***MLB Post Season***

Big inning for Scherchzer there, 3 up, 3 down. Hopefully he has settled down. Tigers can score off Tillman whose pitch count is high. 3-2 Orioles top of the 4th. Cabrera, Victor and JD Martinez up for Detroit

3-2 Baltimore end of 4th.

Tigers leave the bases loaded top of the 5th

Terrific play by Miggy at 1st base there. End of 5 still 3-2 Orioles. This match will be decided by the bull pens, which should favour Tigers as Detroit has better relief pitchers and Scherchzer still plenty of petrol in the tank. Tillman got out of jail last inning and his night is over. Baltimore in bullpen already top of the 6th.

Miggy walks. Victor on deck.

Victor strikes out.

JD strikes out.

Avilla pops out. 3-2 Orioles bottom of 6th. Scherchzer still on the mound.

Tigers dodge a bullet. Pearce hits wall and thrown out at 2nd. 3-2 Baltimore end of 6th. Orioles back to bull pen. O`Day side armer in for 7th.

Miller still pitching for Orioles.

2 down pitcher change. O`Day replaces Miller (who pitched brilliantly).

7th inning stretch. Remains 3-2 Orioles. Time running out on Tigers. Need to do something with top of order coming up in 8th. Scherchzer needs a clean 7th though.

Home Run JJ Hardy. 4-2 Orioles.

End of 7th. 4-2 Baltimore. Tigers up against it now but top of the order coming up. Big hitters need to score here.

Home Run Miggy 4-3 Orioles. Hunter previously hit into a double play which cost them big time.

4-3 bottom of 8th.

Error on routine ground ball by Romine. 5-3 Orioles.

Tigers self imploding in the 8th. 7-3 Baltimore and bases loaded with 1 out. Game over. Well played Orioles.

10-3 Orioles with 6 runs in the 8th and still going.

Final score 12-3 Orioles. Never seen anything like that before in a play off game. 8 RUNS by Baltimore in the 8th inning.

If the Angels get beat I`m packing in gambling. One shock a night is bad enough. Two would be a killer!

ffs 1-0 Kansas City middle of the 3rd. Come on Trout, Pujols and co. get to work

Home Run for Ianetta 1-1

Sacrifice Fly 2-1 KC

Home Run Friese 2-2

Aoki does it again in right field Twice in 2 innings he`s saved their bacon. They are not kidding when they say it`s a game of inches

ffs Extra Innings

I never win in extra innings

Knew it.

3-2 Kansas 11th inning. Hit the least home runs in baseball and win with the long ball. Angels had so many chances to win that game and blew it big time. Credit to Aoki on them wonderful game saving catches. 

Nice talking to you all. Who said the forum was finished?

...... nothing worse than sitting up all night for the big win and getting done by a bunch of lucky ********

..... liquidity, what liquidity?

I like those plucky Royals, cheering for them to beat LA.

I think the Angels even the series tonight however.

One has to admire their committment, they just never give up. How they beat Oakland after being 7-3 down in the 8th was totally unbelievable. Same last night, kept plugging on after Angels blew chance after chance to put them away. Aoki made 2 fantastic catches deep in right field to save their bacon. Hats off to the guy he was fantastic. Trout and Pujols were non existent last night. Problem with Royals is they usually need 2 or 3 hits in an inning to score runs, but they have a great Bull Pen and perhaps their name is on the trophy? They seem to want it more than the opposition.

Great pitching duel going on right now between Kershaw and Wainwright. Who will crack first?

Wainwright cracked first, Kershaw later followed him. This game never surprises me anymore but who in their right mind would have thought that Dodgers would surrender a 4 run lead going into the 7th with Kershaw on the mound. Cardinals scoring 8 runs in the inning. Unbelievable stuff. Anybody selling the total runs on the spread got their fingers burned there.

Kansas City do it again. This team has great spirit and one has to admire their determination. First team in MLB history to win their first 3 post season games all in extra innings.

