Hey, remember the Baseball World Heavyweight Title? My little nerdy pet project had fallen by the wayside for well over a year, until I randomly decided to check on it recently. Shortly after I picked up the thread on Twitter, the Dodgers won the belt ("IT'S NOT A BELT! IT'S A CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, DAMMIT!" - Vince McMahon). Sadly, they immediately dropped it to the Giants. Forgoing any chicanery I've perpetuated in the past, I decided to stick to the rules in tracking title changes this year, and see what legitimate chance the Dodgers had of retaking the title.
Thankfully, the schedule worked in our favor, and the Cubs managed to wrest the belt from the Giants just before arriving at Dodger Stadium this weekend. So, not only do we have an (*exasperated sigh*) NLCS rematch, but THE GOLD IS ON THE LINE as well.
Ring the bell!
Fri, 7p: Alex Wood vs. Jake Arrieta
LAD 4, CHC 0
Sat, 4p: Brandon McCarthy vs. John Lackey (on FOX!)
LAD 5, CHC 0
Sun, 1p: Clayton Kershaw vs. Jon Lester
LAD 9, CHC 4. Sweeeeeep!
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Initiator!
(this is the assassins circle thread, right?)
Colorado just scored 8 in a frame against the cards, to go up 10-0. At least Az is losing right now (2-1)
LAD CHC tied at 0 through 2.5
Utley with a leadoff HR in B3! 1-0 LA
Seaver works a leadoff walk against Arrieta in the fourth. Still 1-0
aZ comes back and now is leading 3-2 in Milwaukee in the 10th.
Seager...scores on the Grandal double! 2-0 LA
Arrieta gets back in control and Ks Adrian, gets Taylor to ground out, and Ks Cody. Yaz stranded at second. 2-0 LA through four
Arizona wins. Dammit.
Here's Baez for the sixth. We are doomed.
Baez gets out of it in the sixth! Still 2-0, amazingly
A-Gon with his first HR of 2017, a two-run shot scoring Seager! 4-0 LA
Rick Monday admiring Jason Heyward's physique. Awkward.
Two out in the ninth. Wood with five, Baez with two, and hatcher now at 1.2.
Dodgers win!
kike breaks up Lackey's no no with a double in 4th. No score.
1-0 Blue after 4.
5-0 Boys after 5.
DODGERS WIN
GAME 3
Forsythe 3B
Seager SS
Taylor CF
Gutierrez LF
Hernández 2B
Barnes C
Bellinger 1B
Eibner RF
Kershaw P
Clayton not cruising in the 1st
...but escapes!
On 16 pitches. That could have been worse
Kershaw at 42 pitches thru 2, losing 1-0
Bellinger 3-run HR!
Kershaw continues to struggle. Bases loaded, two out in the 3rd
...and he escapes again!
Kiké 3-run HR!
and two 4th-inning dingers by the Cubs make it 6-4 Dodgers
Kershaw gets his sixth K to end the top of the fourth. Yucch
Kershaw at 99 pitches, bats for himself in the 4th. And singles.
Lester pulled after 76 pitches
Fields takes over in a rather high-leverage situation (men at 2nd & 3rd, one out)
Josh Fields forever!
Austin Barnes solo HR! 7-4 Dodgers
Bullpen getting it done. Even Romo!
Puig 2-run HR makes it 9-4!
Nice 8th by Libertore
^Liberatore
Kenley in for the non-save save
SWEEEEEEP
Go home, Cubs, goooo! Go home, Cubs, goooo!
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