NLCS Game 4 lineups: Can Cubs pull off the impossible?

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Can the Cubs pull off the impossible?

Only one other team in the history of Major League Baseball's League Championship Series has come back from down 3-0: Theo Epstein's 2004 Boston Red Sox.

The Cubs would have to do just that if "Back to the Future" is to be correct.

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Cubs manager Joe Maddon has talked all season about how the team just needs to take it one day at a time, to go on one-game winning streaks at once.

The Cubs need four one-game winning streaks, and they need it to start Wednesday night against Steven Matz and the Mets. At least they'll have a good-luck charm in attendance.

Here is the way the Cubs will line up behind Jason Hammel:

1. Dexter Fowler - CF
2. Jorge Soler - RF
3. Kris Bryant - 3B
4. Anthony Rizzo - 1B
5. Starlin Castro - 2B
6. Kyle Schwarber - LF
7. Javier Baez - SS
8. Jason Hammel - P
9. David Ross - C

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Here's how the Mets will line up behind Matz:

1. Curtis Granderson - RF
2. David Wright - 3B
3. Daniel Murphy - 2B
4. Yoenis Cespedes - CF
5. Lucas Duda - 1B
6. Travis d'Arnaud - C
7. Michael Conforto - LF
8. Wilmer Flores - SS
9. Steven Matz - P

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