Where is the Dodger total tonight Betfair? My Oh My!

I have spoke to betfair about the human error of the missing
Dodger game total score and yes the operator was also stunned,
but they are now well aware and have plenty of time to get
organized thanks to us customers again.
I believe it when I see it,
im going to the tab account for this one!!!

I guess even Betfair feel now the money is so sparse it just isn't worth it anymore.

Liquidity is a joke on MLB in running. Was waiting on Nats for an accy for 5k and no liquidity to lay off for something decent. Went to 18 innings and of course they got beat 2-1. 4 play off games have gone to extra innings and I`ve been beat in all 4 My mate who is a bookie says they level out. Well they don`t for me. As I said earlier in the thread, I NEVER win in extra innings, which imo is a bit of a Lottery.

Years ago, there was some good Forum interchange on MLB games, now one ends up talking to oneself, which is the first sign of insanity

Where have all the knowledgeable good guys gone, particularly tai who knew his stuff? Even my learned friend Orioles has disappeared and his team has a big shot at the lot.

The host has done it in. Many early players made $250 K over the years here and are done. The biggest forum participants were those who saw $ for their efforts. Hard to make a go or tip a team on these markets. There was some good advertising(yesteryear) by regulars who got casuals to wager through forum banter. Maybe it was destined to die and the corporation is doing what it can to prosper. However make no mistake, things will never come back here like before.

Back to the game. Has anyone got a feed for the SF Wash? Can't believe no TV here.

Interesting matchup tonight with Lackey vs Ryu

With Kershaw on the mound against Miller and Gonzalez up against Vogelsong, one would think that Dodgers and Nationals were certainties. Just under 2/1 for the double. But as we all know, it just takes either Kershaw or Gonzalez to be OFF with their pitching and one is truly ******. Funny old game at times but this looks money for old rope.

TMM you would think but Kershaw got hammered last time out, throwing over 100 pitches in a stress filled outing. It was very out of character but maybe he is feeling the effects of a long season. Coming back here on short rest i cant see him going more than 6 innings then handing it over to the disasterous dodgers bullpen that keeps on giving. The Cards have a great post season pedigree and i think they have a great chance to win, can see them getting to Kershaw and then hammering the bullpen.. Miller is reasonably solid for the Cards but no surprise to see the Dodgers score runs either. 6.5 total runs seems very low given what i have said above.
Cards to win 1pt
Over 6.5 runs 3pts

Good logical post wallace. Small loss overall for you. Big loss for me. Good to see other good opinions on these games like the old days. Well done on the outright pick. You should post more often mate.

Kershaw pitched brilliantly but once again tried to do too much. Would have been more sensible going to the bull pen in the 7th, but like you said, they have been dodgy and Mattingly made a big mistake. If they had, they would have won 2-0 given the way Baez pitched. As I said earlier, a game of inches. Gordon misses catch by inch to his right, next one goes half an inch over the glove of Ramirez and then big "fatty" Adams hits a 3 run homer over the wall by an inch. It`s all down to luck at the end of the day. When ones luck is out, like mine has been all week, one has no chance. If I had bet Cardinals, there is no way Adams would have hit that 3 run shot.

I`ve now switched to Giants. Why? Because I fancy the Nationals and my luck is out.

Incredible stuff, wild pitch on an intentional ball, Posey thrown out at home.

Giants are through.

A lot of hugs, high fives & manly hand-shakes taking place on the field.

WS will be recent be a recent winner vs a drought breaker regardless of LDS results

KC are playing like a team possessed. Orioles have the long ball. St Louis know how to win. Giants are always dangerous. Roll up, roll up and take your pick.

Home advantage seems to be overrated by the oddsmakers, particularly in the Postseason. Often when home teams play in front of manic full houses in playoffs as opposed to half empty morgues during regular season I would imagine it can put more pressure on the home team and be a hindrance. With this in mind no reason why Shields cant beat Tillman.

In terms of overall winner very hard to call..