Yu Darvish vs. Lance McCullers Jr.
It's a 1-1 series tie but Game 2's agonizing loss has Dodger fans praying to Superman/Jebus for a divine performance by Dodgers ace #1B, Yu Darvish.
Look, the two best teams made it to the World series — none of this wild card bullshit — and we're thankful one of those teams is ours. But the flipside is that our opponents aren't just going to roll over and play dead. They're unreasonable like that.
These Astros are damn good. Just ask our bullpen. But let's not lose sight of the fact that in Game 2 we finally dinged their bullpen too, touching up Ken Giles for two runs and Chris Devenski for one.
Minute Maid Park is is paradoxically both more spacious and short-porched, setting the stage for more dingers (of the pulled variety, like pork!) tonight. Expect the likes of Justin Turner and Chris Taylor to treat the 'Stros like King Hippo by uppercutting like crazy.
So join us in the fetal position as we chew our fingernails to the quick and soak our joy/drown our sorrows in alcohol. Who knows, tonight some Dodger fans might even find religion.
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1. Chris Taylor, CF
2. Corey Seager, SS
3. Justin Turner, 3B
4. Cody Bellinger, 1B
5. Yasiel Puig, RF
6. Logan Forsythe, 2B
7. Austin Barnes, C
8. Joc Pederson, LF
9. Enrique Hernandez, DH
Yu Darvish, P
Wow, with first names and all!
UPDATE:
Taylor CF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Puig RF
Forsythe 2B
Barnes C
Pederson DH
Hernández LF
(Darvish P)
Mmmm! Pulled pork!
(drools)
I got hungry writing that. Good thing I have my desk salad handy
(pulls pork)
(puts Dusty on 15-day DL)
Nobody puts Dusty in the corner!
Guys, am I crazy, or were the Dodgers also undefeated at home in the postseason until Game 2? Did Fox make a big to-do about that for us?
The is for picking me up, Orel!! Let’s blow the roof off this dump.
HERE WE GO
@Erin...you are so right. Feels like we're watching an Astro broadcast a lot of the time.
Houston gets the better narrative, Erin. We all know that.
Goddammit, Altuve drops Seager's grounder and still gets him
Turner hit it to the deepest part of the park for an out.
Seager and Turner hit the ball hard. And we had two 3-1 counts. That could be a good sign, or we may have just given their pitcher the chance to settle down and get into a groove.
Gattis and McCann look like twins in the lineup graphics.
Here we are in Molly Knight's Terrible Two Minutes.
Wow, Darvish hit 97 mph
Darvish gets out of the jam! No score end of one.
18 innings in the 1st for Yu
Two bad calls do in Bellinger for the K.
Not exactly taking pitches in this inning.
I believe McCullers has thrown a negative number of pitches. Work the count, wouldya guys?
Forsythe single! Let's strand him, shall we?
Yes we shall.
McCullers seems hittable. I this these Dodgers will find a way
Chicks dig the aggressive swings into perfectly placed defenders.
Well shit.
Ugh.
Ouch!
The slider from Darvish doesn't look good so far.
This is going really well.
Pep talk from Doc after a walk. 2 on nobody out.
Everything from Darvish is up. Not good.
WTF is happening
Another pitch up. Long single off the wall. 2-0 nobody out.
TERRIBLE THINGS
Anxiety level....through the roof.
Well this is shit.
Darvish isn’t fooling anyone.
Honestly, why do we do this to ourselves? This is so painful.
This would almost be bearable if we had won Game 2
Maeda now getting warm.
Darvish has absolutely nothing.
Looks like we know which Yu showed up tonight.
Couple of line drive outs. 4-0 now.
This is a disaster.
STOP THE BLEEDING
Darvish is done. This sucks.
That was longer than two minutes, Molly.
It’s only the third. Let’s get back into this!
Joc with a good walk.
Gotta jump. Will try not to drive off the 101
Kiké walks on 4 pitches. CT3 can get us right back into this game now.
Drive safe Orel.
Walked the bases loaded. Turner up now!
