22 Atlanta Braves (Morton) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Syndergaard)

Lucky_Beagle 2022-10-16 03:10:52 UTC #181

only game Tues and Fri nights I believe. 2 games wednesday, sat and sunday...

BostonRoss 2022-10-16 03:15:25 UTC #182

But they may not have the Yankees to sho.

Sabin 2022-10-16 03:58:50 UTC #183

Thomson with the LSP nod in his postgame: "We gave up three solo home runs today, but we had no walks. And that was the key. We gave no free passes."

Sabin 2022-10-16 04:56:50 UTC #184

Reporter goes full foot-in-mouth in Snitker postgame:

Reporter: Do you think that, considering the new playoff format, this needs to be a seven game series now, to give the --

Snitker: I haven't.. [shakes head].. I don't know. I've never really thought about it.

Same Reporter [now demonstrating an apparent failure to pack enough Quilted Northern into the seat of his pants for this series and zero connection to the team his just lost to and the 2011 postseason]: It just seems to me you de-incentivize the season when [a team can] win over 100 games but then lose to a team [they] beat by twelve or something games in the standings in a five-game series.

Snitker: Well, you know the division series has been five games for a long time as far as I know. So, you know what, I think the system's fine.

zambonir 2022-10-16 05:13:08 UTC #185

Haha. It also doesn't seem that different from when it was the winner of the one-game play-in and/or the often inferior third division winner pulling an upset.

Also does anyone think the Phillies as they played don't win this series (were it a best-of-seven) in six?

tom81 2022-10-16 13:56:14 UTC #186

I don't think this Phillies team would beat this Braves team in a best-of-seven in six. Game 5 would be today in Philly, we win in 5! This Braves team is intimidated by our team and especially by our PHANs!

DurhamBull 2022-10-16 14:34:44 UTC #187

Yeah, the bats were great yesterday, and it was great work by the pitching staff to hold Atlanta to just four hits and issue zero walks and 15Ks.

zambonir 2022-10-16 16:46:56 UTC #188

Well, if it had been a 2-3-2 series you are probably right (and it would have been important to do so). But if the series has proceeded as it already had in a 2-2-1-1-1 format I reckon Braves would have won at home today but then Phillies still would have gotten it done.

And they also would have won today had the Braves won yesterday. But it would have been nerve-wracking!