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Aug 29, 2011
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The Astros played much better D, and had much better clutch hitting. Pitching didn’t kill the Dodgers. Their bats and gloves killed them.

Over 7 games it was very even

Astros .230/.297/.467 34 R, 15 HR
Dodgers .205/.290/.393 34R, 10 HR

Astros allowed 1 unearned run, Dodgers allowed 2.

The Dodgers won G 1, 4, 6 somewhat "comfortably" The Astros won games 3 & 7 somewhat "comfortably".

The difference in the series was the crazy games 2 & 5 both went to the Astros. The late HR barage against the Dodger BP in game 2. and the 13-12 game started by staff aces Kershaw and Keuchel where Kuechel got smacked around and Kershaw was unable to hold leads of 4-0 and 7-4.
 
Aug 29, 2011
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Darvish was never on the entire series. I would have started with Wood, Kershaw,then Jansen.

The flip side is if the best started in baseball can hold a lead of 4-0 or 7-4 there never is a game 7 or the best closer in baseball doesn't blow the save in G2 there is not game 7.
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Madison, WI
Over 7 games it was very even

Astros .230/.297/.467 34 R, 15 HR
Dodgers .205/.290/.393 34R, 10 HR

Astros allowed 1 unearned run, Dodgers allowed 2.

The Dodgers won G 1, 4, 6 somewhat "comfortably" The Astros won games 3 & 7 somewhat "comfortably".

The difference in the series was the crazy games 2 & 5 both went to the Astros. The late HR barage against the Dodger BP in game 2. and the 13-12 game started by staff aces Kershaw and Keuchel where Kuechel got smacked around and Kershaw was unable to hold leads of 4-0 and 7-4.

While you make excellent points in this (and the next) post, I was referring to the defensive play in Game 7.

Astros were up 5-0 after 2.

Let's just change a few plays in those two innings.

Change the error in the 1st inning by the Dodgers to an out.
Change the location a few mm on one pitch by Darvish, and it's a long fly out instead of a 2 run HR.
Change the fantastic rally-killing play by the Astros 3B to just missing the ball.

Then, you have a close game, maybe a tie game, after 2. Anything can happen.

As far as whether to start Dravish or Kershaw. As you mentioned, if Kershaw had pitched better earlier in the series, there would be no Game 7.
 
May 24, 2013
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So Cal
While you make excellent points in this (and the next) post, I was referring to the defensive play in Game 7.

Astros were up 5-0 after 2.

Let's just change a few plays in those two innings.

Change the error in the 1st inning by the Dodgers to an out.
Change the location a few mm on one pitch by Darvish, and it's a long fly out instead of a 2 run HR.
Change the fantastic rally-killing play by the Astros 3B to just missing the ball.

Then, you have a close game, maybe a tie game, after 2. Anything can happen.

As far as whether to start Dravish or Kershaw. As you mentioned, if Kershaw had pitched better earlier in the series, there would be no Game 7.

Let's also not forget about Morrow's 6-pitch, 4-run disaster in Game 5...

...or Bellinger's series K record.

...or Turner's lack of hitting.

There's a lot of factors that went into the result. The bottom line is that the Astros played better baseball for 4 of those 7 games.
 
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Aug 26, 2011
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Houston, Texas
Yeah yeah yeah - got all that, but there's no smack talk about the umps strike zones?! LOL! They were ridiculous, and these guys are supposed to be the best of the best, too, right? I get the marginal balls/strikes called, but there were some very obvious inside/outside zone calls that should have been the other way.

But yeah, bottom line - Astros were in the zone, and seized opportunities where given (mostly). Dodgers got runners on base but could not bring them home...stats show they had 25 LOB!! Whereas, Astros had 11 LOB.

So happy for my team though - go Astros!!!!
 

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