Front Row Seat: Blue Jays tie World Series at 2-2
We have ourselves a competitive World Series!
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Momentum Is a Construct: Blue Jays Even World Series at 2-2 - FanGraphs
After the prolonged weirdness of Game 3, Game 4 looked much more familiar. The starters struggled a bit early, then settled down. One team asked a little too much of its starter, then paid the price for bringing in the wrong reliever. You know, like a baseball game. The momentum certainly looked to belong to the Dodgers. They were at home, they’d won two in a row, and they had Ohtani lined up to pitch coming off some of the best performances of his unbelievable career. After a swing during Game 3 resulted in an injury that walks like an oblique strain and talks like an oblique strain and is currently being referred to as right side discomfort, the Blue Jays were without George Springer, both their leadoff man and their best hitter during the regular season. They had taxed their bullpen more thoroughly on Monday, and they had endured the psychic toll of losing that 18-inning marathon. Luckily for the Blue Jays, momentum is mostly a construct.
They Can’t All Be The Most Memorable World Series Game Ever - Defector
For every historic Game 3 in the World Series, there is a Game 4, where everything unfolds about as you might expect. Shohei Ohtani, the batter, does not reach base nine times; Shohei Ohtani, the pitcher, does not throw six shut-out innings and also hit three homers. The game lasts nine innings with a respectable, series-leveling 6-2 scoreline, instead of 18 innings with a walk-off home run. The nerve!
