Saturday, October 15, 2022

NLDS Game 4 Thread: Oct 15 @ Padres, 6.37p

Anderson vs. Musgrove.

A 22-game lead in the regular season doesn't matter for shit, now that we've dropped two straight in a best-of-five series, and are facing an elimination game way earlier than we had expected in this postseason. David is actually going to slay Goliath. The Dodgers hadn't really been challenged all year during the regular season, so let's see how this team fares when the stakes are actually meaningful and our backs are against the wall.

That said, I'm not expecting much. Our bats are now 0-for-17 in the last two games, and we have not scored a run against this Padres bullpen in the entire series. It's easy to point the finger at Will Smith, 0-for-4 last night and choker in multiple run-scoring opportunities this whole series. But the fact of the matter is that Chris Taylor (0-for-4 with 2 Ks) isn't much of a replacement for the listless Cody Bellinger; Mookie Betts (1-for-3 last night) is batting .182 in leadoff; Justin Turner is batting .100 this series; and Trayce Thompson (1-for 3, batting .111) is also punchless.

Dodgers pitchers are getting maligned here, especialy with Tony Gonsolin's four-out starting performance in Game 3. But six arms only let two runs cross the plate last night in Game 3. This is about our lack of offensive performance when the presure is on--and we can't score more than one run all game.

This is bad. I'm still drunk while writing this post. I'll probably stay this way through Game 4.

54 comments:

QuadSevens said...

Nervous as ever here.

QuadSevens said...

NLDS GAME 4

Betts RF
T. Turner SS
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
J. Turner DH
Thompson CF
Taylor LF
Lux 2B

Anderson P

Steve Sax said...

What a surprise. Will Smith chokes again.

QuadSevens said...

0 for our last 20 with RISP.

QuadSevens said...

Mookie with a one out walk. Trea with a laser to left for a double.

QuadSevens said...

Second and third with one out.

QuadSevens said...

IT’S A MIRACLE!

QuadSevens said...

2 RBIs for Freddie! 2-0 good guys!

QuadSevens said...

What a play by Trayce!!

QuadSevens said...

That makes up for his backwards K.

QuadSevens said...

Freeman is 3 for 3 tonight. His bat woke up.

Steve Sax said...

Why are we swinging at the first pitch? Lux, Betts, Turner on the second pitch… ???

Steve Sax said...

Will Smith is so fucking bad, it hurts.

QuadSevens said...

Will might be a little tired with his wife giving birth early this morning. But a hit would still be nice.

QuadSevens said...

BTW, the Dodgers giving him a helicopter ride back to SD is pretty badass!

QuadSevens said...

Mr. Anderson is through 5 scoreless innings. 2-0.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy grounds out. On the first pitch.

QuadSevens said...

Bowl of ice cream acquired. Let’s get some more runs!

QuadSevens said...

Java Joe is tiring. Time for CT3 to run into one.

Steve Sax said...

CT3 and Lux join the choke parade

Steve Sax said...

Doc pulls Tyler Anderson.

Steve Sax said...

Martin gets Soto out, but Machado reaches. One out.

QuadSevens said...

Not sure about taking out Anderson. Two on and two out.

QuadSevens said...

Martin gets out of it! Big K there!

QuadSevens said...

Bunt for Trea and HBP for Freeman. Bases loaded for Smith again. Time to summon that Dad Power!

Steve Sax said...

Watch Slappy ground into a triple play here

QuadSevens said...

Sac fly RBI. 3-0 Dodgers!

Steve Sax said...

I stand corrected. Sac fly scores Mookie.

QuadSevens said...

It’s an improvement. I’ll take it.

QuadSevens said...

JT has a chance here with two on scoring position.

QuadSevens said...

Nothing else doing. 3-0 going to the bottom of the seventh.

Steve Sax said...

Justin Turner is not batting well, and he is very slow.

QuadSevens said...

Kahnle in some trouble here. Uh-oh.

QuadSevens said...

Kahnle gets nobody out and is pulled. 3-1.

QuadSevens said...

Shit. 3-2 now. Still nobody out.

QuadSevens said...

Tie game. Nobody out. This is bad.

QuadSevens said...

Almonte gets Machado and Drury. Now Vesia coming in.

QuadSevens said...

Bullpen is not having a good inning. Pods lead 5-3 now.

QuadSevens said...

Ball 2 on Cronenworth was the same pitch the ump called for strike one. Could have ended the inning right there and still be tied.

QuadSevens said...

Finally the inning ends. Down by two. Bottom of our order coming up.

Steve Sax said...

Here’s Bellinger.

That’s the white flag.

MR.F said...

Gahhhh I was out and just got home. Last time I checked it was 2-0. But it's only 2 runs. We can do this!!!! I hope

Steve Sax said...

Why not Vargas?!

MR.F said...

Well that was a pathetic half inning.

QuadSevens said...

Top of the order. Last licks. Hold onto your butts.

MR.F said...

Come on you bums!

MR.F said...

Sigh

Steve Sax said...

Horrible.

Welp, that’s baseball.

QuadSevens said...

The season ends painfully.

MR.F said...

That sucked so bad

spank said...

that was fucking bad.real fucking bad

Fred's Brim said...

eff all this shit

MR.F said...

Go Phillies

Yetijuice said...

It turned out this was the last game Anderson would pitch for the Dodgers.
Perhaps this was Tyler's response for being pulled after five innings and 86 pitches
in NLDS Game 4 versus the Padres?