With the Rays eliminated I'm not going to do daily posts of the playoffs; instead, I'll have a couple of posts for the LCSes and a few for the World Series.
October 19
NLCS Game 1
Unlike his former teammates Jack Leiter is still alive in the playoffs and pitched well today (2 runs in 6 1/3) but his bullpen blew it for him as Arizona took Game 1.
October 20
ALCS Game 1, NLCS Game 2:
The Rangers are learning that these are not the Tigers they thumped the previous 3 years, and they're getting a taste of what the Rays had to deal with as Levi Usher and Mike Harper picked up where they left off killing the Rays by going 6 for 7 with 2 RBI combined. Meanwhile, the D-backs go up 2 games behind 7 strong innings from Cayden Wallace.
October 21
ALCS Game 2:
The Rangers unload for 6 in the first inning and hold on to even up the series with Detroit.
October 22
NLCS Game 3:
Rookie sensation Chris Martin continues to sensate, going 7 3 1 1 1 7 to get the Reds back into a series the home team has to yet to win in.
October 23
ALCS Game 3, NLCS Game 4:
Nico Hoerner's RBI single in the 8th gave Texas a win at Detroit and a 2-1 lead in the ALCS as Tigers fans have to be thinking "here we go again" after 3 straight years of elimination by the Rangers. Meanwhile, the Reds took a 5-0 lead and held on for a 6-4 win in Arizona to even up their series at 2. The winning pitcher for Cincinnati was Jeff Baker, whom we traded them last season for Danny Medina, an excellent prospect who pitched well in relief in Durham and will probably be part of our 2032 staff.