A capsule look at the Dodgers-Cubs playoff series

A look at the best-of-five National League division series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs:

Schedule: Game 1, Wednesday, at Chicago (4:37 p.m.); Game 2, Thursday, at Chicago (7:37 p.m.); Game 3, Saturday, at Los Angeles (8:07 p.m.); x-Game 4, Sunday, at Los Angeles (TBA); x-Game 5, Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Chicago (TBA). (All games on TBS).

x-if necessary.

Season Series: Chicago won 5-2.

Projected Lineups:

Dodgers: CF Matt Kemp (.290, 18 HRs, 76 RBIs, 35 SB), C Russell Martin (.280, 13, 69, 18 SB), LF Manny Ramirez (.396, 17, 53 in 53 games with Dodgers after July 31 trade from Boston; .332, 37, 121 overall), RF Andre Ethier (.305, 20, 77), 1B James Loney (.289, 13, 90), 3B Casey Blake (.251, 10, 23 in 59 games with Dodgers after July 26 trade from Cleveland; .274, 21, 81 overall), 2B Blake DeWitt (.264, 9, 52), SS Angel Berroa (.230, 1, 16).

Note: SS Rafael Furcal, out most of the season because of back problems, could start. He'd hit leadoff in a rearranged batting order.

Cubs: LF Alfonso Soriano (.280, 29, 79, 19 SB), SS Ryan Theriot (.307, 1, 38, 22 SB), 1B Derrek Lee (.291, 20, 90), 3B Aramis Ramirez (.289, 27, 111), CF Jim Edmonds (.256, 19. 49 with Cubs after cut by San Diego on May 9; .235, 20, 55 overall), C Geovany Soto (.285, 23, 86), 2B Mark DeRosa (.285, 21, 87), RF Kosuke Fukudome (.257, 10, 58, 12 SB).

Projected Rotations

Dodgers: RH Derek Lowe (14-11, 3.24 ERA), RH Chad Billingsley (16-10, 3.14, 201 strikeouts), RH Hiroki Kuroda (9-10, 3.73), RH Greg Maddux (2-4, 5.09 in 7 starts with Dodgers after trade from San Diego; 8-13, 4.22 overall).

Cubs: RH Ryan Dempster (17-6, 2.96), RH Carlos Zambrano (14-6, 3.91), RH Rich Harden (5-1, 1.77, 89 strikeouts in 12 starts with Cubs after July 8 trade from Oakland; 10-2, 2.07 in 25 starts overall), LH Ted Lilly (17-9, 4.09).

Relievers

Dodgers: RH Jonathan Broxton (3-5, 3.13, 14/16 saves), RH Takashi Saito (4-4, 2.49, 18/21 saves), LH Joe Beimel (5-1, 2.02), RH Cory Wade (2-1, 2.27), RH Chan Ho Park (4-4, 3.40), LH Clayton Kershaw (5-5, 4.26 in 22 games, 21 starts).