Tough Assignment
This feels like an upcoming….loss. We don’t hit Scherzer well (besides Craw and Stelly) and everyone of their guys hits Wood well. Whatever, that’s why they play the game though, right?
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I’d like to hope that Wood might rise up to the challenge and Max might finally start to be slowed a bit by his 37th year on this planet but that might just be wishful thinking.
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Slush said Giants record in Wood start after a loss is 12-2. At one point I think they had won 10 in a row.
Just saw the ground rule double play in Sox Tampa game. Unfortunate, but umps didn’t burn them, the ball did. Story on MLB.com had the ump saying it’s in rulebook and there isn’t any “discretion” at all.
Funny that Hunter Refroe, guy Rays acquired in trade from Padres and then let go to free agency, homered in that game, and had 31 this year for Boston. And Christian Arroyo had 3 hits batting 9th and playing 2b.
Rays used what 9 pitchers? Boston had the guy who finished go last 4 innings…Giants have someone like that available? I know he has had rough time last couple years but it would be cool if Cueto could have another series to get on mound again for them.
Nick Pivetta, who went 4 shutout innings in relief, allowed 3 hits 0 runs with 7 Ks for Boston, and got the W.
Cueto
While we are still in it there is a chance. Our hitters just have to be on target. We can beat this guy. Baseball Gods didn’t put us here for nothing.
We beat Scherzer in 2012, we can beat him again.
Good point.
I get the feeling Wood is like the sacrificial lamb. Kapler thinks we are going to lose so save DeSclafani for Game 4. So will make missing Game 3 while flying back a little easier to swallow.
i can definitely see us winning tonight but the truth is I have absolutely no feel whatsoever for how this game is going to gonna go–and that’s rare for me
how fun was this? And gotta hand it to Vasquez, he makes Big Titty Molina look like a small A cup
That is pretty cool. Funny it was off Luis Patino, one of three players Padres gave up for Blake Snell. Pads fans routinely pan this deal as another example of how Preller trades have decimated their farm system. Thing is he didn’t pitch very well for Rays after struggling for Pads last season. He had ERA of 4.31 and he gave up 12 bombs in 77 innings, and walked over 3 hitters per 9. And now takes the L on walk off to give Sox series lead.
That’s funny. I didn’t wanna go there, but he looks like the Michelin Man, FFS.
Looks like at the spread, you better get there before he does…
Didn’t Tampa Bay hitters Strikeout 20 times in the game?
Wood has been pretty sharp since he returned from Covid as Kapler was building up
his pitch counts and he’s now at the point to go farther and stretch it out which obviously could
be needed after the BP fell apart Sat night.
As great as Scherzer has been, he has struggled down the stretch with his mechanics so if he’s
off there’s a good chance the Giants can get to him with a good approach and quality AB’s they have
shown all year.
This is the swing game in the series so it would be great to get this one
and have a chance to rub it in the Dodgers faces with a chance to clinch it
In there house, but even getting one guarantees the trip back to the crazy fan
base of Oracle Park with Webb going game 5 I would like are chances for sure,
and something Roberts definitely wants to avoid! So let’s kick some Dogpile asses tonight Giants!!
The pen is fine. We used up the cannon fodder the last game.
While he didn’t get the loss in his last two starts, Scherzer did not get out of the fifth in either of his last two starts and gave up five ER in each.
Let’s Roll!
Yes, Scherzer was looking un-Scherzerische his last two starts. Hope springs eternal, or hoffnung entspringt ewig.
regular season games in those last 2. only gave up 1 run in 4 1/3 vs. Cards in WC game. Cards did make him throw lot of pitches iirc.
I think the Giants have gotten somewhat off their at bat approach to take a ton of pitches in the last few weeks. Can’t say if the stats bear that out. Something has reduced their usual number of HRs…
Loo mentioned yesterday how everyone seemed to be named Garcia in the Astros-Chisox game. Bardball.com has a funny poem on that, by the site’s creator, posted currently.
Wow, dumbass Duvall just cost the Braves a 1-0 lead, got thrown out at 2nd tagging from 1st before Riley tagging from 3rd made it to home on flyout to LF.
Just can’t make a mistake like that with runs a premium in a good pitching matchup..
Then Duvall triples. Cain had the ball when he hit the fence. Ball came out and he’s hurt.
You just knew he was hurt. I thought it’d nearly killed Cain, but fortunately he hit the chain-link fence, which has some give. If he had hit that beam, there’s no telling. Poor outfield design.
