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  • Tarheels153369
    Rookie
    • Sep 2004
    • 165

    #1231
    Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

    Sorry this has probably been answered before but is it possible to start a franchise with setting that resemble the shortened season this year? E.g. less games, expanded playoffs, expanded roster, runner on 2B in extra innings, etc.

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    • jmcole33
      Pro
      • Jul 2014
      • 666

      #1232
      Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

      The Amazins

      Mets Take 2 of 3 From Nats
      May 8, 2024

      The NL East leading Mets traveled to Washington for a weekend series and took two out of three, winning the series finale in dramatic fashion. After the Mets shutout the Nats in Game 1 and the Nats returned the favor in Game 2, Game 3 had far more action.

      The Mets jumped out to a 6-2 in the 7th inning thanks in part to a pair of 2-run home runs by utility infielder Walter Sato and backup catcher Luke Wray. LHP Sean Machado, who has been impressive in both the rotation and bullpen so far this year, entered in the bottom of the inning and gave up 3 runs.

      Regardless, the Mets held a 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th with LHP Dan Shoemaker taking the bump. The first batter he saw, Nationals CF DJ Davis, would take a 1-0 curveball and park it in the upper deck in right field.

      Fortunately, the Mets would prevail in extras. Michael Conforto led off the 12th with a triple, and Eloy Jimenez drove him in a couple of batters later. RHP Steve Roy would pitch two innings and get his first career save.

      It was a roller coaster ride of a game, one the Mets thought they had before the Nationals stormed back. Luckily, they were able to hold on or the feelings about the weekend would be far different.

      The Mets (26-15) head to Pittsburgh to take on the last place Pirates (17-23) before a day off on Thursday.

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      • jmcole33
        Pro
        • Jul 2014
        • 666

        #1233
        Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

        The Amazins

        #5 Prospect Quevedo Breaks Hand, Out several Months
        May 9, 2024

        Mets #5 Prospect OF Alexis Quevedo broke his hand after being hit by a pitch this afternoon. He'll be placed on the 60-Day IL with hopes of being available for the last month of the season.

        Quevedo is currently in Binghamton with the AA team and batting .242 with 2 HR, 10 RBI, and 6 steals. The 2021 first round pick is just 21 years old and is a couple of years away from the big league club, but when he gets here he's expected to be an all-star level corner outfielder.

        The Mets have no plans of rushing Quevedo, as their outfield is already occupied by the likes of Michael Conforto, Eloy Jimenez, and Braxton Davidson - arguably the best outfield in the majors. Ideally, the youngster is ready when the trio's contracts start to come up for renewal.
        Last edited by jmcole33; 07-31-2020, 05:09 PM.

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        • countryboy
          Growing pains
          • Sep 2003
          • 52762

          #1234
          Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

          Originally posted by Tarheels153369
          Sorry this has probably been answered before but is it possible to start a franchise with setting that resemble the shortened season this year? E.g. less games, expanded playoffs, expanded roster, runner on 2B in extra innings, etc.


          No


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          • TNKNGM
            All Star
            • Mar 2005
            • 6784

            #1235
            Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

            The Red Sox win Game 4 of the ALCS 10-3 to push the Yankees to the brink and New York suffered a devastating injury as Aaron Judge suffered a fractured forearm sliding into third base and his season is over

            TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
            American League Championship Series - Game #4 (Boston leads series 2-1)

            Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
            Pitching Matchup - Martin Perez vs Jordan Montgomery



            The Red Sox and Yankees prepare to play Game 4 of the ALCS coming off an epic Game 12 inning battle in Game 3 where the Yankees won on a walk off HR by Gleyber Torres. Martin Perez takes the mound for Boston in a pivotal Game 4 against Jordan Montgomery as the Yankees look to even the series at 2-2 and the Red Sox look to push the Yankees to the brink and take a 3-1 series lead

            The Red Sox got off to quick start in the top of the 1st inning as Benintendi walked to lead off the game and came in to score when JD Martinez ripped a ground ball past Urshela down the 3rd base line for a RBI double to give Boston a 1-0 lead. Martin Perez retired the Yankees in order bottom of the 1st and Boston had a 1-0 lead after 1 inning. The Red Sox would add to the lead in the top of the 2nd when Alex Verdugo doubled and Kevin Pillar would drive him in with a RBI single up the middle to make it 2-0. The Yankees would threaten after a lead off double by Giancarlo Stanton in the bottom of the 2nd but Perez would get Luke Voit to pop out to end the inning and we would move to the 3rd inning with Boston leading 2-0. The Yankees got a 1 out double from Miguel Andujar in the bottom of the 3rd but Perez would come back to get LeMahieu to pop up and struck out Aaron Judge on a changeup away to end the threat and send the game to the 4th inning with Boston leading 2-0. The Red Sox were threatening in the top of the 4th when Xander Bogaerts came to the plate with two men on and 2 outs and he would jump a first pitch fastball from Montgomery and hammer it high and deep to LF for a 3-run HR to blow the game open and extend the Red Sox lead to 5-0. Luis Cessa replaced Montgomery on the mound to begin the top of the 5th and would get out of a jam when he struck out Pillar with two men on to end the top half of the 5th and Perez would retire the Yankees in order in the bottom of the 5th sending the game to the 6th inning with Boston leading 5-0. The Red Sox continued to pour it on in the top of the 6th when Devers would double with 1 out before three consecutive RBI doubles from Bogaerts, Martinez and Moreland would increase the Sox lead to 8-0. Christian Vazquez would knock in Moreland with a RBI single to make it 9-0. The Yankees would get on the board in the bottom of the 6th as Andujar and LeMahieu started the inning with back to back singles and Aaron Judge would hit a ball in the gap to drive in two runs with a RBI double to make it 9-2. The Yankees would catch an awful break as Gleyber Torres flew out to deep CF and Judge tagged and advanced to 3rd base but was injured on the slide and had to leave the game as Tyler Wade replaced Judge. Giancarlo Stanton would knock Wade in with a RBI single to LF cutting the deficit to 9-3. Perez would limit the damage as he would get Gary Sanchez to bounce into a 6-4-3 inning ending double play and the game would move to the 7th inning with Boston leading 9-3. Tyler Lyons worked a scoreless top of the 7th for New York and Perez would retire Gardner to begin the bottom of the 7th before turning it over to Heath Hembree who got the final two outs to send the game to the 8th inning with the score 9-3. Chad Green and Hembre pitched scoreless frames in the 8th inning to and we would go to the 9th inning with the Red Sox leading 9-3. Zach Britton came on to pitch the top of the 9th and Xander Bogaerts who was a triple shy of the cycle would come to the plate with two men on and two outs would foul off several two strike pitches before lining a RBI single into CF on the 9th pitch of the at bat to add an insurance run making it 10-3. Ryan Brasier pitched a scoreless bottom of the 9th and the Red Sox take a commanding 3-1 series lead after a 10-3 drubbing of the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS

