chw42

They finally figured out how to run outside zone. I think not having Braxton with his bad leg on the left side helps the run game as well. Benedet isn't great but he has good enough mobility to pull on some of the outside runs. I really expected Caleb to play a lot better since we finally got the run game going, but I thought he played pretty poorly tonight for most of the game. A lot of his yards came on screens and short passes where it was really scheme and the receives doing most of the work. Poor accuracy on a lot of his throws. A couple of terrible decisions that probably should have resulted in picks where he didn't bother to read the defender post snap. But when the team needed it he converted a big 3rd and 5 and led a game winning drive. I don't remember the last time this team won 2 close games in a row and did pretty much everything right down the stretch. 2018? I don't know if it's sustainable, but Ben Johnson has the team executing in high leverage situations and that's a huge improvement on the trainwreck that was Eberflus.

Toronto is lucky that it's a 7 game series. These 2 games were supposed to be tough for Seattle because their pitching was so spent. Now they get an off-day to recharge and will be pitching their best starters in Seattle while up 2-0. It's a very tough task ahead for the Jays.

Mariners jump on Yesavage.

I did read that they were retaining him and Preller last week.

Shildt is stepping down

Miller holding that lineup to 1 run for 6 innings absolutely saved this game for Seattle.

Old Seattle vs. Current Seattle

Cubs fans who are also Bears fans must really hate Wisconsin. The Bears are at least on an even playing field financially with the Packers. The Cubs spend more than the Brewers and they still can't beat them.

If today's Illini game is any indication, Indiana is better than Ohio State.

I see people on Reddit shitting on the Sox for this trade and some Sox fans regretting it. Hell no lol. Vaughn was never going to amount to s%*# on the Sox. Having him sink the Cubs was probably the best outcome from this trade aside from Civale becoming good again (never was happening).

We really helped sink the Cubs with the Vaughn trade. It cost them the division and he homered twice in the NLDS.

If they don't score early, they ain't scoring

No more hate watching for me the rest of the season. Yay

Both of these managers trying to play 4D chess on who their starters are this series.

Polanco won them both of the Skubal starts too.

What is it about the Mariners and really long low scoring playoff games? Glad they won, but who the hell are they going to pitch on Sunday?

That's Bulls announcer Adam Amin

This game is going 18 isn't it?

He should have walked. That 4th pitch was almost in the same spot as a pitch he called a ball earlier in the AB.

Umpire screwed the M's.

Hard to believe they took him out at 99 pitches. He must have emptied the tank to get the top of the lineup out in the 6th.

It's questionable even if Spier got out of it. I don't think anyone would have blamed him if he didn't pull Kirby and he allowed a homer to Carpenter.

That was just as bad as Cash pulling Snell in 2020

Skubal at 85 pitches. Think he probably goes another 2 innings at least.

Naylor is so good at stealing third despite being slow.