Baseball
Related: About this forumLA Dodger Blake Snell is killing it,
he's pitched, so far, into the 6th inning with one hit and 9 strike outs.
yourout
(8,750 posts)Also helps when he's got an umpire with a pretty wide strike zone that he can pitch to.
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,012 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)with the uncertainty of the bull pen lately, Dave Roberts may let him try to finish the game.
10 strike outs and still one hit.
One hell of a performance.
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)That isn't too many to go one more inning, but Sasaki had been pretty much a sure thing as a closer -- until tonight.
I dunno, man. I'm just glad it's not my decision.
awesomerwb1
(5,028 posts)True Dough
(26,052 posts)If he'd just stood there on the first pitch in this video, he probably would have been hit on the leg and then the tying run would have come in. But his instincts took over and he moved out of the way. Then he swung on an awful pitch to strike out.
Link to tweet
Diamond_Dog
(40,012 posts)Am thinking also about the Detroit pitcher whose bad throw to the catcher gave the Mariners the series. Crazy stuff.