            * The Red Sox offense pounded out 10 runs on 18 hits led by Xander Bogaerts and JD Martinez who combined to go 7 for 12 with 7 RBI while Martin Perez pitched well and the Red Sox would win game 4 by a score of 10-3

            * Martin Perez pitched 6.1 solid innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 7 Ks to earn the win in his first postseason start as a Red Sox

            * Jordan Montgomery got tagged for 5 runs on 8 hits in 4.0 innings with 2 walks and no Ks as he was tagged with the loss

            * Xander Bogaerts had a monster game finishing a triple shy of the cycle as he goes 4 for 6 with 2 singles, 1 double, 1 HR & 5 RBI. Bogaerts is the favorite for ALCS MVP as he has 3 HR and 10 RBI in the series

            * JD Martinez went 3 for 6 with 2 doubles & 2 RBI as he is hitting .400 in the postseaosn

            * Michael Chavis went 2 for 4 with a triple as he continues to have a strong postseason and is hitting .423

            * Giancarlo Stanton went 3 for 4 with a double & 1 RBI as he is hitting .333 in the postseason

            * Aaron Judge was having a tough postseason hitting just .156 and knocked in 2 RBI with a double but was injured sliding into 3rd base. The Yankees caught a devastating break as Judge suffered a fractured forearm and is finished for the season

            * The Yankees will add Aaron Hicks to the lineup to take Judge place in RF

            * The Red Sox take a commanding 3-1 series lead in the ALCS and find themselves one win away from a trip to the World Series while the Yankees find themselves on the brink of elimination and with their backs against the wall as the teams prepare for game 5 tomorrow night at Yankees Stadium. Game 5 will feature a rematch of the game 1 pitching matchup as Boston will send Chris Sale to the mound looking to punch the Red Sox ticket to the World Series while the Yankees will turn to Gerrit Cole who will try to keep the Yankees season alive and send the series back to Boston

            HIGHLIGHT
            Xander Bogaerts blows the game open with a 3-run HR in the 4th inning

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            <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Oct 14, 2020</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (3-1)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (1-3)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right" class="active"></td><td align="right"></td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Martin Perez (1-0) <b>L:</b> Jordan Montgomery (0-1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez doubled to LF (Benintendi scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Kevin Pillar singled to CF (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts 3-run HR to LF (Verdugo & Devers score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts doubled to LF (Devers scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez doubled to CF (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Mitch Moreland doubled to RF (Martinez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Christian Vazquez singled to CF (Moreland scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">9</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Aaron Judge doubled to LF (Andujar & LeMahieu score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">9</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Giancarlo Stanton singled to LF (Wade scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">9</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts singled to CF (Benintendi scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">10</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.194</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.355</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.400</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.321</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.423</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.192</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pillar, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.300</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Martinez 2 (4), Moreland 2 (2), Devers (5), Bogaerts (2), Pillar (1), Verdugo (2)<br /><b>3B:</b> Chavis (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Bogaerts (4)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Bogaerts 5 (12), Martinez 2 (5), Moreland (5), Vazquez (2), Pillar (1)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Benintendi</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LeMahieu, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.194</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Judge, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.156</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Wade, PR-RF</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.056</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Torres, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Stanton, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sanchez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.194</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gardner, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.296</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Voit, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.240</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Urshela, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.379</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andujar, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Andujar (1), Judge (1), Stanton (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Judge 2 (4), Stanton (4)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Sanchez</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Martin Perez (W, 1-0)</td><td align="right">6.1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Heath Hembree</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ryan Brasier</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.42</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Perez - 89 Pitches / 67% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jordan Montgomery (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">4.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">11.25</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Luis Cessa</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">13.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tyler Lyons</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">9.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chad Green </td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Zach Britton</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">9.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tommy Kahnle</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Montgomery - 74 Pitches / 64% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>

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            • TNKNGM
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              Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

              The Red Sox are off to the World Series!!!

              TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
              American League Championship Series - Game #5 (Boston leads series 3-1)

              Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees
              Pitching Matchup - Chris Sale vs Gerrit Cole



              The Red Sox and Yankees prepare to play Game 5 of the ALCS with the Red Sox leading the series 3-1 and trying to advance to the World Series. Chris Sale takes the mound for Boston against Gerrit Cole in a battle of the aces as the Yankees look to stay alive and send the series back to Boston for Game 6 at Fenway Park

