2019 World Series -- Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals

Stras has been looking better and better as this game goes on.

Devenski pitching the ninth means that Hinch is already trying to save his best guys for Game 7.

He's got Gurriel, Alvarez, Correa

I didn’t even think he’d pull off four, the way he started the game.

Looks like Strasburg was headed to the showers?

as a Mets fan, i'm glad they didn't call it on JC Martin in '69

xp: maybe he had to take a leak, looks like he's back in the dugout.

Only 5 pitches in the 8th, they said.

weeeew

and we will see you to-morrow night

(I think)

That's what happens when you let the seventh best guy in the bullpen pitch the ninth in a close game.

Two more two out runs for the Nats!

Wow great game

Please don't needlessly burn a pitcher with a 5-run lead.

Good move

No

Utterly ridiculous.

Ben Clemens
11:37 Greinke looks like he just found out the World Series was going on and had to get out of bed to watch.

why

104 and no one on. They should have let him go

That was possibly/probably Strasburg's last game with the Nationals. I know all about Matt Harvey...Does this sport have even an ounce of poetry left in it?

Doolittle's pitched two innings since October 15th.

I almost want the Astros to come back.

Back from work, happy I have no shoots tomorrow.

I don't really get it either

I am pretty certain Stras is back with the Nats next season.

I also don't necessarily equate complete games with poetry

Wish the Astros had shown up tonight.

Doolittle hasn’t pitched in 4 days I think, I think that’s why.

Looked out live

(xpost) I have no answer for that. You either understand what I mean or you don't.

the Astros did show up, or at least Bregman tried to show up Strasburg yuk yuk

The flip side of the Devenski sighting -- why bring in Doolittle, who's probably their best reliever, with a five run lead?

My bad Doolittle was used Sunday.

Cuz he's barely pitched

Maybe since he was already warmed up?

Fuck yes

My two favorite pitchers dueling for game 7 of the world series I can’t even.

apparently first ever series in any major sport where the road team wins 6 in a row

Verlander loses again

Reason #5 from the SI link above: Baseball is very strange!

If the Nationals manage to win, should be a good Strasburg/Rendon MVP debate.

ho man, Strasburg "butterflied" his glove in setting up after the first cuz they were reading his pitches, he just said

yeah... HOU always studying pitch tipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpxkTbNbG-w

538's odds for tomorrow: Houston 52%, Washington 48%.

Martinez says he didn't like it when Bregman carried the bat to first, nor--surprise--did he like it when Soto did the same. He says he'll have a talk with Soto.

That’s as bad as it gets. Rewarding a bad stretch and a bad throw.

— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) October 30, 2019

Scherzer announced as the SP for Game 7. I have no clue how he can pitch after not being able to dress himself two days ago, that must have been one hell of a cortisone shot. Still, 70% of Scherzer is better than anyone else the Nats could put out there.

Juan Soto on MLB Network, on mimicking Alex Bregman's bat drop: "I just told it to myself, as soon as I saw that, what Bregman did in the first inning, I was like 'that was pretty cool, I want to do that!'"

— Blake Finney (@FinneyBlake) October 30, 2019

Martinez says he didn't like it when Bregman carried the bat to first, nor--surprise--did he like it when Soto did the same. He says he'll have a talk with Soto.

Here's that talk:

"If you hit a homer in Game 7, you can do whatever the fuck you want."
"Cool."

Torre said Turner was called out because he interfered with Gurriel trying to catch the ball by running into Gurriel's glove

nope

Here's the Soto interview, it's great, especially Pedro:

https://www.mlb.com/video/mlb-tonight-soto-talks-game-6?t=mlb-tonight

Saw an interview with Bregman last night that was interesting. He said he got caught up in his emotions, shouldn't have done it, apologized, and said he deserved Soto mimicking him. Seemed genuine to me, although someone else might find it calculating. Not sure why some of you hate Bregman all of a sudden--too much Steve Garvey/Gary Carter?