![]() ![]() … But I think overall, it was actually really easy. “It’s different in the sense of, it’s one-game-there’s no guarantee for the next day,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of the wild-card game. The Dodgers lost Game 7 of the 2017 World Series to the Houston Astros and won three elimination games against the Atlanta Braves in last October’s NL Championship Series before beating Tampa Bay in a six-game World Series. If I were king for the day, I would probably prefer it to be a three-game series, but it’s a one-gamer and we’re excited and glad to be here.” It’s like a Game 5 or a Game 7, so view it as such. “Yeah, you know, we play with what we have,” Shildt said. The sport reverted back to its 10-team playoff format this season, with the three division winners from each league advancing to the division series and two wild-card teams playing a win-or-go-home game to advance.īaseball’s collective bargaining agreement expires this winter, and owners are expected to seek expanded playoffs in negotiations for a new deal.Ĭardinals manager Mike Shildt, whose team won 16 fewer games than the Dodgers, was asked what he would do if he were baseball commissioner. If it doesn’t, that’s fine, too.”īaseball expanded the playoffs in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when 16 teams-eight from each league-reached the post-season, with teams opening with a best-of-three wild-card round before advancing to the best-of-five division series and best-of-seven championship series and World Series. We’ll see how the format changes or if it does. There’s going to be a lot of great seasons that teams don’t make the playoffs in or are put in this spot. ![]() “We’ll just kind of see what happens going forward. “It’s a whole ordeal in itself, but I can’t change it right now,” Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts said. Louis Cardinals were in the mood to lament their lot before Wednesday night’s game. The playoff format did no favors this season for the Dodgers, who finished with the second-best record in baseball and tied a franchise record with 106 wins but were relegated to a single-elimination wild-card game because they finished one game behind the 107-win San Francisco Giants in the National League West.īut as Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer said on Tuesday, “There is no crying in baseball-we’re in second place we’re in the wild-card game,” and neither the Dodgers nor St. ![]() ![]() Scherzer’s final line: 4 1/3 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts. The move, however, worked out, with reliever Joe Kelly escaping the jam by inducing a grounder from Nolan Arenado and striking out Dylan Carlson.įrom the dugout, Scherzer celebrated the inning-ending whiff with an emphatic slap of the top rail. Scherzer, who had completed at least five inning in 15 straight playoff starts entering the night, didn’t look pleased when Roberts emerged from the dugout to remove him from the game, shaking Roberts’ hand when it looked like the manager was asking for the ball. Scherzer struck out Tyler O’Neill in the next at-bat, but, with his pitch count at 94, manager Dave Roberts decided to turn to the bullpen. Max Scherzer made his shortest postseason start since 2011, exiting the wild card game after only 4 1/3 innings.Īfter laboring early, Scherzer finally seemed to find the feel for his slider over the final couple innings, retiring six of seven batters during the third and fourth innings.īut then Tommy Edman hit a flare single to leadoff the fifth and Paul Goldschmidt worked a walk in the next at-bat, with Scherzer missing the zone with his fastball three times. ![]()
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