              The Red Sox would get to Gerrit Cole in the top of the 1st inning as they had two men on with 2 outs and Mitch Moreland would get a 97 mph fastball with a full count and Moreland launched a towering fly ball into the second deck in RF for a 3-run HR to give Boston the early 3-0 lead. Chris Sale was sharp in his first two innings of work and the game would head to the 3rd inning with Boston leading 3-0. Xander Bogaerts incredible ALCS continued in the top of the 3rd when Cole hung a curveball and Bogaerts absolutely crushed it 447 feet into the second deck in LF to extend the Sox lead to 4-0. The Red Sox would add to the lead in the top of the 4th when Alex Verdugo tripled with 1 out and came in to score on a RBI ground out by Kevin Pillar to make it 5-0. Andrew Benintendi would double with 2 outs in the inning and Aaron Boone had seen enough as he came to the mound to get Cole who would exit as Luis Cessa came in from the pen and would get out of the inning with no further damage. Giancarlo Stanton would get the crowd back into the game and give the Yankees life when he took Sale deep for a solo HR int he bottom of the 4th and we would head to the 5th inning with Boston leading 5-1. The Yankees had two men on with 1 out in the bottom of the 5th and DJ LeMahieu would drive a fastball from Sale deep to CF and just out of the reach of Pillar who made a leaping attempt at the wall for a huge 3-run HR to pull the Yankees within a run at 5-4. The Yankee Stadium crowd was now at a fever pitch and New York had runners on 2nd & 3rd base with 2 outs for Gary Sanchez but Sale would settle down and get a huge strikeout of Sanchez to end the 5th and send the game to the 6th inning with Boston leading 5-4. Alex Verdugo led off the top of the 6th with a double as he was now 3 for 3 with a single, double and triple on the night. Andrew Benintendi would deliver a RBI single with 1 out to score Verdugo and increase the Red Sox lead to 6-4. The Yankees would answer in the bottom of the 6th as Gardner led off with a swinging bunt single and Luke Voit would get a first pitch fastball and launch a 2-run HR to CF tying the game at 6-6. Sale would get through the remainder of the inning and we would head to the 7th inning with the score tied 6-6. The Red Sox would reclaim the lead in the top of the 7th when Mitch Moreland got a fastball from Jonathan Holder and drove it 433 feet to CF into Monument Park to give Boston a 7-6 lead. Boston had two men on with 2 outs and Kevin Pillar would hit hit a blooper into RF for a RBI single to make it 8-6. Sale returned to the mound to begin the bottom of the 7th and finished his night with a strong bottom of the 7th as he struck out Hicks and Torres before Stanton flew out to Pillar in CF to send the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 8-6. Chad Green retired the Sox in order in the top of the 8th and Matt Barnes took over for Sale to begin the bottom of the 8th and picked up two Ks in a scoreless frame to end the 8th inning and send the game to the 9th inning with Boston 3 outs away from a trip to the World Series leading 8-6. The Red Sox came to bat in the top of the 9th looking to add some insurance with Tommy Kahnle on to pitch for New York. Kahnle would hit Chavis with a pitch with 1 out and Chavis would move into scoring position on a wild pitch bringing up Alex Verdugo who was 4 for 4 on the night with 2 outs. Verdugo would pop out to end the top of the 9th and we would go to the bottom of the 9th with Brandon Workman coming on to try and close it out for the Red Sox as they were 3 outs away from a trip to the World Series. The Yankees came up to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 8-6 and Workman would start the inning by striking out Andujar on a nasty curveball for the 1st out. DJ LeMahieu would fly out to Pillar in CF and the Yankees were down to their final out. Aaron Hicks came up with the Yankees down to their final out and Workman would strike him out with a filthy curveball and the Red Sox storm the field to kick off the celebration as the Red Sox are the American League Champions and are headed to the World Series!!!

              * The Red Sox and Yankees were tied 6-6 in the top of the 7th when Mitch Moreland put the Red Sox ahead for good with his second HR of the ball game. Matt Barnes and Brandon Workman would slam the door in the 8th and 9th innings to finish off a 8-6 victory in Game 5

              * The Red Sox win the ALCS in 5 game taking the series 4-1 over the Yankees

              * Chris Sale battled through 7 innings allowing 6 runs on 9 hits with 1 walk and 7 ks to earn the win to improve to 2-0 in the postseason with a 3.52 ERA

              * Gerrit Cole took the mound for New York on short rest and just didn't have it as he lasted just 3.2 innings allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with 1 walk and 4 Ks finishing the postseason with a 2.55 ERA.

              * Xander Bogaerts went 1 for 5 with a home run for Boston to finish the series with 4 HR & 11 RBI. Bogaerts is hitting .333 in the postseason with 5 HR & 13 RBI

              * Mitch Moreland went 3 for 5 with 2 HR & 4 RBI and is hitting .364 with 4 HR & 9 RBI in the postseason

              * Alex Verdugo finished a HR shy of the cycle going 4 for 5 to raise his average to .360 in the postseason

              * The Yankees staged a heck of a comeback but fell short despite getting home runs from DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton and Luke Voit

              * The Red Sox are off to the World Series where they will face the Chicago Cubs who beat the defending champion Washington Nationals 4-2 in the NLCS.

              HIGHLIGHTS
              Mitch Moreland launched a 3-run HR off Gerrit Cole in the top of the 1st to get things rolling for Boston
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              Xander Bogaerts crushed a 447 foot bomb off Cole for his 4th HR of the series
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              Mitch Moreland hit his 2nd HR of the night snapping a 6-6 tie in the 7th inning with a 433 foot blast to CF off Holder
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              Brandon Workman struck out Aaron Hicks for the final out sending the Red Sox to the World Series
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              <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Oct 15, 2020</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (4-1)</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">8</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>New York (1-4)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Sale (2-0) <b>L:</b> Jonathan Holder (0-1) <b>S:</b> Brandon Workman (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">NYY</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Mitch Moreland 3-run HR to RF (Benintendi & Devers score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Xander Bogaerts solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Kevin Pillar grounded out to SS (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Giancarlo Stanton solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">DJ LeMahieu 3-run HR to CF (Urshela & Andujar score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Andrew Benintendi singled to CF (Verdugo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">NYY</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Luke Voit 2-run HR to CF (Gardner scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Mitch Moreland solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Kevin Pillar singled to RF (Chavis scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.229</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.371</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">.364</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.400</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.161</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.360</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pillar, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Verdugo (3), Benintendi (2)<br /><b>3B:</b> Verdugo (2)<br /><b>HR:</b> Moreland 2 (4), Bogaerts (5)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Moreland 4 (9), Pillar 2 (3), Bogaerts (13), Benintendi (1)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Devers, Chavis</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Moreland 2 (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>LeMahieu, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.195</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hicks, RF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Torres, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.179</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Stanton, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.324</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Sanchez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.200</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Gardner, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.323</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Voit, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.276</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Urshela, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.375</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Andujar, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.313</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">37</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Sanchez (2)<br /><b>HR:</b> Voit (3), Stanton (2), LeMahieu (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> LeMahieu 3 (4), Voit 2 (6), Stanton (5)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Andujar</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Gardner (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chris Sale</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right" class="active">3.52</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes (H, 1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brandon Workman (S, 2)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Sale - 112 Pitches / 66% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#002A5C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">New York Yankees</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Gerrit Cole</td><td align="right">3.2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">2.55</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Luis Cessa</td><td align="right">2.1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">9.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Joanthan Holder (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.15</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Adam Ottavino</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chad Green</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tommy Kahnle</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Cole - 62 Pitches / 71% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>

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              • countryboy
                Growing pains
                • Sep 2003
                • 52762

                #1237
                Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                Cardinals take 2 out of 3 from Brewers


                The Cardinals (58-33) took 2 out of 3 against the Brewers over the weekend in St.Louis. After dropping the series opener, the Cardinals won Saturday and Sunday to claim the series.

                Friday night saw Dakota Hudson pitch well for the Cardinals going 7 innings allowing 1 run on 7 hits and striking out 8. He would leave with a no decision and turn the ball over to the bullpen. With the game tied at 1-1 heading to the 9th, the Cardinals turned to Tyler Jay who would get Ji-Man Choi on a strikeout to record the first out of the inning, but he then gave up back to back homeruns to Corey Ray and Drew Robinson as the Brewers would win the game 3-1.

