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Padres (5) @ Cubs (4): Tues 3:08; Wed 3:08; Thursday TBD Reds (6) @ Dodgers (3): Tues 9:08; Wed 9:08; Thursday TBD ___________________________________________________ Red Sox (5) @ Yanquis (4): Tue TBD; Wed TBD; Thu TBD Tigers (6) @ Guardians (3): Tue TBD; Wed TBD; Thu TBD All games one of the 56 ESPN platforms (check your bookie for time and channel in your area) except for games #1 & #2 in Chicago which will ride on free TV via the ABC television network.
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Going to the 9th in Milwaukee
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4-2 Brews and still batting. But this is starting to matter less and less.
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Brews have runner on 3rd, one out ... and now they have no one on base because the ball just landed in the LF seats Brews 3 - Reds 2 And now the Reds pull their starter.
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One run in, two outs, runner on 3rd for MIL, Durbin at the dish ... and he flies to RF Reds 2 - Brewers 1, end of 3 5 LOBsters for Milwaukee
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Still 1-0 after two as the Brewers have now left two runners on in each inning.
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Brewers get out of the 2nd without any more damage, so 1-0 Reds heading to bottom 2 The rEds briefly had 1st & 3rd/1-out but the call at 3rd was reversed for out #2 and the 3rd out happened on the next batter.
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The Alonso HR, along with the subsequent Peterson save, ended the Brewers season thereby denying Uecker the chance to be behind the mic as his hometown/lifelong team possibly marched to their first ever WS title. Instead, that 9th inning wound up being the last one Uecker ever got to call, so I think it's pretty obvious that it was Pete's HR that killed him. iow, I made it up.
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Reds are 8-2 over their last 10 despite scoring just 3.8 runs/game. But they've allowed just 2.2 RA/G on average. In their last nine they've won games where they scored 1, 1, 2, and 3 runs. Plus the Brewers probably aren't too anxious to help out the Mets after last post-season. And they hold Alonso responsible for killing Bob Uecker, so there's that too.
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Top 3rd recap E-1 Single turned into a double by ill-advised dive K RBI Single (1st & 3rd) Short F-7 Walk Infield Single Bases Loaded Walk 2-RBI Single plus E-7 5-3 6 runs, 4 hits, 2 walks, 1 K, 2 Errors I mean, SHYEEET, could make them earn it at least a little bit?!?
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Gasser finally out after dancing with danger everywhere. The good news: only one run allowed The Bad: he's leaving the bases loaded/two outs for his successor and, yes, it's Les Mis. And a ****ing two-strike swinging bunt makes it 2-0!! Walk -- 3-0 Single: two runs + an error (no one covering 3rd which is where the throw went) = 3 runs 6-0 Reds, still batting.
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Two misplays by the Brews put Reds on 2nd & 3rd w/no one out. 1) pitcher error on an easy 1-3 2) a dive and a whiff on a low liner to LF
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So it's essentially a 50/50 shot now. Mets win Sunday (50%) - Reds win two (25%) REDS 12.5% Mets win Sunday (50%) - Reds win one (50%) METS 25% Mets win Sunday (50%) - Reds win neither (25%) METS 12.5 Mets lose Sunday (50%) - Reds win two (25%) REDS 12.5% Mets lose Sunday (50%) - Reds win one (50%) REDS 25% Mets lose Sunday (50%) - Reds win both (25%) METS 12.5%
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Gasser still in for the 2nd inning. I wonder if he's any relation to Steve Gasser. That Gasser was one of three pitchers the Twins dealt to the Mets in exchange for Wally Backman. It was considered at the time to be one of those 'Rich get Richer' deals where other teams couldn't believe the Mets were able to land three of Minnesota's hot up and coming minors league arms. Except that none of the trio ever reached the show. Meanwhile the younger Gasser just weaseled out of and 2nd & 3rd/one out jam (out #2 was Elly De La Cruz being thrown out at home on a grounder). Scoreless going to bottom 2 oe: Dang! Quick 1-2-3 bottom 2. Game on Big FOX
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Padres hung on to win, so the DBacks find themselves the third team in a WC chase for the second year in a row. They're two games behind both the Mets & Reds but lose a tie-breaker to Cincy and so are a non-factor now. So it's Mets & Reds and the odds are with the Reds. Mets have to go 2-0 while the Reds lose at least once: odds = 0.1875 OR Mets go 1-1 while the Reds lose both: odds = 0.125 0.1875 + 0.125 = 31.3%. Or a shade less than one chance in three. So, as Harry Callahan might have said, you've got to ask yourself one question as we go into the weekend games, "Do you feel lucky?" Personally, despite all their other problems which are both real and numerous, this is about the UN-luckiest team I've ever seen. So that's a 'No' from me.
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Padres (in their pastel unis) have closed to being only down 2-1 and are still batting in bottom 4th with runners on the corners and two outs vs Zac (where's my K?) Gallen. And a walk loads the bases for Tatis w/2 out. GRAND SLAM TATIS!!! 5 - 2 SDP
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Middle relief is almost always a parade of new faces from year to year with only a couple of holdovers. And the one consistent truth is that most of the fans will wind up hating most of the guys on their team. And while I'm not saying any are 'must haves', I would have no problem living with Soto, Brazoban, Rogers, or Raley going forward.
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Going to bottom 9 CIN closer Emilio Pagan in for the save (of their season). K (questionable call) - Pop to SS - Pop to SS ... and we're in deep doo-doo folks!
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The answer to those question marks above is G-I-D-P Top 9, still 3 - 1 Cincy
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Santillan in for Cincy in bottom 8 who, as far as I can figure, has pitched like nine days in a row. Out - Walk - ???
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Brewers out in bottom 7 Reds go 1 - 2 - 3 in top 8
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Reds out in top 7, leading 3-1
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Ohtani hit #54 this afternoon.
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So the Reds lost two of three, and the Snakes look like they're about to lose two of three. It would be real boost to the campaign here if we didn't follow them into that same rabbit hole.
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For those not watching: a HR-stealing catch for out #2 by Noelvi Marte in RF, quickly followed by a more routine one for the final out.
