Thursday, October 01, 2020

2020 Wild Card Game 2 Thread: Oct 1 vs. Brewers

Kershaw vs. Woodruff, 7p

The Dodgers eked out a 4-2 victory in Game 1 thanks in large part to Corey Seager's seventh-inning 447-foot HR to give the Dodgers that deciding two-run cushion. That said, the game ended with Kenley Jansen allowing the tying run to the plate and the Dodgers squandering run-scoring opportunities in the early innings, not to mention an embarrassing Max Muncy error in short right field which didn't lead to a run, but was sloppy as hell anyway.

Justin Turner, distracted by a dodgy in-game microphone not to mention inane questions from ESPN's Karl Ravech, went 0-for-4 on Wednesday; both Will Smith and Edwin Rios went 0-for-3. Is it right that we expect someone else in the lineup besides Mookie Betts to have a multi-hit game (Betts was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored)? Let's go, Dodgers! Expectations are high.

111 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Braves beat the Reds, advance

QuadSevens said...

Betts RF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Muncy 1B
Smith DH
Bellinger CF
Taylor 2B
Pollock LF
Barnes C
Kershaw P

Orel said...

Thanks Quad!

QuadSevens said...

Anytime!

Orel said...

Padres down 4-2 in the 4th against the Cards but are threatening with RA

Orel said...

Grisham Ks. Tatis Ks. Cards escape

Orel said...

HERE WE GO

spank said...

quiet inning

Orel said...

Two scoreless for Kershaw

spank said...

good kershaw tonight so far

Orel said...

Pads take the lead 7-6

Orel said...

Bad bats tonight so far

karen said...

The Houston Cheaters should not be allowed to show their zombie faces on Dodger Stadiums hallowed ground.

Orel said...

Do they get to bring their own DJ & organ player?

Orel said...

9-6 Pads

karen said...

Tatis, Jr channeling his regular season self, homers again to bring game to 9-6 friars.

karen said...

Crap Orel. Here we go again.

Orel said...

Kersh thru 3

Orel said...

Give the lineup once thru the order. We should start hitting them second time thru the order

Orel said...

Cards have second & third with no out

Orel said...

I think my feed is ahead of yours Karen!

spank said...

chards getting flushed by madres

Steve Sax said...

ok guys, just finished back to school night. do we have a hit yet?

Orel said...

9-7 Pads, still no out for Cards

Orel said...

Sax: no

Orel said...

9-8, 2 out

Orel said...

A HIT

Orel said...

by Barnes of course

Steve Sax said...

at least Woodruff is at 40 pitches

Orel said...

Mookie's struck out twice so at least we know Woodruff's on

spank said...

well at least they got a hit. baby steps

Orel said...

KKKK

spank said...

nice

Orel said...

KKKKK

Orel said...

Pads 11, Cards 8

Orel said...

OKAY MAKE THAT THIRD TIME THRU THE ORDER

Orel said...

Pads 11, Cards 9, top 9, no out

Orel said...

Pads win

Orel said...

KKKKKKK

Steve Sax said...

9 Ks in 13 outs. Bellinger with hit #2!!!

Orel said...

BREAKING: We got consecutive hits

QuadSevens said...

We’ve got something cooking! Let’s go!

karen said...

RALLY!!

Steve Sax said...

CT3 with a single! Two on, one out.

spank said...

finish him!

Steve Sax said...

Woodruff only at 73 pitches, though

Steve Sax said...

Pollock hits into a 5-4-3 but Gyorko, the Brewer 1B, drops the ball (bad throw). So two out, first and second.

But Barnes is up, so oh well.

Orel said...

A RUN!!!

karen said...

A RUN!!!!

Steve Sax said...

oh shit, Austin Barnes just shut me up!!!

spank said...

noice Barnsey

Steve Sax said...

WAY TO GO, AUSTIN!

Okay no more Barnes bashing from me.

karen said...

