The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants seem to have played countless unforgettable games over the decades, whether in the intercity era of Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan, or the interstate of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some are for the right reasons (Bobby Thomson’s “Hear “Around the World”“), some not so much (Juan Marichar mistook John Rosboro’s head for baseball). Then came last night’s game. The Giants won 3-2 in the eleventh game. When… well, we will be there soon.
Some background. Both teams participated in the game, which was the first of a three-game series held in San Francisco, tied for the best record in the National League Western Conference and the best record in baseball. It’s not surprising that the Dodgers are in this position.They are the defending World Series champions, full of superstars, and are willing to spend a lot of money for the same thing, with a team that surpasses all baseball Over 267 million U.S. dollars in salary.
The Giants are the biggest surprise in all baseball circles.It is considered to be in a strict reconstruction mode. Most of the team’s veteran combinations are considered to have passed their peak period, some young players are rising, and various melees from one team to another make most of them Surprisingly continue to win baseball Second best defense (The Dodgers are number one) and a slightly above average offense.
In the past few games, the Giants have been staggering, losing to Atlanta’s Warriors by two-thirds, and then going home to the Milwaukee Brewers by three-quarters. Meanwhile, the Dodgers have been in tears, winning seven of the past nine games. In this way, the stage is set up.
Before the game began, when the Dodgers announced the starting pitcher, the first sign was that things were going to be abnormal. David Price was scratched The sore elbow is enough to prevent him from starting the game… but not enough to prevent him from pitching when needed.
Therefore, Los Angeles adopted the committee method and gradually emptied its bullpen. One by one, pitchers trot to the mound to shoot one or two innings. Or less. This method worked to a large extent. San Francisco completed a run on the walk and several singles in the third inning. At the same time, Giants starter Anthony Desclafani put the Dodgers in trouble, did not run in his six innings and only allowed two hits.
At the top of the ninth inning, the Giants brought in pitcher Jack McGee to try to end the game. He didn’t. Justin Turner (Justin Turner) singles, then Corey Seager (Corey Seager) doubles, the second and third place players were eliminated. At this moment, the weirdness began.
Will Smith hit the horizon of Giants second baseman Terro Estrada. Turner broke the plate and Sig was third. Estrada threw the ball to the Giants catcher Buster Posey. Posey chased Turner back to third place, but never labelled him before he reached third…Sig was already there. Break the rule book. Since Turner started the game in the third quarter, he was entitled to the bag and Sig was out. In any case, the next batsman (Chris Taylor) played alone, Turner scored and the game was tied. So it still exists and enters additional rounds.
Given that the 2021 baseball game follows last year’s “Let’s End It All” rule, the tenth place leader is Albert Pujols (Albert Pujols) in second place. The first batter is in the relatively deep center. To everyone’s surprise, Pujols finished third… and succeeded.
The Dodgers head coach Dave Roberts decided to let Walker Buehler (Walker Buehler) as a substitute for the first base Pujols (Pujols), this move is likely to let him in later games Pay the price. This seemed to be the right move at the time, because the next batter hit the sacrifice fly and scored for Buehler. 2-1 Dodgers.
The tenth bottom. As the Dodgers emptied their bench, starting receiver Will Smith moved to first place. This is not his strong suit.
Back to the game. With the start of Posey in the second game, Brandon Crawford thought the game was not strange enough and singled out, scoring a goal for the legendary speed player Posey. (The last sentence may be a bit funny.) The game is tied. again.
To the eleventh. After the Dodgers failed to score, the Giants started part of their game. They walked several times, once unintentionally and once intentionally, to put the base into the base. Alex Dickerson then played a force at home. The base is still loaded, two outs, Posey batsman.
Dodgers pitcher Jaring Garcia induced Posey to hit Los Angeles second baseman Treitner’s regular grounding. Turner then inexplicably threw a high ball at Smith. Recalling the previous comments about Smith-he is not an experienced first baseman-replaced the two-time Golden Glove winner Puyols. Between the throw and Smith’s inability to drag his feet through the bag correctly, Posey was safe. Turner made a mistake, Brandon made a cross with the ball, a lengthy replay, and the game ended. The Giants won 3-2 and regained a game lead in the division.
The weird situation resumed this afternoon, and the Giants are likely to repeat the committee’s routine pitch, facing 15-3 Jose Urias.
