I could understand if the 2012 rays did... but that's about it lol.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
MLB 2020 Offseason |OT| - (K)BO Knows
- Thread starter Sanjuro
- Start date
- Status
OP
OP
Just like how the old phrase goes: a series doesn't truly start until the home team wins a home game.
yeah... replacing Scherzer with Joe Ross likely just shot the Astro's odds of winning the series up 10%.
though perhaps Scherzer will be healthy enough for a game 6 or 7 start to balance that out.
oof, hopefully Ross can pitch a no-no into the 7th or 8th
edit: And I sure as hell don't want Max pitching Game 7
edit: And I sure as hell don't want Max pitching Game 7
With Scherzer pitching game 7 instead of game 5, that puts more pressure on the Astros to win tonight.
I guess but gotta feeling who ever wins tonight will bring home the ring.
yeah. the double play is def how you want to follow up the lead off walk though.
They don't really have much choice. That last inning the first strike on every batter (that got at least one strike) for the nats was a called strike and wasn't in the zone.
2 was a called strike
1 was a called strike
1 was a called strike
of those maybe only the middle one was a strike as maybe a single thread of the seam was over the plate.
I just saw that single one going against the astros :P. going through the first inning the nats pitcher wasn't getting that call but cole was. and cole is just in general a better pitcher so can take advantage of that area as he can actually mean to hit it :P
first inning
6 and 8 would have been strikes for cole
as cole got strike one here as well in the first inning
as I said though, in partial defense of cole/ump cole is just putting a lot more pitches in that zone just a inch or two away from the zone.
(the rest of the strikes and balls in the first inning in general seem decent even if a few of them were borderline for the Nats.)
either way the astros have gotten like 7 extra strike calls while the nats have gotten 1 so it's very far from being fair. Bring on the robo umps.
edit:
and that should have been strike 3 from the zone we have mostly seen
it's not over until it's over, both in regards to this series and this game.
Any team can end up winning two games in a row.
for starting on short notice in the world series the Nats pitcher giving up 2 legitimate runs over 4 innings isn't too bad :P
It's way better then I expected when it was announced lol.
edit: did the ump get glasses? his zone is suddenly looking better lol.
he struck him out earlier in that at bat already. If the ump was actually consistent that second home run didn't happen thus not really legitimate :P
let me be clear though, with how Cole is hitting his spots from what I'm seeing, 2 runs is already too much for the Nats to get past. unless cole starts missing more, which he seems like he might be a bit this inning, they aren't going to do much.
I'm still rooting for a home team to not win a single game this series :P
Pretty rough for the Nats. I really thought they'd close this out in 5 games after winning the first two on the road. Looking a little grim right now.
Cole's accuracy was def lower last inning. The Nats actually might get a decent opportunity in the next inning or the one after.
granted the astros also get to eventually face the nats bullpen and put up another 4 runs when they do >.>
I wonder how many times altuve has grounded into two double plays in the same game
it says he only grounded into 19 all season. 144/5458 plat appearances in his career.
you weren't really expecting a last minute starter to go 8 were you :P?
5 seems about expected for that.
- Status