Pumpkin Nights or NLCS Game 6
Pumpkin Nights vs. Dodgers Baseball. That was my choice last night. Do I go with the family to see a festival of lights made from carved out pumpkins with various themes or do I stay home and watch Game 6? Well today they have a mechanism that allows you to record television shows, so you can watch them later. So, as you can see by the picture, I chose to
Pumpkin Nights vs. Dodgers Baseball. That was my choice last night. Do I go with the family to see a festival of lights made from carved out pumpkins with various themes or do I stay home and watch Game 6? Well today they have a mechanism that allows you to record television shows, so you can watch them later. So, as you can see by the picture, I chose to record the game and go spend quality time with my wife, daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons, and come back after the event and watch the game.
Unfortunately for me, I kept getting alerts during the evening advising me of all of the bad things going on in the game. It was not fun watching the game knowing how the game ends. But I needed to press on.
Before I left for Pumpkin Nights, I got to watch the Dodgers half of the 1st inning live. The game got off to a positive start with leadoff hitter David Freese hitting a HR for a 1-0 lead. Then I left and the Brewers teed off on Hyun -jin Ryu. They batted around to score 4 runs on 5 hits in the bottom of the 1st. So, after 1, the Dodgers were down 4-1 with a nemesis, Wade Miley, pitching against them. The Dodgers had a look in the 5th after a Freese double scored Brian Dozier for his 2nd RBI on the night, making the score 5-2. As it turns out, Freese was the only one with a RBI on the night. After a walk to Muncy, the Dodgers brought the tying run to the plate…twice. Neither Justin Turner or Manny Machado could continue the rally, and for all practical purposes the game was over after the top of the 5th. Jesus Aguilar had a 3 hit – 3 RBI night. Maybe Machado should worry more about making contact than hitting Aguilar’s leg at 1B. It seems to have awoken a sleeping giant.
Ryu could only go 3 innings, so it was left to the bullpen to keep the Dodgers in the game. Urias, Wood, Floro, and Ferguson were very good. Not so much Maeda or Hill. The Brewers only used 3 relievers and Josh Hader was not one of them. They did not need him as the Dodgers did not get another hit after the 5th. Only one baserunner on a HBP. The Dodgers had 5 hits and 9 strikeouts. This was not a good night for the Dodgers. But it is only 1 game, and neither the Dodgers or Brewers have done anything yet except get to a Game 7.
The season has now come down to one game. Game 163 deja vu? It is a repeat of Game 3…Buehler vs Chacin. It is very hard to predict which Chacin the Dodgers will face. Will it be the pitcher the Dodgers trounced 21-5 or the pitcher who beat LAD in Game 3? Will Buehler be the pitcher in Game 163 or the pitcher in NLCS Game 3. I am comfortable in believing that Buehler will pitch a memorable game and the Dodgers will prevail. I am going to hold on to that thought until Game 7 starts and watch the Dodgers beat the Brewers at their yard.
Tonight I have another dilemma. Both the NLCS Game 7 and the USC game is on at 5:00 PM. But I will not tape the LAD game. That did not work out too well for Game 6. It looks like I will be recording the Trojans for a later viewing, after watching a Dodger champagne bath.
Let’s go to Boston.
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Discussion (173)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Hader is out! He no was factor
Yes! Hitting for Hader.
Kike overpowered there. Need to get Hader out of the game, if I’m Counsell he gets another inning. Maybe the squirrels will find another nut. Buehler is not pitching like a rookie tonight.
Guess he didn’t.
Why kike try to HR we just need a Hit
Kike’ should make believe it’s Bumgarner on the mound.
If Hader doesn’t have a good move to first, then the Dodgers should consider having Taylor stealing.
Puig had the right idea his first time up. Go to right field. Puig hits too many ground balls when he pulls.
Let’s get to Hader this inning, not a god just mortal last I checked, JT was on that pitch. One run off him would be so huge!
We need runs against heder..l
I HOPE ROBERTS DONT TAKE OUT BUELHER NOW?
JT just missed hitting that out. Looked like it was off the end of the bat. Maybe Manny can get him next inning. I might be wrong about this, but I think Manny has taken Hader deep. Might have been this season when he was playing for Orioles.
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Where are Buehler’s breaking pitches?
What did Kike just do/ Breaking the wrong way on a ground ball?
Buehler needs to make better use of his breaking pitches. As hard as he’s throwing the Brewers are making good contact on his fastball. Not in every pitch, but often enough.
I hate it. Puig leads off with s double, and the Dodgers can’t get him in. Horrible AB by CT3. That’s a situation where you try to hit the ball to right field. You might get a hit, and if not you might move Puig over to 3B.
The key AB may have been Taylor’s. A guy on 2b, no outs, the 8th and 9th guy coming up. Not only does he not get a hit or knock in the run, he doesn’t even move Puig up. This allows Chaciin to pitch to Barnes and then he pops up. They lost the momentum in the inning and blow 3 chances to knock in the run with RISP.
Why does Taylor and Barnes swing at the first pitch, please tell me!
Great at bat by Cody Pop!!!!
Let’s do yesterday in reverse. Yesterday Dodgers take 1-0 lead on 1st inning HR, and then go on to lose. Today it’s the Brewers with a 1st inning HR and 1-0 lead.
Fuck
Everything is on the line tonight and isn’t this where all fans want to be? A lot of good teams are already watching at home. So while nervous I am also pretty damn bullish they can do it! 1st Buehler needs to find his inner bulldog/striker and 2nd they need to take out Chacin who will throw strikes early and make you chase if he gets ahead. They need to be aggressive early in the count if they get their pitch. Late go the other way or take your walk. All hands on deck it could be a wild one. They probably have to see Hader too so it’s crucial to get an early lead.
Everything is seemingly stacked against us, but Vegas continues making us the favorite. However and I definitely know the line is not always reflective of who Vegas thinks will win but at what line will money be evenly distributed, thus reducing their risk/exposure. However today I declare them correct, that they do know who will win , thst Dodgers -112 is spot on, the run line at 8 is spot on, the final Dodgers 5 Brewers 4, see all you in Boston!!!
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Some of our hitters including JT need to realize how they’re being pitched and know when to lay off.
I’m not too sure that there’s much left to say at this point. We all know how the Dodgers have played this season. They’ve been wildly inconsistent, offensively-proficient only when hitting lots of solo HRs, bad in the clutch and yet they’ve won when counted out many times. This has been as strange a season as I can remember. While I am hopeful that the Dodgers will still win I fear that they won’t. Their best chance in many ways was last night. They had momentum after Games 4 and 5 in LA, seemed to figure out that they could score without the HR, had a much better pitcher on the mound in Ryu against Miley, and and could force the Brewers to wear out their bullpen.
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Instead the Dodgers have a rookie on the mound in a Game 7 (and one who lost his 2 previous post-season starts) face the Brewers best starting pitcher while on the road, have lost their momentum forgot how to score without hitting a HR, and allowed the Brewers to win without deploying their secret weapon, Josh Hader. The cards are arranged for them to lose tonight, but this has been when they have won all season.
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Do they have another improbable victory in them?