                Saturday saw Junior Fernandez earn his 9th win of the season as he went 6 2/3 innings before turning the ball over to the bullpen. Fernandez left with a 4-1 lead after giving up the run on 6 hits and striking out 5. Jordan Hicks would give up a run in the 8th, but the Cardinals were able to turn a key double play to end the inning and Roberto Osuna recorded his 23rd save of the season by striking out the side in the 9th. Yoan Moncada knocked in all 4 runs on a grand slam in the 5th, in route to a 3-3 day that included the GS, 4 RBI's and a double.

                Sunday saw Kyle Funkhouser struggle all day and leave after 6 trailing 5-2. Funkhouser only recorded 3 strikeouts and was hit hard most of the day as he gave up 10 hits in his 6 innings. Thankfully the combination of Adam Cimber, Tyler Jay, and Roberto Osuna would hold the Brewers scoreless over the final 3 innings as Osuna would record save number 24. In the 8th, the Cardinals would score 5 runs to take the lead when J.J. Bleday knocked in a run making it 5-3, Nolan Gorman singled home 2 that tied it at 5 and then Devon Snow would cap it off with a 2 run go ahead/game winning homerun on a 3-2 count with 2 outs.

                The Cardinals are off on Monday as they travel to Washington for a 3 game series with the Nationals and then to Tampa Bay for a 3 game weekend series with the Rays in the final series before the All-Star Break.
                I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.

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                • TNKNGM
                  All Star
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 6784

                  #1238
                  Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                  The Red Sox win Game 1 of the World Series

                  TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
                  World Series - Game #1 (Series Tied 0-0)

                  Chicago Cubs @ Boston Red Sox
                  Pitching Matchup - Kyle Hendricks vs Chris Sale



                  The Red Sox and Cubs will meet in the World Series as Boston and Chicago prepare for what should be a great series between two teams from major markets with lage passionate fan bases. The Red Sox beat their arch rival Yankees in five games to win the AL pennant while the Cubs beat the defending champion Nationals in six games to win the NL pennant. The Red Sox will have home field advantage as the World Series opens at Fenway Park with Chris Sale taking the mound for Boston against Kyle Hendricks for Chicago

                  The Cubs would open the scoring in the top of the 1st when Chris Sale retired the first two batters before hanging a slider to Javier Baez who crushed it 433 feet for a solo HR to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. Sale was unfazed by the HR from Baez as that was the only hit for Chicago through 3 innings and Sale was up to 6 Ks while Kyle Hendricks had also allowed just one hit and was locating his pitches perfectly as the game would move to the 4th inning with Chicago leading 1-0. Sale struck out the side in the top of the 4th inning as he sat down Rizzo, Baez and Schwarber in order and was up to 9 Ks through 4 innings of work on the mound. The Red Sox were threatening to get on the board in the bottom of the 4th as Rafael Devers singled to lead off and Xander Bogaerts hit a ball in the gap in right-center for a double to put two men on with nobody out and JD Martinez coming to the plate. Martinez would hit a fly ball to Souza in deep RF for a RBI sac fly as Devers scored to tie the game 1-1. Hendricks did a great job to get out of the inning with no further damage as he struck out Moreland for the 2nd out and Chavis would hit a ground ball down the 3rd base line but Kris Bryant would make a nice play on his backhand before firing a strong throw across the diamond to just get Chavis and send the game to the 5th inning tied at 1-1. Sale continued to dominate as he would record his 10th & 11th Ks of the game in the top of the 5th and had now retired 13 straight Cubs batters since the HR by Baez in the 1st inning. Hendricks would record two quick outs to begin the bottom of the 5th before Jackie Bradley singled up the middle with 2 outs. Bradley was running on the first pitch to Benintendi but Hendricks would leave a sinker over the plate and Benintendi yanked it high and deep down the RF line and the ball would stay fair for a 2-run HR to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. Devers followed with a double but Hendricks would get Bogaerts to end the inning and send the game to the 6th inning with Boston now leading 3-1. Ian Happ singled to lead off the top of the 6th but Sale would come back to strikeout Bote for his 12th K before walking Kris Bryant to bring up Anthony Rizzo with two men on and 1 out. Rizzo would punch a soft liner into LF for a RBI single as Happ scored to make it a 3-2 game. Javier Baez would go down swinging on a changeup from Sale for his 13th K of the night for the 2nd out. Kyle Schwarber would hit a sinking liner to RF that looked like it was going to drop but Alex Verdugo was charging in and would make a nice catch on the run to end the top of the 6th with the Red Sox lead intact at 3-2. Hendricks retired the Red Sox in order in the bottom of the 6th and we would go to the 7th inning with Boston leading 3-2. Sale would retire the Cubs in order in the top of the 7th and got some help from his defense when Alex Verdugo made a terrific diving catch to rob Souza on a soft fly down the RF line. Christian Vazquez drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the 7th and Hendricks would exit as Brad Wieck came in from the pen with a string of lefties coming up for Boston. Jackie Bradley drew a walk with 1 out to put two men on for Benintendi but Wieck would get a big K for the 2nd out bringing up Rafael Devers who would fly out as Wieck escapes the jam to send the game to the 8th inning with the Red Sox holding a 3-2 lead. Sale returned to the mound to begin the top of the 8th and would get Happ to ground out for the 1st out and finished off his outing by striking out Bote for his 14th strikeout of the ball game and Sale would leave to a standing ovation as Matt Barnes would be called on to face Kris Bryant with 2 outs in the top of the 8th. Barnes would need to throw just one pitch as Bryant swung at a first pitch fastball and flew out to Verdugo in deep RF to end the top of the 8th with Boston holding on to a 3-2 lead. Roman Wick came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Chicago looking to keep it a one run game and give his team a chance in the 9th. Wick did a great job as he retired Bogaerts, Martinez and Moreland in order to send the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 3-2. The Cubs would come to the plate in the top of the 9th with Rizzo, Baez and Schwarber due up against Brandon Workman who was coming on to try and close it out for Boston. Workman started off the top of the 9th by striking out Anthony Rizzo who chased a fastball up and in for the 1st out. Javier Baez would chase a curveball away and in the dirt for the 2nd out and the Cubs were down to their final out. Kyle Schwarber would step in to the box with 2 outs looking to keep the game alive for Chicago and he would line a ball down the LF line for a two out double. Willson Contreras would come up next with the tying tun in scoring position and 2 outs. Workman would run a cutter down and in to Contreras who hit the ball hard on the ground to Bogaerts at SS who fielded it cleanly and threw to Moreland for the final out as Workman hangs on for the save and the Red Sox win Game 1 of the World Series by a score of 3-2

