This is it, the decider. The Giants have clawed themselves back into a tie with the Reds and have a chance to join the historic 9% ever to come back from 2 games down in a short series.
Now if you happen to be a Reds fan they do have some advantages. They’re playing at home. They’ll probably start Mat Latos (14 – 4, 3.48 ERA) who has a rubber arm and did a good job for them in Game 1. He’ll probably be facing Matt Cain (16 – 5, 2.79 ERA) who was unimpressive. I suppose the Giants could start Bumgarner (16 – 11, 3.37 ERA) but he pitched more, more recently, and wasn’t any more impressive.
On the other hand the Giants have momentum and as I said at the start of Game 4- in a deciding game, the pressure would be on the Reds since they have the better record and home field advantage.
Not that they’re under ARod pressure of course.
If the Giants and the Cards advance I’ll be able to root Senior League whichever team makes the World Series. Maybe the Giants will even make a stupid video on their break to replace this one.
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I’m probably not going to be available to watch this. If TheMomCat is not around to provide updates go to The New York Times Live Scoreboard and push the teeny tiny Gameview button for play by play commentary.
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on Posey’s grand slam
Giants are three defensive outs from advancing