Oct 13 2016

2016 Senior League Division Series: Game 5, Dodgers @ Nationals

Ugh. If there’s a player I’d like less than Chase Utley (who broke Miguel Tejada’s leg last year in the dirtiest play since Ty Cobb retired) to drive in the run that sent the Dodgers (93 – 73) back to the Nationals (97 – 69) for a deciding Game 5, I don’t know who it is.

The man is a sleazebag who ought to have a permanent restraining order keeping him 5 miles from any Major League Ballpark to take effect after his 6 years of hard prison time for Assault and Battery.

I don’t much like the Nationals but I like the Quislings of Chavez Ravine less.

Tuesday’s Game

Top 1st- Leadoff Single. Walk. RBI Single. Nationals 1 – 0.

Bottom 1st- HBP. 2 RBI HR. Dodgers 2 – 1.

Top 3rd- Leadoff Single. Single, Runners at Corners. RBI Sacrifice. Tied at 2.

Bottom 3rd- Leadoff Double. RBI Single. Dodgers 3 – 2. Walk. Walk. HBP. Runner scores. Dodgers 4 – 2.

Bottom 5th- Single. RBI Double. Dodgers 5 – 2.

Top 7th- Single. Single. Walk. HBP. Runner scores. Dodgers 5 – 3. 2 RBI Single. Tied at 5.

Bottom 8th- HBP. Single. RBI Single. Dodgers 6 – 5 Final.

Series Tied at 2

Now the thing about the pitchers tonight is that they’re both losers having lost 1 game each in this series. The Nationals will be starting Max Scherzer (R, 20 – 7, 2.96 ERA) who looks good on paper in the Regular Season but didn’t do himself or his team any favors in his previous appearance. He went 6 Innings which is not so bad but he gave up 5 Hits and 4 Runs, all Earned. He also dished 2 Long Balls against 5 KOs and his Post Season ERA (the number of Runs he can be expected to give up in each 9 Innings) is a hefty 6.00. Those are not great numbers.

For the Dodgers we will see Rich Hill (L, 3 – 2, 1.83 ERA) who seems a World beater based on his limited Regular Season record. However in his previous start he was only able to go 4 and a 3rd Innings before they had to yank him and justly so. He gave up 6 Hits and 4 Runs, all Earned. He only threw 1 HR but surrendered 2 Bases on Balls. He notched 7 KOs but his ERA soared to a lofty 8.31.

All things being equal I’d expect the Nationals to win handily, but I expected that 2 games ago and in Baseball things are rarely equal.

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  1. Bottom 6th

  2. Leadoff Walk

  3. 1 Out

  4. 2 Out

  5. Tag Out coming Home. Top 7th

  6. Leadoff Solo Shot. Tied at 1

  7. Scherzer gone

  8. Walk and another call to the Pen

  9. Broken Bat Single

  10. KO. Finally an Out

  11. 4th pitcher for the Nationals

  12. RBI Single. Dodgers 2 – 1

  13. 2 Outs

  14. Moar Pitchers!

  15. 2 RBI Double. Dodgers 4 – 1

  16. Pitcher #6

  17. Bottom 7th (Finally)

    1. Oops Walk

  18. 2 RBI HR. Dodgers 4 – 3

  19. Single. No Out. Next pitcher

  20. Pop Out for 1.

  21. Single. Runners at Corners

  22. K for 2

  23. Stolen Base. Runners at 2nd and 3rd

  24. Walk. Loaded

  25. Top 8th

  26. Ground Out. 1 Done

  27. 4 Pitch Walk

  28. Sacrifice

  29. Intentional Walk.

  30. Bottom 8th

  31. Lead Off Walk

  32. Pop Bunt. 1 Down

  33. Fly Out. 2 Down

  34. KO Top 9th

  35. KO. 1 Down.

  36. Foul Pop. 2 Down

  37. Bottom 9th

  38. 1 Gone.

  39. A 1 Out Walk

  40. Steal

  41. 2nd Walk. 1st and 2nd. Kershaw from the Pen

  42. Pop. 2 Down.

  43. KO. Dodgers 4 – 3 Final

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