[snackdaddy]

That's true. Yu Yu Yu..

But seriously, this series just got serious. It's been a big giddy Dodger fest around, but this thing is on. Houston is reppin' the 'tough disaster survivor thing' besides being a solid squad.

Roberts formula didn't work out tonight. Hill had gas left which might have led to Jansen not having to get 6 outs.

Now, let's see what they got. They obviously have to take at least one in Texas,, which hasn't been done yet this post season iirc..

Roberts has done a good job for the most part pulling all the right strings. It backfired on him last night. Jansen blew a save. I remember the great Mariano Rivera losing game 7 of the World Series. It happens. By the time they got to extra innings they really didn't have anyone who could keep the Astros off the scoreboard. Still, they fought back each time. Just fell short in the end.

We'll find out about their mettle. They haven't had to face adversity for a long time. Now they're in a battle. Things came easy the first two series. They gotta win one out of 3 in Houston to stay alive and take it back to LA. I have a feeling this is going to be a 6 or 7 game series.

[Hacksaw]

Roberts has done a good job for the most part pulling all the right strings. It backfired on him last night. Jansen blew a save. I remember the great Mariano Rivera losing game 7 of the World Series. It happens. By the time they got to extra innings they really didn't have anyone who could keep the Astros off the scoreboard. Still, they fought back each time. Just fell short in the end.

We'll find out about their mettle. They haven't had to face adversity for a long time. Now they're in a battle. Things came easy the first two series. They gotta win one out of 3 in Houston to stay alive and take it back to LA. I have a feeling this is going to be a 6 or 7 game series.

It has to be a 6 or 7 game series if the Dodgers are in the winning equation.

That looks like an equal team with the exception of pitching. The Dodgers have the better staff. That should get us over if the bat's stay warm.

Last night the pitching was decent but it fell short for the reasons we spoke of. Let's see if Darvish can keep the heat until the 7th . He knows those guys. This one is huge. No elimination games in Houston unless we sweep thank you. .

And perhaps they need to sit Fields and make sure he eats his Wheaties before running him out there again.
Seems to me there were better choices after Jansen,, at least there must have been last night (game 2).

Suddenly concerned Dodger fan.

[dieterbrock]

Justin Verlander is going to be formidable for our bats tonight. He was 8-0 in the regular season but 0- 3 in the postseason.
Which JV will show up? This is a big big game for the LA Dodgers. A must win. Of course even more so for the Asstros.

I hope the Dodgers get after Verlander early and make him 0-4..

Late to the party but I wish Verlander was 0-3 in the post season instead of 3-0. At 0-3 it would have meant the Yankees were in the World series....

I didnt realize LA blew that lead last night. I left the game at 3-1 up and thought it was iced

[Hacksaw]

Late to the party but I wish Verlander was 0-3 in the post season instead of 3-0. At 0-3 it would have meant the Yankees were in the World series....

I didnt realize LA blew that lead last night. I left the game at 3-1 up and thought it was iced

AAUGH.. How did I confuse those stats. ??

EDIT for correctness..

Justin Verlander is going to be formidable for our bats tonight. He was 8-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in the postseason.
Now he's 4-0.

Yeah you missed Jensen give up a rare HR to tie it up. Roberts brought him in to start the 8th this time.

Fields in extra's coughed up two tater trays in a row. We miraculously came back needing 2 runs in the 10th to tie it.

But then our over extended post closer staff offered up one more and the Dodger bat's could pull off a second miracle. Even with a 2 out HR with no one on in the 11th..

This is a good breakdown of the game inning by inning ( if you haven't already read it).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/spor ... stros.html

I think I heard that was a post season record for home runs (8) in a WS game.

[dieterbrock]

AAUGH.. How did I confuse those stats. ??

EDIT for correctness..



Yeah you missed Jensen give up a rare HR to tie it up. Roberts brought him in to start the 8th this time.

Fields in extra's coughed up two tater trays in a row. We miraculously came back needing 2 runs in the 10th to tie it.

But then our over extended post closer staff offered up one more and the Dodger bat's could pull off a second miracle. Even with a 2 out HR with no one on in the 11th..

This is a good breakdown of the game inning by inning ( if you haven't already read it).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/spor ... stros.html

I think I heard that was a post season record for home runs (8) in a WS game.

I did think that when they didnt score Bellinger from 3rd with only 1 out, that could be a concern, but I really didnt see them losing.

[Hacksaw]

I did think that when they didnt score Bellinger from 3rd with only 1 out, that could be a concern, but I really didnt see them losing.

Spot on. In fact I said it out load in our crowd but no one else was on that page,, yet.
That was the hinge right there that allowed the door to reopen for the Astro's next inning. Dratz.

[dieterbrock]

Spot on. In fact I said it out load in our crowd but no one else was on that page,, yet.
That was the hinge right there that allowed the door to reopen for the Astro's next inning. Dratz.

And Puig's almost catch in 8th
Guess the signs were there, but your closer has been so unstoppable I didnt see a way they'd lose.

[Elvis]

Houston can hit and their defense is outstanding. Dodgers hit a lot of balls hard but didn't have a lot to show for it. And once Houston got the Dodgers out of their pitching rotation groove, that was bad news...

[Gareth]

I did think that when they didnt score Bellinger from 3rd with only 1 out, that could be a concern, but I really didnt see them losing.

The Dodgers had Joc up who is far from the ideal hitter in that situation.

That said, people (announcers, fans etc.) make a huge deal out of a hitter not scoring a guy from 3rd base with less than two outs. But the truth is that it's much more difficult than people realize. I believe the percentage for mlb players as a whole is somewhere around 50%. So it's hardly a surprise or big failure when it doesn't happen.

[dieterbrock]

The Dodgers had Joc up who is far from the ideal hitter in that situation.

That said, people (announcers, fans etc.) make a huge deal out of a hitter not scoring a guy from 3rd base with less than two outs. But the truth is that it's much more difficult than people realize. I believe the percentage for mlb players as a whole is somewhere around 50%. So it's hardly a surprise or big failure when it doesn't happen.

Its one of those things that when your team has the guy on 3rd with less than 2 out, they dont seem to ever score, and when the opposition is in the same boat, they seem to score every time