“But you’ve got to love the fact it’s coming down to Game 5 and everything is on the line”.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers face yet another playoff disaster, and fans can watch live online as ace lefty Clayton Kershaw takes the mound Tuesday against the New York Mets, in a desperate attempt to keep the Dodgers alive and force their National League Division Series back to Dodger Stadium in Southern California for a decisive Game Five.
NOTES: With six career starts under his belt, Mets LHP Steven Matz is the most inexperienced pitcher to start a playoff game in franchise history. The same is expected for tonight’s game and with the crowd as nearly an extra man for the Mets, they could be inspired to progress to the NL Championship Series.
But first, the Dodgers need to win on Tuesday, and to do that they need to score runs.
The victor takes on the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS at home starting Saturday. That’s not the same as saying they will, but why not? “You can really count on what you’re going to get from them 90-something percent of the time”.
Jansen has said that he is capable of pitching more than one inning, and in the most important game of the season, it’s time to trust your best reliever, not rely on a committee of secondary pitchers. Road teams are 15-10 all-time in LDS Game 5s since the series was first introduced in 1995. He’s just very impressive, just very tough to square up. “You have to get on him early before he gets rolling to have a shot”.
Unlike the Monday night madness saw the Mets erase an early 3-0 deficit and overpower the remnants of the non Greinke/Kershaw Dodger pitching staff for 13 runs and a Game 3 win, the Mets had no such solution in Game 4.
Aside from the two solo home runs, Greinke allowed just three singles for the remainder of the game.
“Everything’s been great so far”, Greinke said of his three seasons as a Dodger.
Should the Dodgers level the best-of-five at 2-2, the climactic Game Five would be played on Thursday in Los Angeles. The A’s have fired first-base coach Tye Waller, according to multiple reports. And if they whiff again, it will be the Dodgers celebrating while the Mets contemplate 2016. Again, the good news: the visiting team showed they can hold their own against the NL’s likely Cy Young victor.
Working on only three days’ rest, Kershaw shut down the Mets for seven innings and Justin Turner delivered a key hit against his former team.
“I felt good yesterday”. But with Citi Field rocking in the fourth, Kershaw got the extremely scary Yoenis Cespedes to ground back to him, then struck out catcher Travis d’Arnaud. “I think we’re feeling good about ourselves”.
“I don’t talk to my team that much”, Collins said. Detectives began interviewing him Tuesday, officer Mike Lopez said. “There’s a reason why we thought, hey, look, if we’re up 2-1 in Game 4 that we’re going to save (deGrom) because he’s the guy we want on the mound”, New York manager Terry Collins told reporters.
Regardless of what you think of Chase Utley’s slide that ended up giving the Dodgers a critical Game 2 win, the series is tied 2-2 and headed to a Game 5 in Los Angeles on Thursday. “You don’t know how the ball’s going to bounce”.
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After losing the first two games at home, then bouncing back in Game 3 on Sunday night, the Blue Jays routed the Rangers in Texas.
