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. First pitch Strike

  2. Diving catch. 1 Down

  3. Put out at 1st. 2 Down

  4. Bottom 1st

  5. First pitch Ball

  6. Retired at 1st. 1 Out

  7. KO. 2 Away

  8. KO Top 2nd

  9. Long Fly to Right. 1 Out

  10. KO. 2 Done

  11. Bottom 2nd

  12. First pitch Leadoff Single

  13. KO. 1 Away

  14. Stolen Base

  15. A Walk

  16. RBI Single. Nationals 1 – 0

  17. Runners at Corners

  18. KO. 2 Gone

  19. KO. Top 3rd

  20. Walk to Lead Off

  21. Double Play

  22. Bottom 3rd

  23. Broken Bat Leadoff Single

  24. Stolen Base #2

  25. Sacrifice. Runner advances to 3rd

  26. KO for 2

  27. Intentional Pass

  28. Hill lasts for 2 and 2/3rds Innings

  29. Stolen Base #3

  30. Top 4th

  31. Leadoff KO

  32. 2 KOs. 2 Down

  33. Finally a Walk

  34. KO. Bottom 4th

  35. Put out at 1st. 1 Done

  36. Another. 2 Done

  37. Top 5th

  38. Leadoff Single. Dodgers 1st hit.

  39. Another Single

  40. KO. 1 Away.

  41. Single. Bases Loaded

  42. Strike Out. 2 Down

  43. Bottom 5th

  44. K. 1 Away

  45. Out at 1st. 2 Away

  46. 2 Out Walk

  47. Pick off. Top 6th

  48. Pop out for 1

  49. Strike Out for 2

  50. 2 Out Single

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