The third day of the league divisional series was played on Wednesday with two to four games per league. The day brought a pitchers duel for us, an angry comeback to avoid all day and plenty of fireworks.
Here is the scoreboard of the day, plus withdrawals from each game.
MLB playoff scores
Final: Brave, 2 Marlins 0 (B score X score) – Atlanta is 2-0 up in the series
Final: Athletics 9, Astros 7 (score) – Houston leads the series 2-1
Final: Rays 8, Yankees 4 (score) – Tampa is 2-1 up in the two series
Final: Dodgers 6, Pedres 5 (score) – Los Angeles leads the series 2-0
Dodgers vs. Pedres stuck
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Pedres in Game 2 of their Best-Five F-Five series on Wednesday night, advancing to the National League Championship Series for the fourth time in five years. The Dodgers entered the ninth inning with a 3-3 lead on the hill and close Kenley Jensen, getting a quality start from Clayton Kershaw, but the Pedres did not go quietly.
Instead, Jack Cronenworth reached an infield single, and later scored on a Mitch Moreland double. Murland himself then scored on a Trent Grisham singles, chasing Jenson out of the game, cutting the Los Angeles lead. JK Kelly was called in to face Fernando Tatis Jr. and he and Manny Machado went to load the base.
Kelly was able to retain the victory in the process, retiring Eric Hoesmer in second place, but he was a hard-earned. The Dodgers will now go into Thursday’s game when they play the NLCS. Tickets will go with the opportunity to punch in. They are unlikely to have Jensen available to them, who should face the situation at the end and near, may need a ninth-inning maneuver.
Before the play of the ninth inning, everyone will remember the play that Cody Bellinger made: his robbery probably going on from Tatis’ bat. You can see and read more about that play by clicking here.
Rays will knock out the Yankees, leading the series
The story of the playoffs until Tuesday night was that the Yankees were just pushing their opponents, stud pitchers and everyone into oblivion with their powerful offense. The Bronx Bombers Moniker was alive and well. In Game 2 the rays were accelerated a bit better and their power game was also advanced in the series. They followed up with some similar drugs in Game 3, keeping the Yankees 13-7 away, while the Yankees sat at home three times together.
A dugout from Tampa Bay (in San Diego) to pass many balls of the game, such as:
- Charlie Mort allowed only two runs (one earned) in five innings against the Yankees’ offense of 36 runs in h 43 hits in the previous four playoff games earlier this year.
- Randy Arozea is now at 8 for 12 in the series with a home score in all three games.
- Keys Kiermeyer and backup catcher Michael Perez combined for four home hits, including six RBIs, and a home run for each of the 8-9 spots in the Rena order.
The Rays now look to shut down the Yankees and avoid seeing Garrett Cole in Game 5. If they do, it’s the second trip to ALCS in franchise history and the first since 2008.
Oh, the game is over 3 …
Frustrated again from the Yankees strike zone … again
For the second night in a row, the Yankees took the strike zone exception in Game 3 of their ALDS matchup with Tampa. On Tuesday, dissatisfaction grew with calls made by the Yankees CB Bucknor; On Wednesday, his voice was drawn to Mark Carlson, who made some questionable calls during the third and fourth innings of Game 3.
The Yankees’ feud with Carlson began when he went head-to-head in a brawl over Charlie Morton’s pairing, with Luke K White vs. Luke Vott in the main:
In the next half inning, Masahiro called the ball on a full count from Tanaka to Willie Ad Dums, called two runners and eliminated the strike ‘m-out, throw-m-out double play:
Kevin Kiermeyer then returned home to give the Reds a 4-1 lead.
Obviously it’s easy to analyze umpire’s calls from bed or press box, but context is important here. The Yankees felt they had been wronged on Tuesday, resulting in damage, and so it looks more like Wednesday. Whether or not it is on a reasonable assessment interpretation, but it is an understandable response if you accept the basis as valid.
Stay alive, create a franchise record 5 HR in a playoff game
On Wednesday afternoon, ak Cland Athletics kept their 2020 season alive with a 9-7 win over the Houston Astros. The Astros are 2-1 up in the best-of-five series. The 3 Calendars avoided being eliminated due to five home-built franchise records in Game 3, but scored an extra in the eighth inning through a sacrifice fly.
Despite the loss of their series, ak Cland holds the franchise record of making the most home runs in the postseason series with 10 blasts so far:
- 10 HR – 2020 ALDS
- * 9 HR – 1989 World Series vs Giants
- 8 HR – 2002 ALDS vs. Twins
The Astros have hit eight homers in the series.
Thanks to a solo home run from the team La Stella, Mark Kenha, Matt Olson and Marcus Semian, Elim Clande hung out with the Astros in the game. doing.
Urquidi completed his night after his night / 3 innings, where he scored three runs and one run while giving up four earned runs and five hits. Anne Lefty Jesus Luzardo won and gave the same line as Quercidi with Ur / 3 working innings when he gave up four runs and five hits while doing two outs and two walking kings.
Houston’s fifth innings of five runs appeared to close the game and the series – their chances of winning were 89.3 percent after that innings – but it did not go quietly. After Astros reliever Josh James left the back-to-back singles in the seventh inning, he gave A-third baseman Chad Pinder a three-run home run to tie the game.
The run forward, surprisingly, was not scored on the home run. Sacrifice Clande got a run on board in the eighth inning on a sacrificial fly. They insured on a second bag fly in the back inning.
Houston was threatened once again in the eighth inning, but two runners were trapped in a scoring position. Auckland reliever Liam Hendricks was swung by pinch hitter Josh Reddick on a 98.2-mile fastball. Hendrix was superb on his 37-pitch relief trip, finishing with the following line: 3 IP, 1H, 0R, 4K, 0BB.
Overall, Athletics and Astros have combined for 18 home runs (so far) in this division series. He has 18 homers in just three games. The most runs in a single division series came between the Yankees and the Mariners during the 1995 ALDS, in which both clubs hit 22 homers. The highest number of hits in any post-post season series is 26; From the 2008 ALCS between the Red Sox and the Rays.
11 of A’s 16 runs have been scored by Homers. It’s not just the trend for this series. In fact, we’re seeing most of the runs in this year’s postseason being made on home runs.
D’Arnad goes deep for the brave again
The Mets dropped Travis de Arnad last May and he almost immediately became one of the best catchers in baseball. I know it’s good to pick on mats but good gravy. It doesn’t happen in any other franchise. D’Arnaud hit .263 / .323 / .459 for the Rays last year, then this year for the excuse of .321 / .386 / .533, then ran a three-run home run in NLDS Game 1 on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, he drove to another house. D’Arnaud took Pablo Lopez deep to give the Braves a 2-0 lead, which he maintained as the final score. For action footage:
Dansby Swanson hit a solo home run early in the game to get the Braves on board. D’Arnaud now has five home runs after his career – he has the series two plus three with the 2015 Mets – joined by Yasmani Grandel and Salvador Perez at number two in the active catcher. Only Gary Sanchez (7) has more.
D’Arnad is also doing more work on the fence than hitting the ball. He helped rookie Wright Ian Anderson find an excellent and scoreless innings of 5 2/3 in Game 2. Anderson struck out eight Marlins, including four, in a six-batter stretch at one point early in the game. It has been a godsend for a team that desperately needed rotation assistance.
Marlins off in Brave Game 3 – Note by Sarah Langs of MLB.com As the only team with three shutouts in the first four postseason games, the Braves join the 1905 Giants and the 1966 Oriels. Historically, teams with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series have won more than 91 percent of the time in the series.