I was surprised to learn that Bob Uecker is alive. They adore him in Milwaukee. Is he still announcing? I recall Ernie Harwell and Red Barber continued play-by-play forever. Well, the peerless Vin Scully too. If the neighborhood kids didn’t pick me as they were choosing sides, I sat on a huge rock with a stick in my hand and “announced” the game.
Oct 11 1919 b-day of one of my musical heroes, drummer Art Blakey from Pittsburgh. Was playing in 40s with Billy Eckstine Band, and always had wonderfully gifted sidemen around him from Horace Silver and Clifford Brown in 50s to Wayne Shorter in 60s to the Marsalis bros. in 80s. Last recorded in April 1990, fine CD One for All with Geoffrey Keezer Javon Jackson Brian Lynch and Steve Davis.
Braves have Ian Anderson going today in game 3 currently shutting out Brewers. Still think it’s gonna be up to Giants pitchers how far they go.
Joc hands him 3 run lead in 5th with bomb off Peralta.
Cain had the ball in his glove, then his body bounced back off the fence onto the ground. When his glove hand whipped back and hit the dirt, that’s when the ball popped out. Why isn’t that a catch? He wasn’t juggling it in his glove on the way down, it was in control in his glove. The ground can’t cause a fumble in the NFL, but it can in baseball?…
Killer DP ball turned by Swanson ended a first and 3rd rally for the Brewers who trail 3-0 with only one crack left in the 9th..
Braves shutout Brewers 3-0 take a 2-1 series lead..
Color me a little surprised by the Braves. I thought the Brew crew was gonna cruise past the Bravos.
And any reason to play Ian Anderson . . .
Marty Feldman eyes…
Thanks for that.
1. Tommy La Stella (L) 2B
2. Mike Yastrzemski (L) RF
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
5. Kris Bryant (R) 1B
6. LaMonte Wade Jr. (L) LF
7. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
8. Steven Duggar (L) CF
9. Alex Wood (R) P
‘Bout time that Yaz does something…
I thought Shorto would’ve been benched tonight in favor of Dick in left, Wade at first and Krissy at third.
Maybe he has a good history against Scherzer.
Otherwise, I don’t get it.
He looks so done of late…
Defense I’d guess, especially with Wood the lefty vs. Dogs RH hitters. I used to think you needed strong LHP to beat them, but without Muncy in there the RHs are more dangerous. Kap hit him 8th Saturday didn’t he? Wonder how many times that has happened to him before.
Hoping against hope I guess. I’m a little flummoxed as well.
Bryant at 3rd was pretty frightening at times.
Exactly. MLBTR has a list of FA CFs, and while Marte is tops of the list, Bryant is up there at 3rd (I think behind A’s Mark Canha). Which as one guy said, tells you how weak the list is.
fuck that list. I’m perfectly happy with Farhan finding guys for free/peanuts. He’s a genius at it.
Love Marte’s game tho. He’s a stud.
Marte’s also 33. Nice season but seems like one of those contract year traps to me.
Yaz in the 2 hole is some kind of thing. Mr. boom or bust better change his approach a tad and start getting his ass on base.
Just happy this is a Dickless lineup.
He just cannot seem to layoff anything around the letters.
Pitchers know not to give him anything around or just below the knees.
If it’s above his belt, he just should have a shock collar that Kap can push the button to stop him from swinging…
Don’t want to see Dick anywhere near the field.
Slush says Pujols will be at 1b, no Bellinger all RHs vs. Wood.
that’s wrong–Cory Seager will be at SS and bat third.
Dodgers btw hit most HRs all year in NL off LHP and were 4th in OPS.
Longoria at 3rd for the D, though I think Estrada (on roster instead of Dick) would have been about as good there with the glove, and he’d have a few knocks probably. Longo is due for a jack over the next two games — he’s smoked a couple of really long flies lately, just missed the sweet spot…
Um, Thairo played a total of 4 games there this year for SF, with 5 total chances. He played 3b 6 times for Yankees 2020.
Given all the Dodgers RHs, and the fact that Wood is good at inducing ground balls, there is zero chance Kap is starting anyone beside Longoria at 3b,
and as you say, he’s “due.”.
Incredible 17 pitch at bat by Austin Meadows of Rays, but end the end the pitcher was even tougher on the full count and struck him out! Kinda cool to watch a battle like that go on, just like Belt’s epic AB (21?)both dugouts and the fans really get into it..
That violates my proposal that anybody with 2 strikes on them gets 3 more foul strikes, and on the 4th one, you’re out. It would save game time, and stop some of these hitters just spoiling strike after strike after strike. I don’t see much lost to stop an interminable AB, I don’t enjoy them whether it’s Belt or somebody else…
I love that idea.