Seager up. Not Turner.
One swing baby, that’s all we need
GOD DAMN IT, COREY.
Or not
One team capitalized on a struggling starter. One did not.
That’s so Dodgers. Ugh.
I said to myself that we needed at least a run that inning. I'm trying to be positive because we did get that. But, shit, it could have been so much better.
Closing the gap. Let’s keep chipping away at it.
Very true Erin. It just feels so deflating. Hopefully we keep chipping away.
That ferris wheel was lit up blue. It's a sign.
I have been trying to keep my pissy, filthy potty mouth under control so as not to piss off the baseball gods. But no fuckin more. I AM SO TIRED ABOUT HEARING ABOUT HARVEY. How it inspired this team to win for Houston...by the way it's BOSTON STRONG not houston strong. I am so sorry with all my heart about your rain storm but maybe for just a minute look towards Puerto Rico and what they are enduring.
Oh, and btw, a hurricane doesn't earn you mofos a World Series Championship.
A sign that they're going to depress me this inning, I guess.
Maeda back out for the 4th. Gets Springer swinging for the first out.
Maeda with some emotion as he Ks Bergman. Two down.
Joc with a hustle double. One down.
Kiké moves up Joc. Two down runner on third. CT3 up.
Stranded him. 4-1 still going to the bottom of the 5th.
Maeda gets the first out of the fifth and gives way to Watson.
Maeda picked up Darvish. Now our bats need to wake up.
WHy was Maeda pulled? Can anyone explain that to me please
Guessing it’s so he can be used again this weekend.
This sucks.
Watson with a wild throw to first allows Reddick to score from first. 5-1.
So let's go, Dodgers. We can come back from this.
Maeda's not stretched out for a long appearance? He threw 42 pitches
So I was yelling at Puig while I was driving. Hope he heard me.
Wow. What has happened to Bellinger
Bellinger's at-bats have been absolutely pathetic tonight.
Bellibombed...
What happened to my patient team?
Back to a 3-run deficit
2-run deficit!
Yeah baby!
Squandering so many opportunities, but we're still chipping away. WE NEED TO HOLD THEM HERE.
One down, Watson comes out
Puig needs to teach Bellinger how to lay off that pitch.
Another error? Jesus
This feels like another one-run loss
Morrow with a big K on Altuve.
Morrow escapes the 6th
And another to end the inning!
Everyone trying to hit a 6-run HR. JUST GET ON BASE
Like Andre just did!
AAAAAAUGH CT just looked at a hanging something or other for strike 2
This game just blows.
That guys singing... I can’t un-hear it
Mrs Quad and I both thought that singer sucked.
I mute it for "God Bless America" every time. Guess I'm especially glad this time.
Leadiff double. And that singing still in my head
Reddick could use some sweet chin music
I love seeing Reddick pissed off.
Stripling coming in with the bases loaded to face Springer. Yikes!
First-pitch ball WHO WOULDA THUNK
He threw a strike!
...finally.
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS CLOSE
Even Stripling thought that was gone! Amazing!
God, that was terrifying. Stripling is... not inspiring..
I just shit my pants
Extraneous period at the end there. For shame.
Corey swinging thru a meatball
KEEP STRUGGLING PEACOCK
Heart of the order just giving away outs
Full count to Cody. A victory in itself
Swings thru a meatball. Of course
He won’t see a better pitch this series.
Can't wait to hear what injury Cody is nursing
Stripling one out away from the Dodgers' first 1-2-3 — never mind
He almost got his arm taken off by that line drive.
Astros pitchers have throw three 1-2-3 innings tonight
Last gasp
Thank you to everyone who showed up in this thread tonight. It eases the pain.
Hinch stays with Peacock, meaning Giles will be fresh tomorrow
I feel like this ump’s zone has been wider for the Astros pitchers.
Puig Ks
Utley taps a weak bouncer back to the pitcher
Grandal putting up a peep
Well that was utterly demoralizing.
See you tomorrow!
That was rough.
so.... at least we got a new season of stranger things
I truly, truly hate Texas.
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