Thursday, September 21, 2023

Games 152-155 Thread: Sept 21-24 vs. Giants

Giant in the distance.

Thu 21 7p: Sheehan vs. Harrison
Fri 22 7p: TBD vs. Manaea
Sat 23 6p: Kershaw vs. TBD
Sun 24 4p: Lynn vs. TBD

The Giants are 76-76 this year and three games out of the final NL Wild Card spot. But they have to vault over Miami and Cincinnati to get there, but it's still possible--FanGraphs says there's a 2.1% chance of the Giants making the playoffs.

Now, the Dodgers could pull a 2021 NLDS here and just squash all hope for their rivals. Or, the Dodgers could just take it easy--we're comfortably set for the #2 National League playoff slot, which gets us a bye in the first round. It's a nice position in which to be for these seven remaining games with the Giants (four here, three up north).

I'm going to the Stadium on Friday, and am excited to watch TBD as our starter.

12 comments:

QuadSevens said...

Sheehan with 7 Ks through 3 innings. Nice!

QuadSevens said...

He falls apart in the fifth. 2-1 with Vesia coming in and the bases loaded.

Steve Sax said...

Two gift runs from consecutive WP by Giants pitcher Luke Jackson makes it 5-2 LA.

Oh, and the Dodgers' third run came when Mike Yastrzemski miscounted the number of outs, and a shallow pop fly became a sacrifice fly when Will Smith broke home from third.

5-2 LA through 7 full

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers keep on rolling in the eighth inning.

Steve Sax said...

WIN

spank said...

game³

spank said...

0-0 bottom of 2nd

spank said...

JD with a.homerun

1-0 LA

spank said...

damn. Gnats changed pitchers already with one out in the second. a runners on 1st.

spank said...

3-0 LA bottom of 4th

spank said...

5-0 LA bottom of 7th


don't ask me how Dodgers have scored. I'm doing laundry and every time I step out they score.

Steve Sax said...

GAME 4

Dodgers had a two-run Outman HR; Giants countered with a Wade two-run HR.

We’re into the seventh, and Alex Vesia is on for Lance Lynn.