Damn you Orel!

Orel said...

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIE

karen said...

MOOKIE!!!

QuadSevens said...

Yes! Yes! Yes! 3-0 Dodgers!

spank said...

MOOKIEFEST!!!

Steve Sax said...

MOOKIE! 2-run double!

3-0 LA, B5

karen said...

Buh-Bye Woodruff

Steve Sax said...

Woodruff chased. Wow. 86 pitches, and held us down through 4 2/3

Hader coming in.

Steve Sax said...

That's a great Coke commercial.

Steve Sax said...

Kurkjian loves the line "with spin so fast, it will cut your shirt."

How many shirts has he had cut?!

Steve Sax said...

End 5, Dodgers 3-0

Steve Sax said...

Garcia K'd by Clayton for out #1.

QuadSevens said...

Yellich looking terrible on that swing.

Orel said...

Kersh strikes out the side in the 6th. Wow

karen said...

10 K's for Kid K

Orel said...

What happened to Yelich

QuadSevens said...

I’m really loving this version of Kershaw. Can we keep him?

QuadSevens said...

Yellich swung at a curveball that bounced in front of the plate for strike three.

Orel said...

I mean, this season. He looks so lost

Steve Sax said...

oh wow, they just said something nice about Kershaw here in the bottom of the sixth.

how refreshing.

Steve Sax said...

Nottingham (Brewers C) leaves the game. I think Hader's pitches tweaked his thumb. Ouch.

karen said...

Didn't the Dodgers hit Hader pretty good in 2018 playoffs? or did I dream that....

Orel said...

KKKKKKKKKKK

spank said...

mmm mmm mmm

Steve Sax said...

Kershaw with 11Ks! 3-0 LA, mid-7

Orel said...

Hader had a 0.00 ERA over 7.2 IP in the 2018 NLCS against the Dodgers

Orel said...

Although I also remember something like that Karen

Steve Sax said...

Bellinger with a nice 10-pitch AB but he gets rung up looking.

Steve Sax said...

Taylor singles with one out. Here's Pederson

spank said...

okay i'm done with these hacks announcing the game

Steve Sax said...

Pederson GIDPs.

3-0 LA through 7.

Orel said...

KKKKKKKKKKKK

karen said...

12...

spank said...

pull him

karen said...

13...

Orel said...

KKKKKKKKKKKKK

Orel said...

See Clayton was getting bored so he walked the guy just so he could pick him off first

spank said...

i can breathe a little easier

spank said...

noice but the dude scares me

Steve Sax said...

Kershaw with eight masterful innings: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 13 Ks.

QuadSevens said...

Two nights in a row they bring up the stat of Joc being second in playoff HRs at Dodger Stadium and Reggie Jackson having the most. And both nights they didn’t say how many Reggie had. That really bugs me.

Orel said...

I think at some point they mentioned Reggie had 5?

Orel said...

Also Clayton went 93 pitches tonight

Steve Sax said...

would be nice if JT could get the bat hotter

Steve Sax said...

@Quad 9:47p: but Reggie himself bugs me more

QuadSevens said...

Joc and Garvey have 5 and they are tied for second.

Steve Sax said...

Brusdar looks so pissed off when he is about to throw, it's intimidating.

But not to Garcia, with a leadoff single in B9

Steve Sax said...

Yelich forces Garcia but is safe at first.

Steve Sax said...

Vogelbach flies to left. Two out.

Orel said...

I'm going to go with 6 for Reggie, Pat

Orel said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

dammit!

Steve Sax said...

but NO dammit for the Dodgers! YAY

spank said...

cool. on to the next

karen said...

2 wins down, 11 to go.

QuadSevens said...

Woohoo! Series win!

spank said...

and Karen if you see this, I actually watched the whole game. later,y'all

Dusty Baker's Toothpick said...

Kershaw was masterful tonight! Man what a treat to watch. Be well everybody.