2019 NLDS - Cardinals vs. Braves - Gamethread

[Sprowl]

Melancon again. I feel like I am going to throw up and I don’t even like the Braves.

That's not like the Moonshot Melancon I remember.

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

I guess Snitker knows a lot more than I do!

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

And...breathe.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Nice matchup between old (38) and young (22) pitchers. Both beating the batters so far.

 

[Jim Ed Rice in HOF]

The camera angle for this game is horrendous. Is the thing sitting in left centerfield?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

These pitching performances are even more remarkable when you factor in that, for whatever reason (baseballs, PEDs, the change in swings or all of the above), players are hitting way more HRs of late.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Braves are slowly pissing this series away.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Braves are slowly pissing this series away.

What happened in game one was more crucial than this one-run game, which could go any way at this point.

 

[LesterFan]

No idea why Wainwright is still pitching

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

No idea why Wainwright is still pitching

The Cardinals are the smartest, best organization in baseball. Questioning anything they do is essentially heresy.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

No idea why Wainwright is still pitching

But yeah, he seems to be on fumes. Albies isn't being fooled here.

 

[S. H. Frog]

Just tuned in. Tough luck that bent foul.

 

[S. H. Frog]

This is baseball junkie stuff: I don't like either of these teams or know anyone on them, yet I watch.

 

[LesterFan]

I'm shocked Wainwright couldn't retire the 1 and 2 hitters 4th time around on 110+ pitches. That was awful managing.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Schildt with a mini Grady Little moment there.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Huge at-bat for Freddie coming up next.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Schildt with a mini Grady Little moment there.

Shildt-y managing.

 

[S. H. Frog]

Wow. Old friend Andrew Miller.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Bad at-bat. Yuck.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Shildt to SoSH: "Tell me how my something tastes..."

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Ruh Roh not-so-baby Pedro!

 

[S. H. Frog]

Yeah leadoff double.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Has Hecheverria played for every team in the majors this year?

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Hamilton should straight steal home.

 

[S. H. Frog]

Definite swing. Bummer.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Very strange decision to walk McCann there - I'm much happier with Swanson up here, on current form.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

BANG!

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Hells yeah!!!

 

[canderson]

Swanson the hero.

 

[S. H. Frog]

Now we're cooking.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Dansby Swanson just became a True Brave (TM)!

 

[LynnRice75]

This series has been phenomenal. I was least interested in it at the start of the post season, but it has been terrific to watch.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Why were they so afraid to pitch to McCann?

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Carlos hung two sliders this inning and is lucky it's only tied.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Why were they so afraid to pitch to McCann?

No idea. Maybe they were playing the career record of Swanson vs. Martinez?

 

[shawnrbu]

Pants are off.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

YES!!!!

 

[canderson]

YES!

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Adam Duvall. Mr. October!

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

This series has been phenomenal. I was least interested in it at the start of the post season, but it has been terrific to watch.

This. Yes. Amazing.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Big Papi Adam Duvall

 

[DeadlySplitter]

another slider that wasn't hung but wasn't buried either.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Acuna is a player on the short list of can't-miss his AB. Martinez apparently thinks so too.

 

[jon abbey]

Carlos Martinez is disrespecting the game with his incompetence.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

The Best Fans in Baseball(tm) are handling it with typical grace.

https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/with_replies

 

[Wallball Tingle]

It gives me great pleasure to watch the Cards choke away a home win (knock on wood).

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Carlos Martinez is disrespecting the game with his incompetence.

Its 2019. If you take exception to bat-flips and slow HR trots, you missed the part where the horses left the barn, came back, burned the door and then left again.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

The Best Fans in Baseball(tm) are handling it with typical grace.

https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/with_replies

View: https://twitter.com/jcurtii/status/1180985908272812032?s=20

 

[jon abbey]

I said it a couple of months ago, the NL bullpens are tire fires waiting to happen. I still can't believe WAS is using Daniel Hudson as a closer (and it is working so far!!).

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Well...now we have to see if Melancan, or if he's a Melancon.