And it’s bigger than just one game, and that’s what’s beautiful about this rivalry, about sports in general.” So it just gives you the gravity of this, what it means. “For Vin to say that, no one knows this rivalry better than he does. “To kind of take my manager’s cap off, it’s a great day, it’s a big game,” Roberts said.
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This division series was the first postseason meeting in the 131-year-old rivalry’s history. The Dodgers and Giants played a three-game playoff for the National League pennant in 1951, a series that ended with Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard round the world,” but those were considered regular-season games. Told of Scully’s tweet during his pregame news conference, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts laughed and said, “Now I feel pressure … Gosh darn it, Vin.” With nearly identical records, and so much at stake, I believe this to be the case.- Vin Scully October 14, 2021 To my knowledge, tonight's game between the and is the most important game in the history of their rivalry. Webb will try to replicate his Game 1 gem, while Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval and others await in the bullpen.
The Giants’ pitching plan is much more simple. If the Giants make several early switches in the lineup, however, it could hamstring their ability to match up later in the game - though they still have three other lefties on the bench, and most of the Dodgers’ high-leverage relievers are right-handers. Right fielder Mike Yastrzemski also hasn’t played much against left-handed pitchers recently, and could be a candidate to be replaced by right-handed hitting outfielder Austin Slater. La Stella seems like the most likely player to be substituted out of the game once Urías enters, probably in favor of right-handed hitting Donovan Solano. Giants notes: The Giants put out their lineup late, after waiting to see if infielder Tommy La Stella’s sore Achilles felt good enough to play.Īpparently it did, with La Stella slated as the team’s leadoff hitter - and one of three lefties the Giants have in the lineup. The good news for the Dodgers: They’ve worked Webb’s pitch count a little, getting up to 72 through five innings and their own pitcher is matching each of his zeros, as Julio Urías struck out the side in the bottom half of the inning. The at-bat ended two pitches later when Taylor swung through another fastball up the in zone, Webb’s fifth punchout of the night.
But with its late movement, the ball spun away from the barrel of Taylor’s bat, leading to a harmless foul back into the seats. Two batters later, Chris Taylor got a rare fastball over the middle of the plate. Instead, the ball darted back over the inside corner for a called third strike. Lux jumped away from the plate, apparently thinking the pitch was a slider coming in on his knees.
In the inning’s first at-bat, Webb threw Gavin Lux a full-count sinker. And in a scoreless fifth inning, it was exemplified on two pitches. The Dodgers are having a hard time making solid contact against Logan Webb. “When the opportunity is there and the moment is there, you just try to stay simple and stay within yourself.” “You don’t think about being that guy,” Bellinger said. Following months of frustration, of injuries and struggles and flat-out looking lost at the plate, Bellinger had produced the biggest hit of the Dodgers’ season for the second October in a row.Ī year after clubbing the go-ahead home run in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series, Bellinger’s single to right field in the ninth inning off Camilo Doval, the San Francisco Giants’ formerly untouchable closer, scored Justin Turner to give the Dodgers the lead on their way to a 2-1 win over Game 5 of the National League Division Series. He turned to them once he rounded first base and pounded his chest. Cody Bellinger choked up with two strikes, slashed the slider and raised his right arm, pointing to the hysterical group in the visitors’ dugout as he jogged down the first-base line inside a suddenly silent Oracle Park in the ninth inning Thursday night.
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