                  * The Cubs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning on a 433 foot bomb by Javier Baez. The Red Sox would score 3 unanswered runs as Andrew Benintendi hit a 2-run HR in the 5th inning to give Boston a 3-1 lead. The Cubs would cut the deficit to 3-2 but Chris Sale would strikeout 14 Cubs batters and Brandon Workman would hold on to record the save getting Contreras to ground out to end the game with the tying run in scoring position as the Red Sox hang on for a 3-2 victory in a tightly played Game 1 of the World Series to take a 1-0 series lead

                  * Chris Sale was outstanding for Boston throwing 7.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 3 hits with 1 walk and 14 strikeouts to earn the win and improve to 3-0 in the postseason with a 3.23 ERA

                  * Kyle Hendricks pitched well for Chicago but took the tough luck loss throwing 6+ innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits with 1 walk and 6 Ks as he falls to 1-2 in the postseason with a 3.97 ERA

                  * Andrew Benintendi went 1 for 4 but has the big hit for Boston when he launched a 2-run HR down the RF line in the 5th inning for his 1st HR of the postseason

                  * Javier Baez homered in the 1st inning for Chicago for his 5th HR of the postseason and would wind up going 1 for 4 with 3 Ks

                  * Brandon Workman recorded his 3rd save of the postseason for Boston as he hung on and got Willson Contreras to ground out to end the game with the tying run in scoring position

                  * The Red Sox and Cubs will play Game #2 of the World Series tomorrow night as Chicago sends Yu Darvish to the mound looking to even the series while Boston will counter with Eduardo Rodriguez who has been lights out in the postseason going 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA as the Red Sox will look to take a 2-0 series lead

                  HIGHLIGHTS
                  Chris Sale strikes out 14 Cubs in Game 1
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                  Andrew Benintendi gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead with a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 5th
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                  Alex Verdugo made a diving catch to rob Steven Souza in the 7th inning
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                  Brandon Workman records the final out of Game 1 getting Willson Contreras to ground out with Schwarber in scoring position representing the tying run
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                  <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Oct 21, 2020</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chicago (0-1)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (1-0)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Sale (3-0) <b>L:</b> Kyle Hendricks (1-2) <b>S:</b> Brandon Workman (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">CHC</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CHC</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Javier Baez solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez sac fly to RF (Devers scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Andrew Benintendi 2-run HR to RF (Bradley scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CHC</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Anthony Rizzo singled to LF (Happ scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005596" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Chicago Cubs</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bryant, 3B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>RIzzo, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.189</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baez, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.296</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Schwarber, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.260</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Contreras, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.182</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Souza, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.158</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hoerner, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Happ, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bote, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.227</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Schwarber (3)<br /><b>HR:</b> Baez (5)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Baez (9), Rizzo (9)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.275</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.325</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.368</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.324</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.364</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.152</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.321</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.263</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Devers (6), Martinez (5), Bogaerts (3)<br /><b>HR:</b> Benintendi (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Benintendi 2 (3), Martinez (6)<br /><b>SF:</b> Martinez</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005596" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Chicago Cubs</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kyle Hendricks (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.97</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brad Wieck</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Roman Wick</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.57</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Hendricks - 81 Pitches / 72% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chris Sale (W, 3-0)</td><td align="right">7.2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.23</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes (H, 2)</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brandon Workman (S, 3)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Sale - 109 Pitches / 67% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>

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                  • countryboy
                    Growing pains
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 52762

                    #1239
                    Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                    Cardinals swept by Nationals in D.C.


                    The Cardinals rolled into D.C. with hopes of another series win against the Nationals but were met with broomsticks as they were swept by the Nats.

                    The Cardinals only managed to score one run in each of the first two games as they were beat in both games 5-1. In the series finale on Thursday, the Cardinals had the lead heading into the 8th, but for the 2nd time in the past week, Tyler Jay blew up out of the bullpen and suffered the loss. The Cardinals led 5-2 when the inning started and when it ended were down 7-5, 4 of those runs were attributed to Tyler Jay who didn't record an out.

                    The Cardinals will pack their bags and head south as they prepare to face the Rays in a 3 game weekend series that will conclude the first half of the season.
                    I can't shave with my eyes closed, meaning each day I have to look at myself in the mirror and respect who I see.

                    I miss the old days of Operation Sports :(


                    Louisville Cardinals/St.Louis Cardinals

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                    • eric7064
                      MVP
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 1151

                      #1240
                      Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                      Originally posted by eric7064
                      2027 Cubs Season
                      March/April was a good one for the defending champion Cubs as they went 19-13 through the first 32 games of the season. Much of the lineup has gotten off to hot starts with 1B Miguel Sano belting 10HR’s while hitting .314 and Henry Browning hitting .325/6HR/20RBI/12SB to start the season.

                      Many of the Cubs hitters are performing well, and so have the pitchers. The Cubs are 7th in the MLB in ERA after the first 32 games of the season and ace Jose Berrios has a 2.15ERA through 7 starts and closing pitcher Clyde Booker has given up 1run in 18IP and has 20K’s along with 14 saves.
                      The bullpen as a whole has been fantastic, which is needed as both SP Jose Serrano and Brailyn Marquez have ERA’s north of a 5.

                      The Cubs are 19-13 heading into May and are 1.5GB of the STL Cardinals in the NL Central.

                      May saw the Cubs continues their good start to the season by going 16-12 in May, including ending the month on a 3 game winning streak.

                      The Entire lineup has been doing well, with 4 everyday guys hitting over .300 (Anderson, Browning, Sano, and Dorta) and 4 guys with double digit HR’s (Sano, Browning, Soto, Baez).

                      The rotation has been decent, with Berrios and Urias putting together quality seasons to this point. Easley, Nowak and Serrano all have above 4ERA’s, but none of them are at a 5ERA. They hopefully can pick it up and that would put this Cubs team over the top as the bullpen is terrific. Clyde Booker is probably the best closer in baseball as he has 31IP, 36K’s, 1.16ERA, 25SVS at only 60 games into the season.

                      The Cubs are 35-25 and 1.5GB of the Brewers for the lead in the NL central.
                      June was a stellar month for the Cubs as they went 18-7 and are 53-32 on the season. Crazily enough, the Brewers have matched their pace and are still the division leaders by 1 game over the Cubs.

