Only two games today, the NLDS games, with the AL teams getting the day off.
Some great games yesterday.
- Tigers 0 Guardians 7: Ok this wasn’t a great game. It was over after the first inning. Using the ‘opener’ didn’t work out for the Tigers. And Tanner Bibee was very good, though he came out after 4.1 innings. But four Cleveland relievers kept the Tigers hitless the rest of the way.
- Mets 6 Phillies 2: I’m starting to believe in the Mets. They used five pitchers to hold the Phillies to two runs and the Mets got five runs in the eighth.
- Royals 5 Yankees 6: A back-and-forth game which the Damn Yankees won. Luke Weaver as closer in interesting. Aaron Judge had a rough game, 0 for 4, 3 k, 1 walk, but it didn’t matter.
- Padres 5 Dodgers 7. The scoring was done by the fifth inning. Ohtani had a three-run homer in the second and Teoscar Hernandez drove in two in the fourth. The two teams used twelve pitchers. Playoff baseball has changed in my lifetime (that’s not a complaint).
Today:
- Mets @ Phillies, 4:00 Eastern. Luis Severino (11-7, 3.91) vs. Cristopher Sanchez (11-9, 3.32).
- Padres @ Dodgers: 8:00 Eastern: Yu Darvish (7-3, 2.31) vs. Jack Flaherty (13-7, 3.17).