I would say yes Terry. But Atlanta is always near the top, but they are looking better in the playoffs than the regular season.
Well Astros stave off the broom! Dusty hung in their with Greinke last night when he'd likely have pulled him and Zach when the bases were loaded and it was 3-2 I had a bad feeling. Greinke was missing low and inside and outside, but he got the kid to swing on a low pitch and he was out of the inning!! The beginning of a comeback....mmmmmmmmmmmm probably not!
Kershaw goes tonight. This is the pivot game. Both teams have enough young guns to finish each other off if the series goes 2-2.
I think the Dodgers are in trouble. Leading 5 - 1 in game four, if it holds they would lead 3 games to 1.
Once again, Roberts goes with Kershaw for one inning too long. Let's leave the guy with back spams into the 7th to see the lineup a 3rd time. What a jackass. Still, credit to the Braves bats. I warned my mom about them but she didn't wanna hear it. As for cheating and the Astros, if you put it out there and another player picks it up, then you need better signs. That's not what the Astros did. They were using the video to go through and decipher signs etc.
Turns out Correa told Dusty "Walkoff" when he exited the dugout, and "I'm ending this to Altuve" as he passed him on the way to the plate. Dusty went with an all rookie pitching lineup to open up the game, but now for game 6 and 7 if it happens he's back to the #1 and #2 pitchers. Could this be 2004 all over again? Also first time in playoff history that a team hit the 1st pitch for a HR (Springer) and the last pitch for a HR (Correa) Dodgers on the brink, the Mariners won 116 games and a winning % of .716 but lost in 5 games to the Yankees in the 2001 ALCS. Dodgers in this shortened season had a % of .717. Braves coming back so strong behind a pitcher who hasn't pitched in 3 weeks, is pretty impresssive. I thought the explosion of Dodger bats in game 3 was an indication that the real Dodgers were now awake.
Astros force Game 7! Never expected this to happen after the way we finished the season, and certainly not going down 3-0 to the Ray's.
Win or lose tomorrow, what an amazing run. Gerrit leaves. No Verlander. No Yordan. Losing record and sneak into the playoffs. Bullpen full of single A kids. This is ridiculous.
Charlie Morton stands between the Astros and the WS. Morton was a fan favorite and a hero of the WS win over the Dodgers at LA with 4 strong innings in relief.
A bit of game 7 history in Houston. 2017 game 7 vs the Yankees in the ALCS...Charlie Freek'n Morton gives the Astros 5 strong shutout innings as the starter....and Lance McCullers finished them off with 4 shutout innings...they go against one another today.
Astro's have made an amazing comeback. I have to root for Tampa Bay as much of my thought process is still Florida related.
I doubt if the Astros have any fans, except the core of fans. Everybody still wants to boo them for 2017.
Dodgers force Game 7. Great League Championship Series, both go to 7 games and have been very exciting.