Blake Snell (2-0, 1.38) vs. TBD.
Let's start with the negative: the Dodgers were basically a mediocre road team this year (41-40), but against the Brewers, the Dodgers came up short both on the road AND at home, losing all six games to Milwaukee this year. In the three games in Milwaukee, we scored a total of four runs, never scoring more than two runs in a game.
So tonight's game at Miller Park American Family Field should not give the Dodgers a ton of hope or momentum, especially coming off of a very fortunate NLDS victory that was partially handed to us by a game-ending error (another weak offensive performance by the Dodgers, might I add).
Sure, Fangraphs gives us favorable odds of 70% to win the NLCS. ESPN's pundit panel sides with the Dodgers. And The Athletic's panel gives a very slight series edge to the Dodgers (even though San Francisco Giant homer Grant Brisbee is one of the ones picking the Brewers to win).
As a result, I'm not feeling confident heading into this NLCS. The Phillies were a tough opponent in the NLDS, and we barely snuck by them and advanced. The Brewers play great defense, kill you with small ball, and have a grizzled coach who has his team believing. Can the Dodgers, with their bullpen cupboard bare, and their main slugger batting .148 this postseason, really feel like they've got what it takes to win?
We're going to have to step the hell up here. Like Roki Sasaki in the NLDS.
Now that was awesome.
LET'S GO, DODGERS!
UPDATE 10:48a: Ben Casparius makes the NLCS roster; Dalton Rushing (as a third catcher) left off.
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Mariners out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first before they register their first out. Wow.
Quad!!!.......post the line-up. it worked last time.
let's do this y'all!!!!
TODAY'S LINEUP
Ohtani DH
Betts SS
T Hernandez RF
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Edman 2B
Muncy 3B
K Hernandez LF
Pages CF
Snell P
Leadoff walk for Shohei.
Mookie pops out to second. Teo lines to left. Two out, Shohei still stuck at first.
Freeman Ks. Not good.
Freeman now batting .208 this postseason. Come on, Freddie.
meh
NO PRISONERS SNELLZILLA!!!
Snell gets Yelich and Contreras on Ks.
0-0 through 1.
Snellzilla!!
Glad Sax got the lineup in there. Nice first inning for Snell.
Smith and Edman both ground out to Turang. We haven't hit the ball out of the infield. And now we are facing Priestler (who entered the game in the second).
Kiké Ks on three straight pitches. Fucking A.
BOOOOOOOO
Snell has a clean second inning.
We've had a couple of guys stare at first base, but not get any farther.
we need some offense now. Snellzilla's on point today
At least Pages took a lot of pitches, but same result. One out.
Snell picks off Durbin! Wow
Ortiz grounds to Betts for the third out. Nice job, Snell!
0-0 through 3.
beautiful mookie on that grounder
Teo with a leadoff walk. That’s pretty rare. We gotta take advantage.
At least Freddie hit that ball this time
Rancho ardiendo!
How is Teo fucking out?!
Teo you FUCKING SUCK
thats a.grand slam.no?
What the fuck are the dodgers doing on the bases
What a messed up play.
This is as bad as the Mets throwing out JD Drew at home. We don’t deserve this if we are going to play this shitty.
Double TOOTBLAN!
If the centerfielder just robs that cleanly, we score a run. Insane.
crazy. i need a drink
Now Snell is going to be rattled.
iiight batters. regroup and lets go. you had them on the ropes last inning and their pitching is thin
I stand corrected. Snell kept composure.
Get some damn runs, Dodgers!
Kiki double. woop
Pages needs to get that runner over to third. Wasted AB
IBB to Ohtani. Here’s Betts.
Dammit! Mookie GIDPs.
Pat Murphy is making all the right calls here
Snellzilla baby!
Mookie with some good plays there. Trying to atone for the GIDP
We couldn’t break through on Priester. Now here’s Chad Patrick to set us down.
Let’s GO! Freeman HR
FREDDIE!!
Let’s go Cardinal! Tommy Tanks with a walk, so men at first and second.
Koenig gets Muncy to fly out. Two out.
what?
Snell gets his seventh K!