It makes too much sense for them to go for it.
It would lower definitely lower pitch counts and speed up the game…
Longoria seems to have taken place of Denard Span here as most disparaged every day player though Bryant is close second I guess. and yet he’s in Kap’s lineups as long as he’s healthy and those lineups definitely have input from FO. There’s another year left on contract so he’s not going anywhere and it seems that FO and his manager are totally fine with that.
Hey I am online in the air and hopefully will be able to follow along to the game!!!
Longoria is 3 for his last 44…
That’s Nate territory…
I’m sure Kap knows that. And yet, he isn’t starting Bryant or Flores or Solano or LaStella over there.
what does that tell you?
Of course Kaps knows that, maybe folks here didn’t know exactly those numbers.
It tells me he’s there for his glove, Wood is expected to draw a lot of grounders…
I will say at the home office in LA today (they are all Flodgers fans), there was not a lot of confidence among them about Scherzer. They were all pointing to his last couple of reg season starts and getting yanked early against the Cards. So let’s keep it close.
that was quick
Wow.
Urban’s next.
And Andy Reid should start thinking about spending more time with the grandkids…
Was there some past racial thing that popped up???
racist, homophobic, misogynistic, you name it he said it. For years and years. He’s an idiot.
Always came across as lacking some brain cells
sounds like the wind is blowing out big time tonight to right field.
We had a decent afternoon breeze last couple days in Westwood.
something to keep an eye on==Chris Taylor is 4-12 with 2 HRs off Wood. per Matt Kawahara
Pollock is 10-25 with 5 XBHs. These 2 are batting 5 and 6 in lineup behind J Turner and ahead of Pujols and Smith.
Advantage Giants because of the lefty-heavy lineup and Dodger’s heavy right lineup???
Eerie Grave Duggar weather.
It’s no coincidence…
Candlestick weather!!!! A good omen.
Looked like a solid LaStella ab
Base hit for Thurman…
Yeah Thurman Posey Munson is a hitting machine!
How can you take that pitch Yaz?
It doesn’t get it better then that one.
Shit. Yaz misses the low one and the piped one. Posey is en fuego.
Weak shit. Got a lot of pitches.
Bryant was completely lost.
Yeah 25 pitches works, runs with it would of been better..
Raiders’ new slogan: Commitment to Intolerance.
Commitment to Insolence? Social media is the new guillotine. Shit don’t go away.
I wonder if Gruden got a buyout of some sort. Probably.
Don’t the Raiduhs still owe him $50 million or some such?…
Bryant, Shorto, and Yaz are just not getting it done.
Angel in the outfield…
Can’t believe Angel got it right, expecting a challenge from his fellow umpires..
Longo, phhtttt…
All of a sudden Scherzer is dealing. And getting help.
Gruden resignation confirmed.
There must be some other hellacious emails out there…
I hope Wood gets strike calls that Scherzer got on his first two pitches to Duggar.
ESPN game cast has been hose first two Duggar strikes way outside. Was that right? At this pace Scherzer not going past 5.
Who is behind the plate???
Ted Barrett.
What is his rep? Were those bad calls ?
Would not mind watching the Sox blow game 4…
Don’t know, Krukow isn’t there to give the ump scouting report.
Is that fucking cowboy Joe? Jesus. 6″ outside.
Yaz better get his head out
Dodger pitchers don’t seem to have trouble with getting down a sac bunt…
Red Sox pull it off
whoa Boston blows 5-0 lead but beats Rays bottom 9 6-5.
wood has cross up and now wild pitch
Our inning let’s go Giants!!!
Boston advances eliminating Rays on Kike Hernandez sac fly 6-5
Man between Hernandez who’s red hot and Joc-october to Ex Dogpile players coming up huge..
“#1 seed falls to wildcard team.” Let’s hope that’s an AL-only headline….
Another inside pitch called a strike.
Rays won 100 regular season games this year.
And have now lost 5 of their last 6 in post season.
Wade is in quite a funk himself.
Did I hear that right, 2 for his last 32 (now 33)? Yikes.
yes. ended season 2-26 and 0-15. 0-6 so far in post season yeow
nah corrected numbers on new thread but yes 2-27 at end of regular season.
Is Scherzer just toying with them???
Go Giants. We win vs their bullpen in 6th! mad max too many pitches. We need one more good inning with a few runners!
Longo, Yaz, Wade combine for around 10/100. Yikes!
Wow. Really getting fucked here