Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Scoreboard Watching: NL Wild Card Game 1 (Braves @ Padres, 5.30p)

Braves' TBD vs. Padres' King, 5.30p


other games:

  • Tigers' Skubal vs. Astros' Valdez, 11.30a
  • Royals' Ragans vs. Orioles' Burnes, 1p
  • Mets' Severino vs. Brewers' Peralta, 2.30p

If the Braves can even take this series to three games, with all three games in San Diego and Chris Sale probably out of action for any Wild Card game, it will be an upset victory. But the Padres have been relaxing at home since Sunday, whereas the Braves had to gut out a must-win second game Monday to advance to a postseason berth.

UPDATE 10/1 11a: Chris Sale has been left off the Braves' Wild Card roster. Really wish he was available for the WC series, but unavailable for any NLDS work. But hope he gets well.

61 comments:

spank said...

yall gonna hate my ass but i got 2 teams in the playoffs. i adopted the Tigers at the beginning of the season. i watched a lot of their games when i had mlbtv. i know Hinch is the manager. fuck it i dont care. Also i think the Tigers announcer Benetti should replace Joe Davis.

spank said...

btway im hearing Fernando is in the hospital and its not looking good. dude left the booth suddenly during one of the last games of season. im surprised no one has brought this up

Steve Sax said...

Ugh that's bad news on Valenzuela, spank! I hadn't seen the news

karen said...

I still love you Spank!!! The Tigers are kind of the loveable losers of the American League, their version of our Cubs. The only way I wouldn't love you is if you rooted for them over Our Boys! And if that happened I'd come over and kick your ass. In fact, I've got the game on now and will root for Detroit after the Dodgers of course. I checked on Fernando and KTLA is reporting he is in the hospital but nobody is talking about it. A reporter on social media said the family wanted to keep the 'disease' to themselves. I love that guy and so does Jenn. Our thoughts a prayers are with him and his loved ones.

karen said...

II still love you too, Saxy even if we don't see eye to eye on Pete Rose!

karen said...

Mookie was on Jimmy Kimmel last night. He is so cool! Did anyone else see it?

spank said...

Sale is off the roster for the Padres series

spank said...

@karen...i saw it. i think he was stoned. Lol

spank said...

@saxy...i will never root against the Dodgers. I'd stop with baseball if it came to a decision that extreme

spank said...

i agree with saxy about Rose.

karen said...

Tigers up 1-0 in second.

karen said...

Make that 2-0

karen said...

@Spanky...Maybe that's why he had the dark glasses on!

karen said...

Cheaters down 3-0 going to B2

spank said...

bean altuve!! fuck him

spank said...

@karen..yeah and mookie looked very relaxed

karen said...

cheaters starting to circle the drain. I love it.

Steve Sax said...

Don't count the Astros out--they are like cockroaches

3-0 Detroit through five. Four singles and a walk in the first inning put the Astros in a 3-0 hole.

karen said...

@Saaxy...Agreed.

Steve Sax said...

Tigers chase King in the sixth. Still 3-0, mid-6

spank said...

nice baserunning by the tigers there on that bloop single

karen said...

Bases juiced for Detroit

Steve Sax said...

Tigers really needed to score in the top of the seventh, but they leave the bases loaded. 3-0 DET at the stretch.

spank said...

dammit

Steve Sax said...

Baltimore / KC scoreless

Steve Sax said...

Former Dodger Caleb Ferguson in for the Cheaters, T8 with two out and a man on first.

karen said...

I hate seeing J Hey in a Cheaters uni.

Steve Sax said...

3-0 DET, going to the bottom of the ninth.

karen said...

Siddown Cheater fans.

Steve Sax said...

And here come the Astros. Two on, none out, B9

Steve Sax said...

RBI single. 3-1, men on first and second, still none out.

spank said...

jesus christ. who do i have to pay to make the astros lose

Steve Sax said...

Jeremy Pena at the plate for the Astros, he's 0-for-3 with 3 Ks today.

Steve Sax said...

Pena sac bunts both runners into scoring position, and here's Caratini.

Steve Sax said...

Royals just took a 1-0 lead on the O's in Baltimore

Steve Sax said...

Tigers go to Beau Brieske and sit Jason Foley. Brieske gets Caratini to line to left for the second out. Still two on.

Steve Sax said...

@karen: Yeah, confirmed on Valenzuela, he is not good. SoSG Dusty bumped into someone who works with Fernando and said everything was very private. Crossing fingers that he's okay.

Steve Sax said...

@spank: thanks for giving me the headsup on Fernando.

karen said...

J Hey coming up with bases loaded in ninth.

Steve Sax said...

And here's Heyward, with the bases loaded, two out, B9, down two runs. Holy smokes.

Steve Sax said...

JayHey is gonna pounce.

Steve Sax said...

heyward lines to first for the final out. I didn't see it; did he smoke it?

spank said...

astros lose

Steve Sax said...

DET 3, HOU 1 (FINAL)

On to the Orioles game...

karen said...

Cheatin' 'Stros go down in their house in front of their wretched fans.

Life, she's good.

spank said...

damn. i was hoping i was wrong about fernando

Steve Sax said...

Wow the Orioles are going to be shut out here at home.

Steve Sax said...

Mets are up 3-2 on the Brewers, B2

Steve Sax said...

Corbin Burnes went eight innings for Baltimore and departed with one on in the ninth. He can't get the win.

Steve Sax said...

Orioles escape the top of the ninth, still down 1-0. Let's go, Baltimore!

Steve Sax said...

Leadoff walk for Ryan O'Hearn

Steve Sax said...

Adley Rutschman Ks, one out.

Steve Sax said...

Cowser flies to center. Two out.

Orioles go to Heston Kjerstad as a PH.

Steve Sax said...

This is not going to go well for Baltimore.

Steve Sax said...

Kjerstad Ks. Game over, KC wins 1-0. On to Mets @ Brewers!

Steve Sax said...

4-4, top 5. this Mets @ Brewers game is crazy

Steve Sax said...

Churrio misplay leads the Mets to a 8-4 lead. Yikes

Steve Sax said...

Well, that was fast. Two batters in, and the Padres have a 2-0 lead. None out, B1

Steve Sax said...

Geez, Atlanta is going down fast.

Steve Sax said...

Michael King is finally chased after seven scoreless innings. Let’s see if the Braves can do any better now.

spank said...

sorry you're by yourself saxy. i cant watch the Padres unless they're playing the Dodgers. just cant do it.