2018 NLCS - Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Brewers

He was the victim of some dink hits in game 2 that's for sure

hard to be too down on him, he did strike out 2 in the 9th. the AB vs. Puig was weird...must've really thought he was gonna chase that inside pitch but he didn't bite

That last 97 mph fastball on the outside corner was the pitch of a reliever who has all the confidence in the world (although Kratz framed it perfectly), I think Jeffress passed a hurdle.

jeffress is so fun to watch, dont know how he doesnt pass out, he's always breathing so hard.

The mental aspect seems to apply to both sides here. when guys like Knebel and Hader are rolling the way they are you can see it in the batters' approach - they're just wildly swinging and trying to fight pitches off, striking out on pitches that are 6 inches out of the zone because they feel they just have to guess. Jeffress on the other hand looks pretty mortal right now, and I wonder if his postseason struggles caused Puig to suddenly show patience with that inside pitch that he often strikes out on.

cody bellinger, career postseason

22 G, 15-for-92, .176/.239/.353, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 BB, 34 K

this season he's 1-for-21 with 5 K and has been brutally unlucky -- .063 BABIP

This is far better than I imagined.

he's due, as my dad usta say

feels like either of these teams is going to have trouble beating either the red sox or the astros

i want to know how many players have played 75+ games at both first base and center field in one season, as bellinger did this year

Brad Wilkerson?

brutally unlucky -- .063 BABIP

I would think 16 AB would be a small enough sample size to not really confirm whether he's been unlucky or not.

How about his major league record 28 strikeouts in last year's playoffs?

Counsell’s already got Peralta warming up

It’s 1-0 after 1

To me--sorry to harp on this--that all goes back to game one. These guys, rich as they are, are human beings, not automatons. How can you pitch if you think your manager's just waiting for an excuse to get you out of the game? So you go for a ball you shouldn't have gone for, and then, instead of admitting you're hurt, you make a transparently misguided attempt to keep pitching.

Love you Peralta.

bis

I dunno about that clem, pitchers always go for balls like that

feel like Gio was told during Game 1 that he was only gonna go at most once through the lineup

I would think 16 AB would be a small enough sample size to not really confirm whether he's been unlucky or not.

21 AB is too small a sample to confirm that he sucks; considering he has a (n above-average) career .306 BABIP in 1180 regular-season PA, i don't think it's unfair to call him unlucky within the 2018 playoff sample

Peralta....dealing ????

Brewers looking mighty helpless against that curveball

A+ work for the house organist playing "Candyman" after this

WILL SOMEBODY GET THE KID A HAPPY MEAL??? pic.twitter.com/fbi5qz6Qkd

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 17, 2018

jfc the Dodgers seem flustered even though they're only down......zero

Watched game 2 with my father who was in town and he mentioned that Moustakas, Braun & Yelich all grew up in LA as diehard Dodgers fans.

BUR NE S

such weird kerning on the Brews jerseys

this is just the same inning over and over again

21 AB is too small a sample to confirm that he sucks; considering he has a (n above-average) career .306 BABIP in 1180 regular-season PA, i don't think it's unfair to call him unlucky within the 2018 playoff sample

16 AB before tonight where he put the ball in play. I would think in small sample sizes that it's more common for an average to be low because a batter was making weak contact, not hitting em where the ain't, etc.

where THEY ain't

Wait, is this actually the same inning over and over again?

wtf machado

Aguilar is a badass for not freaking out over that.

Im into it. Baseball should have more villains.

that was pretty dirty though

Lol at these announcers getting the vapours.

Schoop has been really bad at the plate...0 for 5 including a double play, nothing hit out of the infield

Yeah, but it’s his birthday. It all evens out

its not anymore

that's true. take the bum out!

ok, now Aguilar needs to hit a line drive off of machado's balls that then richochets into the stands for a HR

3 hours ago

Here is an0other prediction. This game will go at least 14 innings.

— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) October 17, 2018

I'm getting an A-Rod vibe from this Machado heel turn.

well Jesus almost got one out

hi guys, just woke up. any pitchers left?

what did Machado do?

unfortunately Gio Gonzalez needed surgery for his injured ankle, but the procedure was a success, and he's completed his rehabilitation

— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 17, 2018

Come on Machado, don't do this. pic.twitter.com/xyx37Zncip

— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) October 17, 2018

goddammit

god fucking damnit of all the people

In baseball, cheaters win about 50% of the time

Machado that is. feel good for Bellinger at least. fuck. good night

well. nicely timed on my part

sorry to be the Dark Angel, frogbs

(we all need a 7-game series, tho)

all the cars leaving Dodger Stadium from Game 4 can wave to the cars arriving at Dodger Stadium for Game 5

— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 17, 2018