                      The Cubs continue to rake the ball, as they are killing it in two important categories offensively. AVG (2nd) and Hits (5th). Browning is on his way to another All Star appearance with a .314AVG/15HR/50RBI/33SB and Miguel Sano is leading the NL in HR’s with 26, while also hitting .290. Tim Anderson is hitting .321/9HR/40RBI out of the leadoff spot and has been a stellar member of the Cubs in his first full season on the North side.

                      The pitching continues to excel, as nobody has over a 4.2ERA in the rotation, and nearly the entire bullpen is excelling as well.

                      The all-star break is nearing, and it remains to be seen if the Cubs will make a move to bolster the roster in order to win the division.
                      Cubs are 53-32 and 1GB of the Brewers.

                      July saw 4 Cubs named to the All-Star team. CP Clyde Booker made his 3rd straight AS game, SP Jose Berrios made his 2nd as a Cub, Henry Browning was voted the starting LF for the 2nd time in his career, and Tim Anderson was voted in as the backup 2B.

                      Other than that, July was the worst month for the Cubs thus far as they went 11-14 during the month and although they are still in prime position for a playoff appearance the division will be tough to catch up too with the Brewers holding a 7 game lead heading into August.

                      Many of the Cubs hitters cooled off massively in July, and the stellar bullpen was roughed up quite a bit during the month as well. The Cubs decided not to make a move at the deadline this year as they feel there roster is still capable of competing for the championship. It will be a fun division race the last two months, as the Cubs still play the Brewers 6 more times during the season.

                      Cubs are 64-46 and 7GB of the NL Central leading Brewers.

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                      • TNKNGM
                        All Star
                        • Mar 2005
                        • 6784

                        #1241
                        Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                        Yu Darvish dominated Game #2 of the World Series and the Cubs evened the series at 1-1 with the Red Sox

                        TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
                        World Series - Game #2 (Boston leads series 1-0)

                        Chicago Cubs @ Boston Red Sox
                        Pitching Matchup - Yu Darvish vs Eduardo Rodriguez



                        The Red Sox and Cubs prepare to play Game #2 of the World Series as Boston won game #1 by a 3-2 score and will be looking to take a commanding 2-0 series lead while the Cubs are trying to even the series at 1-1 before the series shifts to Wrigley Field in Chicago for Game 3 through 5. The Red Sox will send Eduardo Rodriguez to the mound in Game #2 against Yu Darvish for Chicago

                        Eduardo Rodriguez and Yu Darvish were both pitching well early and the game was scoreless after 4 innings with both teams managing just one hit through the first four innings. Rodriguez had 5 strikeouts through his first four innings of work for Boston and Darvish had racked up 7 Ks for Chicago as we moved to the 5th inning with the score tied 0-0. The Cubs would threaten in the top of the 5th when Steven Souza led off with a triple that hit off the wall in CF just over the glove of Bradley who made a leaping attempt at the wall. Rodriguez would get Hoerner to fly out to Verdugo in shallow RF for the 1st out and then recorded back to back Ks of Happ and Bote to escape the inning and strand Souza at third base as the Cubs fail to score and the game remains scoreless. Mitch Moreland led off the bottom of the 5th with a double for Boston but they would fail to drive him in and Darvish would escape a jam of his own to send the game to the 6th inning locked in a 0-0 tie. The Cubs would open the scoring in the top of the 6th when Kris Bryant doubled down the RF line to lead off the inning and Anthony Rizzo followed with a liner into CF for a RBI single to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. Rodriguez would get through the top of the 6th with no further damage and Darvish continued his dominant outing by striking out the side in the bottom of the 6th as Darvish now had 11 strikeouts on the night and the game would move to the 7th inning with Chicago leading 1-0. Rodriguez retired the side in the top of the 7th and finished his night by striking out Happ for his 9th K of the ball game. Darvish picked up two more Ks in the bottom of the 7th bringing his total to 13 strikeouts as he fanned Moreland to end the inning and send the game to the 8th inning with the Cubs holding a 1-0 lead. Ryan Brasier took over on the mound for Boston and pitched a scoreless top of the 8th to keep it a 1-0 game. Darvish remained in the game and picked up his 14th strikeout as he sat the Red Sox down in order again and the game would go to the 9th inning with the Cubs leading 1-0. Brasier would strikeout Javier Baez to begin the top of the 9th and turned it over to Josh Taylor who came in from the Boston pen and retired Schwarber and Contreras to send the game to the bottom of the 9th with Chicago leading 1-0. The Red Sox would come to bat in the bottom of the 9th needing a run as they trailed 1-0 and Darvish would return to the mound having thrown 104 pitches on the night as he looks to go the distance and finish the complete game. Jackie Bradley led off for Boston with a ground out to Rizzo at first base for the 1st out. Andrew Benintendi would hit a line drive to RF that stayed up and Souza would make the catch for the 2nd out and the Red Sox were down to their final out with Rafael Devers coming to the plate looking to get on base and keep the game alive for Boston. Devers got a fastball over the plate on the first pitch of his at bat and crushed it high and deep down the RF line but the ball would sail foul to the right of the RF foul pole missing a HR by a few feet. Darvish would get Devers to pop up to Rizzo for the final out to give the Cubs a huge 1-0 victory in Game 2

                        * The Cubs win Game #2 by a 1-0 score to even up the World Series at 1-1 behind an absolute gem from Yu Darvish who throws a complete game shutout as he held the Red Sox to just 2 hits and struck out 14

                        * Eduardo Rodriguez pitched great for Boston allowing 1 run on 4 hits in 7.0 innings with 1 walk and 9 Ks as he takes the tough luck loss falling to 2-1 with a 0.92 ERA in the postseason

                        * Yu Darvish pitched the game of his life throwing a complete game two hit shutout while racking up 14 Ks to carry the Cubs to victory and improve his record in the postseason to 2-1 with a 3.07 ERA

                        * Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 4 and drove in the only run of the game with a RBI single in the top of the 6th

                        * The Red Sox got terrible news after the game as they were informed that Mitch Moreland was injured and will miss the remainder of the World Series with torn cartilage in his shoulder

                        * The World Series will shift to Wrigley Field in Chicago for Games 3, 4 and 5 with the series even at 1-1. The Red Sox will send Nathan Eovaldi to the mound in Game 3 against Jose Quintana for Chicago

                        HIGHLIGHT
                        Yu Darvish strikes out 14 Red Sox batters in a complete game shutout

