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It should be a great series, and I expect what inevitably occurs. Not a star rising that is the difference, but rather a lower part of the order difference maker.
I still go to the 5th inning G5 Nats-LA as what allowed Rendon, Soto, & Kendrick to shine. Suzuki & Taylor walk/single lets Stras stay plus burns 11 pitches from Buehler. Notice he threw 117 in 6 and 2/3. I would expect 117 to get an ace into the 8th in the post season. Too few aces are wiling to pitch to contact, get 3 pitch abs, from lower part of order today! Be cerebral, out there.
7express said in WC game, had Mets played Nats, JD beats them. Efficiency of pitches is why. Its what I call the "game within the game". Not WAR. Bullets. If your starters shine, they are precious.
So, I will NOT predict, but if I knew the bullets used by the "also rans" (and btw Zim's broken bat single early in series burned MANY and had me applauding veteran savvy!!), I think I'd know who would win.
The non Rendon's, Goldschmidt's, etc can assist greatly by beings savvy, burning bullets of starters. Wear the opponent down. Advance runners on productive outs, if you can't get on.
Anibal Sanchez was superb, taking a no hitter into the 8th inning. So far, through his 2 playoff starts he's allowed 1 run on 5 hits with 14 strikeouts, 2 walks (2 hit batters) in 12 2/3 innings. If you get that output from your #1 starter you are in pretty good shape (but would probably want a couple more innings though) and just to remind you Sanchez is a #4 starter. And gave the bullpen a blow with Doolittle retiring the final 4 Cards batters after Sanchez allowed the 2 out single in the 8th. Still way to many LOB's as they left the bases loaded twice and had like 10 times as many hits as the Cardinals did yet only plated 2 runs, so that's going to have to be an area of improvement as the series rolls along, but they did what they had to do which was win one game in St. Louis.
Game 2 starts in a little over 2 hours: Max Scherzer for the Nats against Adam Wainwright for the Cards.
Washington. First in war. First in peace. Last in the American League East. Not any more. SWEEP! Bravo to the Nats!
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