TBD vs. Sean Manaea, 1p.
Before you get too excited over the Dodgers' 9-0 romp over the Mets in NLCS Game 1, might I remind you that the Dodgers don't really have another starting pitcher for the next three games. The cupboard is bare, so to speak. As such, Dave Roberts sounds like he's pushing back a start from Walker Buehler and instead going with a bullpen game against the Mets' Sean Manaea, who just went 7.0 IP in NLDS Game 3 to lead the Mets to a 7-2 win over the Phillies.
Manaea went 12-6 in the regular season, leading the Mets to a 23-9 record when he played. His 3.47 ERA (114 ERA+) and 3.0 WAR are impressive, and I'm girding myself for a 1-1 series split going back to New York for three.
SoSG Orel will be at the game today, and I'm really hoping he gets to see a win. LET'S GO, DODGERS!
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Starting to get nervous again.
GAME 2
Ohtani DH
Betts RF
Hernandez, T. LF
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Edman SS
Muncy 3B
Hernandez, K. 2B
Pages CF
Brasier P
@Sax....Me, too.
Red 5 Research is here to help with the nerves. The Dodgers have faced Manaea 11 times since 2018. His ERA over those starts is a whopping 7.08 and his record is 1-5. Let's keep the bats hot and our bullpen arms fiery!
Didn't Manaea cut his hair? Maybe he lost his mojo.
Lost mojo sounds good to me.
i was still on the post game thread from my morning reads refreshing the page wondering where everyone was thinking i was on the game thread. haha
cool. Quad got us covered with the lineup. 👍
With apologies to the Native American community, the Guardians will always be the Indians to me.
let's do this again
MAXSTRONG BABY!!!! LET'S GO!!!!!!!!1
Down 1-0 after one. Lots of time to get the bats going.
BOOOOOO
Well, so much for that scoreless inning streak.
Mets score another. Two down bases loaded still. Need something good from Knack.
Well shit.
BOOOOO
Welcome to the big show Knack. Yikes.
Well, this bullpen game is t going very well.
Edman and Kiké on for Pages with 2 out.
Two on, but Pages up
Dammit!
Generous call for a strikeout on Winker.
Knack put up a zero! Your turn to respond bats!
It would be nice if the Big 3 actually showed up here in Game 2
Can I just say that I hate Chris Sale.
Still down 6-0 after four.
I am done with Will Smith completely sucking
I still think we can win this, but we have to get Manaea out of there
@Sax Agreed on both.
Another zero put up. Really need a few hits soon.
MUNCY!!
Muncy showing some life here! Leadoff HR in the fifth following a good AB.
We’re on the board!
Honeywell spotted a snake in the Dodger dugout when coming off the field in the fifth. How the heck does that get into the stadium?
Leadoff walk for Mookie. Let’s go boys!
Teo walks. Two on for Freddie!
E4! Bases loaded and nobody out!
And Manaea is out.
Slappy pops out.
Manaea was out after Freeman.
Will Smith, of course, is useless in that situation
Edman! LET'S GOOOOO
Love it!
Freddie Freeman, baserunner on first, made that ball as impossible as it could have been for Pete Alonzo to see.
6-3 NYM
Loaded for Kiké!
That Edman ball definitely tipped off of Alonzo's glove. Two runs scored as a result!
Muncy earns a walk. Rancho ardiendo for Kiké, with one out.
Damn, Kiké GIDPs.
6-3 Mets through six.
Honeywell with 3 scoreless innings! Nice!
Bottom 7, still 6-3 Mets.
I know I shouldn't expect much from Pages, but he is not good. One out.
Ohtani reaches on a four-pitch walk, with no ball near the strike zone. An intentional unintentional base on balls, if you will.
Ohtani walks and the Mets are going to the pen again.
Ryne Stanek in to replace Phil Maton, facing Mookie Betts with one out and Ohtani on first.
Really need Mookie here...
That was not good, Mookie. Three-pitch K. Two out.
And Teoscar rolls over for dead as well.
6-3 Mets through 7. Grrrrrr
Henriquez in for the 8th.
These late-game shadows look brutal for hitters.
Okay! Henriquez cedes a one-out walk to Alvarez, but gets out of the inning unscathed.
We go to the bottom of the eighth, Dodgers down by 3.
Another zero. Just need a few hits to make it really interesting.
Fucking get a hit every once in a while, Slappy!
Smith smoked a liner to left but gets robbed.
(to be fair, that was almost over the Mets LF' head, but it was still an out)
Great AB by Edman, down 0-2 and works it into a full count before singling.
Kiké up and the Mets closer coming in to face him.
Kiké flies out as the tying run. Brutal.
All we needed was a single there to get within one run. Come on, Kiké.
Missed opportunities.
6-3 Mets through 8.
Ugh. 7-3 now.
Ugh.
Why isn’t pages stealing?! Diaz doesn’t hold anyone on
Dammit, Mookie!!!
Too many runners left on base. Series evened up 1-1.
that sucked
PGT up.
And just for the record, I'm personally in favor of calling the Cleveland team "the Guardians." But I appreciate your perspective, karen.
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