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                        <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Oct 22, 2020</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chicago (1-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (1-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Yu Darvish (2-1) <b>L:</b> Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">CHC</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CHC</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Anthony Rizzo singled to CF (Bryant scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005596" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Chicago Cubs</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bryant, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.232</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rizzo, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.211</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baez, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.276</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Schwarber, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.241</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Contreras, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.167</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Souza, RF</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.190</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hoerner, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Happ, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.263</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bote, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.240</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Bryant (5)<br /><b>3B:</b> Souza (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Rizzo (10)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Bryant</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Souza (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.209</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.302</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.341</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.325</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.167</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Verdugo, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.290</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.227</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Vazquez (1), Moreland (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005596" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Chicago Cubs</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Yu Darvish (W, 2-1)</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.07</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Darvish - 115 Pitches / 70% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Eduardo Rodriguez (L, 2-1)</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.82</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ryan Brasier</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.17</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Josh Taylor</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.70</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Rodriguez - 101 Pitches / 65% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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                        • TNKNGM
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                          The Red Sox and Cubs are playing what has been an incredible World Series through 3 games with great pitching in all 3 games

                          The Red Sox won Game #3 by a score of 4-1 with Jose Peraza (of all people) hitting a 3-run HR in the top of the 7th to snap a 1-1 tie after he was inserted into the lineup at 2nd base because Mitch Moreland was injured in Game 2 and Michael Chavis had to take over as my starting 1st baseman with Moreland now done for the season


                          TNK - Boston Red Sox Franchise
                          World Series - Game #3 (Series Tied 1-1)

                          Boston Red Sox @ Chicago Cubs
                          Pitching Matchup - Nathan Eovaldi vs Jose Quintana



                          The World Series shifts to Wrigley Field in Chicago for the next three games as the Red Sox and Cubs prepare to play Game #3 of the World Series after splitting the first two games in Boston which featured a pair of incredible pitching performances as Chris Sale struck out 14 Cubs in Game 1 and Yu Darvish stuck out 14 Red Sox in Game 2. The Red Sox will send Nathan Eovaldi to the mound against Jose Quintana for Chicago in a big Game #3 as the winner of tonights game will take a 2-1 series lead

                          The Cubs would open the scoring in the bottom of the 1st as Anthony Rizzo walked and Javier Baez doubled to put runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out and Kyle Schwarber would pick up the RBI on a sac fly to CF to give Chicago a 1-0 lead. The Red Sox answered in the bottom of the 2nd when Michael Chavis got a fastball from Quintana and hit a towering fly ball deep to LF that carried and just cleared the wall for a solo HR to tie the game 1-1. Eovaldi retired the Cubs in order in the bottom of the 2nd to send the game to the 3rd inning tied at 1-1. The Cubs stranded a pair of runners in the bottom of the 3rd as they had two men on with 1 out but Eovaldi would get a big strikeout as Baez went down looking at a 99 mph fastball and Schwarber grounded out to Peraza to end the threat and we would move to the 4th inning tied 1-1. Chavis made a bid for his second HR of the game but he just hooked it foul and Quintana would strike him out to end the top of the 4th and Eovaldi would sit the Cubs down in order in the bottom of the 4th to send the game to the 5th inning with the score tied 1-1. Quintana had allowed just one hit through his first 5 innings and Eovaldi pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 5th making it 8 straight Cubs that he has retired and the game would move to the 6th inning with the score tied 1-1. The Red Sox would catch a break when Andrew Benintendi chased a curveball in the dirt for a strikeout to lead off the top of the 6th but Contreras throw to first base was high and pulled Rizzo off the bag allowing Benintendi to reach base. Quintana would make sure the error did not hurt as he came right back getting Devers to ground into a 3-6-3 double play and Bogaerts would ground out to Baez to end the top of the 6th. Javier Baez singled with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th but Eovaldi would get a big strikeout of Schwarber and Contreras grounded out to Peraza to end the inning and send the game to the 7th inning tied 1-1. Michael Chavis recorded just the second Red Sox hit of the game in the top of the 7th when he laced a liner into the LF corner for a double with 1 out. Christian Vazquez just missed giving Boston the lead when he lined a ball down the LF line that landed just foul by an inch or two before grounding out for the 2nd out and bringing Pillar to the plate with 2 outs. Pillar would hit a rocket through the hole into LF for a two out single but the ball was hit too hard and right at Schwarber forcing Chavis to hold at 3rd base and bring up Jose Peraza for a huge at bat with runners on the corners and 2 outs with Eovaldi in the on deck circle. Peraza stepped into the box and Quintana would groove a 92 mph fastball right down the middle on the first pitch of the at bat and Peraza crushed it 411 feet to left-center for a huge 3-run HR to give Boston a 4-1 lead and silence the crowd at Wrigley Field. Brad Wieck would come in from the pen for Chicago as Quintana departs and Bobby Dalbec would pinch hit in the pitcher spot and fly out to RF to end the top of the 7th. Darwinzon Hernandez took over on the mound for Boston and retired the side in order in the bottom of the 7th to send the game to the 8th inning with Boston leading 4-1. Wieck remained in the game and pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 8th for Chicago. Matt Barnes came on to pitch the bottom of the 8th and would retire David Bote pinch hitting in the pitcher spot for the 1st out before striking out both Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo in a dominant inning out of the pen to send the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 4-1. Rowan Wick took over on the mound to pitch the top of the 9th for the Cubs. Michael Chavis would record his 3rd hit of the night when he ripped a ball up the middle for a single with 1 out and advanced to second base when Happ bobbled the ball in CF. The error by Happ would not prove costly as Wick would get Vazquez to fly out to CF and struck out Pillar on a breaking ball to end the top of the 9th with the score still 4-1. The Cubs would come to bat in the bottom of the 9th trailing 4-1 with Brandon Workman coming on to try and close it out for Boston. Jackie Bradley came in to the game for defensive purposes taking over in CF and Kevin Pillar would move from CF over to RF as JD Martinez would exit the game. Javier Baez led off the bottom of the 9th by grounding out to Bogaerts at SS for the 1st out. Kyle Schwarber grounded out to Peraza at second base and the Cubs were down to their final out. Willson Contreras came to the plate looking to keep the game alive for Chicago but he would hit a routine fly ball to Bradley in CF for the final out as Workman comes on and retires the side in the bottom of the 9th to finish off a thrilling 4-1 win for the Red Sox to give them a 2-1 lead in the series

