Tuesday, October 19, 2021

2021 NLCS Game 3 Thread: Oct 19 vs. Braves

Buehler vs. Morton, 2p.

Jorge Castillo of the LAT said what ran through my mind at the end of that disapponting Game 2: 2-for-18 with RISP is not going to get it done. Even when Chris Taylor hit a bloop double to put the Dodgers up 4-2, I was lamenting we couldn't tack on any more--basically, what I was saying all game when the Dodgers kept leaving ducks on the pond. And we needed it, after reliever (?) Julio Urias gave up two runs, and the Braves won another one-run game in the bottom of the ninth.

There wasn't much time to rest on Monday, especially given the early start today: but hopefully, the Dodgers can rebound like they did in the 2020 NLCS, also down 2-0 to the Braves:

Now, a lot of those 2020 ingredients aren't on this year's squad: Joc Pederson (on the bad guys), Edwin Rios (out for the season), Max Muncy (out for the series). Those bats accounted for eight of our 11 first-inning HRs. So we will need Trea Turner, Gavin Lux, and Chris Taylor to step up here. It's our only hope.

Sax will be at Game 3.

GO DODGERS!!!

58 comments:

QuadSevens said...

GAME 3

Mookie Betts RF
Corey Seager SS
Trea Turner 2B
Will Smith C
Justin Turner 3B
Gavin Lux CF
Cody Bellinger 1B
Chris Taylor LF
Walker Buehler P

QuadSevens said...

Calling my shot now. Cody Bellinger jersey t-shirt is on today and he is going deep!

QuadSevens said...

Lux with a great catch on a line drive to center and the heads up throw to double off Rosario!

QuadSevens said...

Buehler has a chance to escape after giving up two singles to start the game.

QuadSevens said...

This ump behind the plate has the most boring strike call I've ever seen.

QuadSevens said...

Buehler strikes out Riley! No damage!

Steve Sax said...

Huge double play there. Wow.

Stadium isn’t full but it is still rocking

Steve Sax said...

🐄🔑🦇🦇🦇

QuadSevens said...

Mookie with a leadoff walk. Let's see how this goes.

QuadSevens said...

SEAGER BOMB!!!

karen said...

COREY!!!

QuadSevens said...

Making Morton work. 3 walks in the first and up over 25 pitches. Bellinger up now.

QuadSevens said...

Left the bases loaded. Need the offense to stay alive the rest of the game now.

QuadSevens said...

Joc Pearleson draws a walk after 10 pitches.

QuadSevens said...

"Shadows!" Everyone drink!

QuadSevens said...

GIDP erases the lead off walk. Going to the bottom of the second.

QuadSevens said...

@Sax Nice emojis for Moo-Key-Bats. Took me a minute to decode that.

QuadSevens said...

Broadcast just mentioned that the Turners are 0 for 17 with RISP this postseason. Yikes!

QuadSevens said...

Now 0 for 18. Going to the third.

karen said...

Charlie Morton is at 51 pitches through 2.

Steve Sax said...

2-0 through 3 but once again, we are leaving people on base all over the place. Not good. This does not bode well.

karen said...

Joc is trying to bury us.

karen said...

Duval ties the game in the fourth.

QuadSevens said...

Screwed by the ump in that Joc at bat. He missed strike three.

QuadSevens said...

Error by Seager allows another run. Now we're down 3-2.

Steve Sax said...

Morton, even with that crappy start, outlasts Buehler.

We are done.

Steve Sax said...

Lux drops a fly ball. Seager can’t get to one. Buehler gets squeezed.

All the baseball gods are against us

Steve Sax said...

Game 2 starts with a two-run Seager bomb. We lose.

Game 3 starts with a two-run Seager bomb. 😬

QuadSevens said...

Our offense needs to come alive in more than just the first inning.

QuadSevens said...

Flyout to Lux, and his inexperience shows by not being ready to throw to third.

QuadSevens said...

Knebel and Bickford allow a run in the 5th. 5-2 with just one out.

Steve Sax said...

You can’t win with two hits, guys. Let’s do this

Steve Sax said...

This is going to be an epic comeback.

5-2 Atlanta, mid-5

We gotta chase Morton here

QuadSevens said...

Smith with a single to right. Double barrel action in the ATL bullpen.

QuadSevens said...

JT GIDP. Bleh!

QuadSevens said...

Morton done. 6 walks and we only cashed in one of those.

Steve Sax said...

JT has been horrible.

Trea Turner has been horrible.

Doc is going to get crap for his pitching changes, but it is the offense which is letting us down.

Steve Sax said...

I am not a happy dude right now

QuadSevens said...

I'm with you Sax. The offense is the real problem in these games.

QuadSevens said...

Freeman now has 3 hits to the opposite field. Is anyone in the Dodgers dugout seeing this? Maybe stop pitching him away?

MR.F said...

Things have not been going so hot this NLCS.

QuadSevens said...

We are in the 6th inning and bringing in our 6th pitcher. With Julio starting tomorrow on 2 days rest, and a scheduled bullpen game in game 5, this is really bad.

QuadSevens said...

Going to the 7th, still down 5-2.

QuadSevens said...

Phillips is the 7th pitcher in for us now.

MR.F said...

Geez louise so many pitchers

QuadSevens said...

Phillips goes to 1.2 innings. Gonsolin coming in to get the last out of the eighth. 8th pitcher.

QuadSevens said...

Bazooka, Treinen, and Kenley are the last guys left in the pen.

QuadSevens said...

Smith and Pollock with singles. Bellinger up now with two on and one out!

QuadSevens said...

BELLINGER THREE RUN BOMB!! TIE GAME!!

QuadSevens said...

Belli got on top of that high fastball! Good sign!

QuadSevens said...

Betts with a double to give us the lead! Finally we get more than one hit in an inning! 6-5 Dodgers!

QuadSevens said...

Trea Turner with an infield single. Bases loaded for Smith!

QuadSevens said...

Going to the ninth with the lead. Kenley coming in.

QuadSevens said...

Riley down looking! One down!

QuadSevens said...

Joc down swinging! Two down!

QuadSevens said...

Duvall down swinging! WIN!!

Steve Sax said...

Wow.

I am still in the suite, watching the stagnant brake lights outside.

Still so excited for this win

MR.F said...

What the phoooo! I went out to walk the dogs and checked the score in the 9th and was like whaaaaaa.