies are truly lucky to have signed this guy as he led the NL in home runs this season.

Game two between these two great teams will take place on Wednesday afternoon. Blake Snell of San Diego is going to face Aaron Nola of Philadelphia which is an incredible matchup. If the Chicago baseball fans out there are looking for some good baseball, this is it.

The Padres are down 1-0 at home but they took down the big bad Los Angeles Dodgers after going down 1-0 in that series last week. It is certain that they will not go down without a fight which means that they are going to bring their best in this one.

It should also be noted that Anthony Rizzo’s Yankees team is going to face off against the Houston Astros in game one of the ALCS. We got to see Schwarber hit a big home run (488 feet) off of Yu Darvish which was fun and you can expect a lot more from these former Cubs going forward.

It is going to be a while before the Cubs are back in these types of games so enjoy this for now. These playoffs have been amazing up to this point.