![]() So much worked against the Dodgers even before that point. ![]() To review: Roberts forced the lead run to third base, where a wild pitch or a bad bounce could have cost the game. Roberts called for another intentional walk. Coghlan, for his career, was 8 for 17 off Blanton. ![]() If Blanton could retire him, the game would go to the ninth tied.Įxcept Roberts had other ideas. That left pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan as the potential last out of the inning. So even though he was just 3 for 15 lifetime off Blanton, Roberts intentionally walked him to get to Javier Baez.īaez is about the most dynamic player in the post-season, but the strategy initially worked. Cubs right fielder Jason Heyward had about as disappointing a season as any big-time free agent this year - he signed an eight-year, $184 million deal and then hit. After an out, Roberts went to his matchup game. Blanton, a former starter, has revived his career out of the bullpen by throwing only sliders, and he did that to start the eighth against the Cubs.īut Ben Zobrist led off with a double. Blanton, so effective in the Dodgers’ division series win over the Washington Nationals, came on to start the inning after Pedro Baez and Ross Stripling had held the Cubs quiet for three innings. Which is how Montero got his moment in the eighth.
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