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This one is going to be a fooler. Most are expecting a pitchers duel but like Game 7 of the 1967 World Series, the anticipated pitching duel will fail to materialize.
This one is going to be around a 6-5 final, one way or the other. Don’t expect it to be 1-1 in the 7th.
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Whip out your checkbooks, gang! It’s not all that often when Rat makes such a bold IN YOUR FACE prediction. My bookie has the over/under for this game at 6.5 and Rat has it at 11….at the very least. Bet the ranch and all of the cows and horses in it on the over….you will not be sorry. Not only is Rat staking his reputation on it, but so is yours truly. I’m calling this one 10-6 Cards with Jose finding the cheap seats with 2 mates aboard.
#Nats vs Cardinals RHP Flaherty (1:05/MASN) … pic.twitter.com/tMXyKeP6Zh
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) September 3, 2018
Today's #STLCards lineup (9/3):
Carpenter 3B
Muñoz RF
Adams 1B
Ozuna LF
DeJong SS
Garcia 2B
Bader CF
Peña C
Flaherty SP— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) September 3, 2018
Better be a pinch hit homer, Pugs… because neither Jose (Martinez or Garcia) are starting.
Still not sure what Garcia has done to deserve a starting spot. I know they like him but he’s a goner after this year, IMO.
Check that as I just glimpsed the lineup. Take Jose off the home run board and please insert his replacement, Big City, as the player delivering the 3 run blow vs the Nats.
I see our future right fielder is playing center for the Nats today. That’s still such a good lineup, even with the trades. Seems impossible that they could have had such a bad season.
Pugs & Rats, hope you’re right, but….Scherzer against a heart of the order of Adams, Ozuna, and DeJong….that trio’s average OPS was .647 in August….followed up by Garcia….and Pena’s bat in the lineup instead of Yadi’s? Seems like a no-hitter is more likely. Recent injuries are hard to overcome.
Now that I’ve said that, hopefully things will get silly and the Cards do end up with 10 runs today. They did bomb Kluber earlier this year when things weren’t going so well.
Rats, you’re bringing back memories about the ‘67 Series! Game 7 wasn’t a classic pitching duel, but Gibson and Lonborg still made for a great game. Lonborg was working on 2 days rest and gave up 7 runs in 6 innings. Gibson, of course, only gave up 2 in a complete game. Neither Scherzer nor Flaherty are dominant in the way Gibson was, so today could likely see it’s fair share of runs. At any rate, today is a good test of our readiness for the post season.
He must of caught it from DeJong or Fowler, NJ. I heard there’s next to no cure. Let’s hope this isn’t the case for our SS. Ozuna is terminal I do believe.
Flaherty has given up just 1 run after 4 innings. Unfortunately, he will not go deep due to pitch count (75). Maybe just one more inning, so pen will need to be good.
So stikeoutitis is a contagious, infectious disease? I hear the viral load gets really high when Scherzer shows up. Gotta be careful who you play with.
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