Not a great start to the series. I know we're better than this. Let's tie this series tomorrow and give the crowd something to really cheer for in Game 3.
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I had reservations with Lynn starting game #1 based on his history with the Astros, they own him.
TLR thought otherwise and it didn't work out.
McCullers could tell the Sox hitters what he was throwing today and it wouldn't have mattered... like the Astros own Lynn, he owns the Sox.
Now 0-5 in Houston this year. 10-20 this season on the road against teams with winning records.
For all intents and purposes Friday's game is a "must win". The difference between being down 0-2 in a best of five and splitting the first two on the road, heading home is like night and day.
Lot of pressure on Giolito tomorrow afternoon.
We'll see.Last edited by Lipman 1; 10-07-2021, 11:14 PM.
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If they are still playing here are the start times for game #4 and #5:
Major League Baseball announced start times for Games 4 and 5 (if necessary) of the White Sox’ Astros best of five American League Division Series against the Astros, assigning a 2:37 p.m. start for a Game 4 Monday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Game 5 next Wednesday would be a late one, starting at 8:07 p.m. in Houston.
I assume those are Chicago times.
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Some thoughts:
-Today's pitching matchup favored the Astros based on our history against McCullers and their history against Lynn. Tomorrow's matchup favors us. Houston struggles against Giolito. Valdez doesn't miss as many bats as McCullers. Got to take care of business though.
-Houston's bullpen is vulnerable. Something to watch the rest of this series. Nothing is overwhelming coming to face our hitters late in the game from what I saw.
-Engel hasn't quite looked right offensively since coming back. Thought it was a curious decision to start him against a filthy right hander.
-Sox hitters seemed to barrel everything right into the defense today while Houston found grass on seemingly everything. One of those days.
-This team has proven to shake off bad losses all year. Need that to continue tomorrow.
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On the bright side, other than the HR given up by Lopez (his only hit allowed in two innings) and Crochet scattering a few singles, the bullpen was pretty solid this afternoon, and we've used none of Kopech, Tepera, Kimbrel, or Hendriks.
Last postseason started with a dominant Sox win, and ended rather badly; I'm all for trying something different this year - so far, so good!My man Vincent says:
"Gogh Gogh White Sox!"
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Threw the wrong pitcher on the wrong day against the wrong team. The pessimistic part of me was saying, "Well, they weren't going to beat McCullers, so why not waste Lynn here?"
Got to hope Gio is on tomorrow. I think if this goes 5, he gets the start on Wednesday.I want my $2
I wasn't in the last can. I was in the first can. You started at the wrong end. - Tosh
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there. - GH 1943-2001
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I'm fine with starting Lynn today. Why start who is your best guy against them (Giolito) with their untouchable hurler going? That would run a high risk of wasting a Giolito start with a 1-0 loss and then Linn goes tomorrow to lost 2-0?? This way, Giolito is up against someone we have a better chance of getting on base against and scoring.
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