Chris sale was amazing. Unhittable. They just kept working him. Working him. And one inning he makes a mistake. kike batting 9 shows up in October again. Hitting his 11-12 post season hr as a dodger 17 overall. Sat on the change up and pounded it. He used to be a dead fastball hitter and than change would have made him look silly. Nice evolution.
I think sale was so distracted and upset with himself that two batters later he let a pitch leak into the zone and Freddie takes him out the other way. And that’s all it took. A lapse in a 3 batter period and bang.
yamamoto my gosh. 8-1 post season as a starter. 10-1 dodger record when he pitches. Era of something like 2.1? Lowest of all time. 1.4 the last two seasons spanning 45 innings.
to do that on the road in that environment and in. That game. That guy is the greatest clutch pitcher I’ve ever seen. He’s the anti Yu darvish
dodgers now playing w house money. Lose and you get skubal for game 5 at home. Win and you get to reset the rotation. With rest. Bullpen too
using Diaz in the 9th was not on my bingo card and I still don’t like the move. But man what a masterful pitching class by both aces last night.
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