Jazz Chisholm explains how he can use video games to overcome Game 1 defeat to the Red Sox
Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm tells reporters how he cleared his mind after beating someone in the video game MLB The Show and defeated someone and then went on to the Red Sox.
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LOS ANGELES – It turns out to be nothing more than a dress rehearsal.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will dispose of the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday night 8-4, wipe out the two-game wildcard series at Dodger Stadium and jump on a flight for the actual pageant.
The Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies will be in five best series that begin in front of the enthusiastic crowds of Citizens Bank Park on Saturday night.
The Dodgers don’t want to downplay the fact that the other 10 teams are still in the dance – but they believe this could become their World Series.
Yes, like a year ago when the Dodgers faced the Padres in the National League Division Series.
The Phillies are Eastern beasts, winning 96 games in a star-studded lineup led by Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper and Tre Turner.
The Phillies and Dodgers last met in the 2009 postseason. This was 15 years old at Forest Mizushima High School in Japan, and Harper was 17 years old. The Dodgers last beat the Phillies in the postseason in 1978, but before any of these players were born.
However, the Dodgers, who have lost four of their six games against the Phillies this season, are sure they are peaking at just the right time.
They scored 17 of the last 22 and scored 113 runs in the last 20. Their pitching was unconscious.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the latest starter to control the opposition. He gave up two unfortunate runs in the first innings and quickly retired the next 13 batters with six strikeouts, getting into trouble by allowing three consecutive singles.
Chasing just 3-2, the Reds suddenly had sixth empty bass. However, Yamamoto did not flash. He caused an infield groundout by Austin Hayes, then attacked Sal Stewart with a curveball and hit Ellie de la Cruz with a better curveball.
Yoshinobu stopped at the huge applause from the field from the crowd of 50,465, and watched the Dodgers’ offensive open the attack in six innings of four runs, sending 10 men to the plate, turning the one-run game into a 7-2 loss.
The Dodgers produced 12 hits, with everyone except centre fielder Andy Page reaching base at least one by six innings.
And there was no one in the heater as good as Yamamoto, who pitched 6 2/3 innings, hit nine batters for four hits and two unfortunate runs, leaving for a standing ovation.
In Yamamoto’s final eighth start, he has ERA scored 1.34 and hit 65 in 53 2/3 innings.
“What I’ve learned is that he’s very well prepared for preparation,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. I learned he has the ability to make pitches when he needs to. He always seems to be the best option.
“If you’re talking about this year’s players since last year, you’d think he’s number one on the growth chart.
Now the Dodgers head to Philadelphia, where Shoe Hei Ohtani appears in his first pitching in a postseason match. He will start Game 1 in Philadelphia on Saturday, and start Blakesnell in Game 2 on Monday, and return to Yamamoto for Game 3 at Dodger Stadium.
Their only real worry is, well, the bullpen where the crowds of their hometown booed again. They gave up five runs in seven and eight innings of Game 1, then two more runs on 8th Wednesday.
“They had a lot of stretches and they had some stretches that were really difficult and challenging,” said Andrew Friedman, president of the Dodgers baseball business. “After all, it’s not a matter of talent because we’ve been going through it for the last few weeks….
“If your confidence sways, the execution will be turned off. When the execution is turned off, you will be back, come into the zone and have a higher chance of taking damage.
We know the Dodgers are beginning to freak out the bullpen when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yank Will Benson with a count of 1 and 2 and Emmett Sheehan put into Alex Vescia who attacked pinch hitter Miguel Andujar. Vescia pulled out of the jam on the base by hitting leadoff hitter TJ Friedle and ended the threat.
After that, Rookie Loki Loki Sasaki was summoned for the ninth time and closed it, and bullpen chaos would be a worry for another day.
“It’s like a daily conversation with the pitching coach, the front office,” Roberts said.
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Here’s how Wednesday’s game unfolded at Dodger Stadium:
Mookie Betts hit the game’s third double to win Miguel Rojas, extending the Dodgers’ lead to 8-2 against Tony Santillan.
After slightly avoiding disaster at the top of the sixth, the Dodgers scored four runs at the bottom of the frame to push the lead to 7-2. Los Angeles scored with Shohei Ohtani’s RBI single, Mookie Betts’ RBI double and Teoscar Hernandez’s two-run double.
The Reds loaded an empty bass at the top of the sixth in three consecutive singles against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts left a $325 million man for himself. Yamamoto scored Austin Hayes and stopped scoring before hitting Sal Stewart and Ellie de La Cruz, attacking in some way to escape unharmed.
The ubiquitous postseason hero, Enrique Hernandez, clinched an RBI double in the fourth bottom to win Max Mancey, tied the game and chased Red Starter Zac Rittel. Miguel Rojas greeted Nick Rodro and followed with an RBI single to move the Dodgers to 3-2.
Cincinnati escapes Fattutor Damange with Rodro filming Shohai Otani and Mokey Betts again.
Dodgers catcher Ben Rothwevevett led with a double, scoring towards the fourth innings with Mookie Betts’ one-out RBI single-cut Cincinnati lead.
Dodgers right fielder Tescal Hernandez extended the innings before Rookie Sal Stewart drew a two-run single from Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Rookie Sal Stewart to draw a 2-0 single at Dodger Stadium after Austin Hayes hit the flyball with two outs in the first top, before rookie Sal Stewart drew a 2-0 single from Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
- Shohei Olytani (L)d
- Mookie Betts(R)ss
- Freddie Freeman (L) 1b
- Teoscar Hernández (R)RF
- Max Muncy (L) 3b
- Andy Pages(r)cf
- Enrique Hernández (r) lf
- Miguel Rojas (R) 2b
- Ben Rortvedt (L)c
- TJ Friedl (L)Cf
- Spencer Steer (R) LF
- Gavin Lux (L) DH
- Austin Hayes (R)RF
- Sal Stewart (R) 1b
- Elly from Cruz(S)SS
- Tyler Stevenson (R)c
- Ke’bryan Hayes (R) 3b
- Matt McLain(R)2b