Snell gets Collins for his eighth K!
Snellzilla is the most
Snell has a shutdown 6th.
But if our top of the order is this weak, it's just a matter of time before the Brewers feast on our weak-ass bullpen.
We can't leave this to Blake Snell. He's gonna crack at some point.
Chourio Ks.
Snell is on fire. 21 batters faced, 7.0 IP, 1 H, 9 Ks.
But we only have one run, so this game is still on a knife edge.
We need some damn runs, Dodgers!
If there's any benefit here, it's that we're seeing all these Brewers pitchers.
Not really Teoscar, who is swinging early and often. But everyone else.
Freeman one-out double!
temu telecast. wtf
Nelson botched the Freeman HR call (calling it late), and then was all over the Freeman double (thinking it was a HR). He's clearly channeling Charley Steiner.
Camera director spazzed out there.
Oh. Hi.
Smith flies out, but Freeman advances to third. Here's Edman, with two out. Ugh.
NOMO!!!
Come on, Tommy!
Edman with four straight foul balls, and then a ball. 2-2 count.
Edman is battling 88mph curves and 100mph fastballs. He finally strikes out. Dammit.
1-0 LA, mid-8.
Your ugh was justified, Saxy.
picking up the booze pace here
Gnolmes!!
Snell gets a K to end the eighth! Wow
nasty ass shit. Snellzilla!!!
10Ks for Snell through 8. He's singlehandedly keeping us in this game.
That pitch was MAJESTIC.
Let’s go GEICO!
Uribe, Brewers closer, on the mound for the ninth.
If I were a Brewer fan, I'd say I was still in this game.
3-2 count to Muncy.
Snell is apparently shaking hands in the dugout, likely out of the game.
Muncy with a leadoff walk and great AB.
Kiké down 0-2 on the missed bunt (?)
Kiké singles. Atta boy!
Pages, DO SOMETHING
Nice hit, Queequeg!
Advance the damn runners, Pages!
i would pinch hit with kim here. fuck pages
Pages does the job, sac bunt to advance both runners.
And here's Ohtani.
good job but still fuck pages
Ohtani IBB.
Rancho Ardiendo.
Betts up.
3-1 count. Take the walk, Mookie!
Mookie walks!
He takes a 3-0 count to 3-2, and then earns the walk.
2-0 LA.
Alex Call PH for Dean (who replaced Teo).
free run. theyre gonna let this guy throw the game away
Call flies out to short. Two out.
Still, Rancho Ardiendo.
Dammit. Freddie flies to center.
2-0, going to B9.
We should have had a lot more, at many times during this game.
Here's Roki. I'm terrified.
here we go
Roki gets Durbin to pop to Muncy. One out.
Sasaki having trouble finding the zone here, walks Collins on five pitches. Not good.
Jake Bauers PH. I'm feeling it if I'm a Brewers fan.
That wasn’t ball 4.
Roki is aiming.
Roki can't find the zone. 3-0 count to Bauers.
Rocky Sasaki
fuck
Oh man. Chourio sac fly makes it 2-1. Lockridge (PR) on third.
Yelich is poised to be the hero.
Roki is wild. We gotta warm someone up.
Yelich walks. Here's Contreras.
GET SOMEONE UP IN THE PEN!!!
WAIT I DIDN'T SAY BLAKE TREINEN!!!
Oh no. Blake Treinen. We've lost this game.
My tummy hurts.
wtf? treinen?
might as well leave Roki in
Why not Vesia?!
Once they tie the game, we're stuck with Treinen for two more batters. This is stupid
Sasaki: 22 pitches, 10 strikes.
@saxy..Yep. i thought vesia was coming in til i saw trinen
Yelich steals and gets into scoring position, of course.
Treinen is wild. Do we want Turang?
Treinen walks Contreras. What the fuck.
This loss is going to be on Treinen and Teo.
jesus christ man
"Back to back non-competitive breaking balls", says Rick Monday.
Oh wow. We actually won this.
WIN!!!
fuck yeah!
that's a wrap
Blake-to-Blake!
That was stressful!
PGT up.
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