                          * The Cubs scored a run in the bottom of the 1st to take a 1-0 lead on a sac fly from Schwarber but Boston would answer with a solo HR from Chavis in the 2nd inning to tie the score 1-1. Eovaldi and Quintana were locked in a fantastic pitchers duel as the score remained 1-1 through 6 innings. The Red Sox had runners on the corners with 2 outs in the top of the 7th and Jose Peraza would be the unlikely hero as he jumped a first pitch fastball from Quintana and hammered a 3-run HR to give Boston a 4-1 lead. The Red Sox bullpen was dominant as Darwinzon Hernandez, Matt Barnes and Brandon Workman slammed the door in the 7th, 8th and 9th innings without allowing a base runner and the Red Sox would go on to win 4-1 and move two wins away from a championship as they take a 2-1 series lead

                          * Nathan Eovaldi allowed a run in the 1st inning and was lights out the rest of the way throwing 6 strong innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits with 1 walk and 5 Ks to earn the win and improve to 1-0 with a 3.94 ERA in the postseason

                          * Jose Quintana was outstanding for Chicago before paying the price for a mistake pitch in the top of the 7th as he would wind up throwing 6.2 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 hits with 2 walks and 5 Ks as he takes the loss to fall to 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA in the postseason

                          * Jose Peraza was the unlikely hero for Boston as he was inserted into the lineup taking over the job at second base when Michael Chavis was forced to move to first base after Mitch Moreland was injured in Game 2 ending his season. Peraza was seeing his first action of the postseason and came up in a big spot with 2 outs in the 7th with the game tied 1-1 and Peraza who hit just 1 HR in the regular season got a first pitch fastball right down the middle and drove it 411 feet for a go ahead 3-run HR that gave the Red Sox a 4-1 lead. Peraza finished the night 1 for 2 with a walk, HR & 3 RBI while making several plays in the field.

                          * Michael Chavis excellent postseason continues as he finished a triple shy of the cycle going 3 for 4 with a single, double, HR & 1 RBI. Chavis is hitting .375 in the postseason with 5 doubles, 3 HR & 7 RBI

                          *The bullpen was outstanding for Boston throwing 3 shutout innings without allowing a hit or a walk as Darwinzon Hernandez and Matt Barnes were lights out in the 7th and 8th innings for Boston to bridge the game to the 9th where Brandon Workman retired the Cubs 1-2-3 to record his 4th save of the postseason

                          * The Red Sox lead the World Series 2-1 and are two wins away from becoming World Series Champions. The Red Sox and Cubs will play Game #4 tomorrow night with Martin Perez set to take the mound for Boston against former Red Sox Jon Lester who gets the start for the Cubs and will be looking to come up big against his former team and even the series

                          HIGHLIGHTS
                          Michael Chavis hit a solo HR in the top of the 2nd to tie the game 1-1
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                          Jose Peraza hits a huge 3-run HR in the 7th inning to snap a 1-1 tie and give Boston a 4-1 lead
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                          <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Oct 24, 2020</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (2-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chicago (1-2)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Nathan Eovaldi (1-0) <b>L:</b> Jose Quintana (1-1) <b>S:</b> Brandon Workman (4)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">CHC</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">CHC</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">Kyle Schwarber sac fly to CF (Rizzo scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Michael Chavis solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Jose Peraza 3-run HR to CF (Chavis & Pillar score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.191</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.229</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.311</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chavis, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.375</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.154</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pillar, CF-RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.278</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Peraza, 2B</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.500</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Eovaldi, P</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.227</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Dalbec (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right"></td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Chavis (5)<br /><b>HR:</b> Chavis (3), Peraza (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Peraza 3 (3), Chavis (7)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Devers</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005596" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Chicago Cubs</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bryant, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rizzo, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.217</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Baez, SS</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.290</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Schwarber, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.228</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Contreras, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.154</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Heyward, RF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.222</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Hoerner, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Happ, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.244</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Quintana, P</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.286</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Bote (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.231</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">30</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Baez (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Schwarber (7)<br /><b>SF:</b> Schwarber</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Contreras (2), Happ (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Nathan Eovaldi (W, 1-0)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.94</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Darwinzon Hernandez (H, 1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.38</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Matt Barnes (H, 3)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brandon Workman (S, 4)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Eovaldi - 82 Pitches / 66% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005596" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Chicago Cubs</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jose Quintana (L, 1-1)</td><td align="right">6.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">2.25</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brad Wieck</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.52</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rowan Wick</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.25</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Quintana - 94 Pitches / 67% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>

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                          • itsmb8
                            MVP
                            • May 2011
                            • 3361

                            #1243
                            Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                            Originally posted by TNKNGM
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                            In both games youve won, you had a perfect/perfect single followed by a no-doubter. Just something interesting ive noticed.
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                            • TNKNGM
                              All Star
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 6784

                              #1244
                              Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                              Originally posted by itsmb8
                              In both games youve won, you had a perfect/perfect single followed by a no-doubter. Just something interesting ive noticed.
                              Yeah.....the Benintendi HR in Game 1 and the Peraza HR in Game 3 both came with 2 outs as well

                              It's been an awesome series so far.....and the pitchers have been excellent. Both teams have totaled 13 hits apiece through the first 3 games, we are both averaging under 5 hits per game. It's been pretty intense and every pitch has felt important through all 3 games. I constantly feel like the game is in the balance on every at bat which is awesome and fun

                              Game 1 - Sale was incredible (14 Ks) and Benintendi delivered the big hit (2 run HR)

                              Game 2 - Darvish was incredible (14 Ks) and only one run was scored the entire game

                              Game 3 - Both Eovaldi and Quintana were great and Peraza delivered the big hit (3 run HR)

                              ....playing Game 4 now
                              Last edited by TNKNGM; 08-03-2020, 12:20 AM.

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                              • TNKNGM
                                All Star
                                • Mar 2005
                                • 6784

                                #1245
                                Re: MLB The Show 20 Franchise Discussion Thread

                                I swear I almost jumped up from the couch when Peraza hit that 3-run HR to snap the tie in the 7th inning of game #3

                                The guy was a reserve and hit 1 HR for me in the regular season. Mitch Moreland who led my team with 50 HR in the regular season gets injured in Game 2 which forces me to move Chavis over to become my 1st baseman and opens up a spot for Peraza at 2nd base and Peraza hits what might wind up being the biggest HR of the postseason

                                I was actually debating whether to start Bobby Dalbec at 1st base and leave Chavis at 2nd base.....thinking Dalbec has good power and might give me the one big knock, but I decided to go for defensive stability and was thinking that Peraza is a better hitter for average and provides speed

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