I'm a day late starting this, but it could be good. Please use this thread to discuss the 2024 MLB playoffs, excluding playoff games involving the Phillies, which will be discussed in the Phillies thread.
Met - Brewers, game 2, is pretty good. The Brew Crew jus tried it up, 3-3, in the bottom of the 8th. The Mets lead the series, 1-0, so Milwaukee has to win this game or their postseason is done.
The Mets go 1-2-3 in the top of the 9th, so the Brewers win 5-3. As a result, the series is going to a 3rd game, which will be played on Thursday (10/3).
The scheduling for these playoffs is a disaster. The Yankees after waiting around for 6 days, will play Saturday, off day Sunday, play Monday, off day Tuesday.
There have only been two game 3's out of 12 series played, and the Mets have been involved in both.
Pete Alonso's go-ahead, three-run homer off closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning lifted the Mets past the Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night to win their NL Wild Card Series.
Slugger Shohei Ohtani erased a 3-0 deficit for the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLDS against the Padres with a three-run homer off starter Dylan Cease, and Ohtani's club eventually hung on to register a 7-5 victory.
The Guardians made sure they didn't "just go through the motions" during their five-day layoff, and it showed as they scored five in the first inning and beat the Tigers 7-0 in Game 1.
I know I haven’t paid attention to all rules changes, is there no more required running in the baseline?
In the 1st inning of the LA-SD game, Freeman fields a grounder and tries to throw to 2nd for a force out. Machado clearly runs onto the green grass part of the infield and the ball deflects off him into LF. Floodgates open and SD scores 6 runs.