[Passan] Tarik Skubal had thrown 17 innings of scoreless baseball this postseason. He looked practically unhittable. On two pitches, the Guardians scored five runs off him. Baseball makes no sense sometimes — and that’s why it’s the best


[Passan] Tarik Skubal had thrown 17 innings of scoreless baseball this postseason. He looked practically unhittable.

On two pitches, the Guardians scored five runs off him.

Baseball makes no sense sometimes — and that’s why it’s the best

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  1. Let the record show NO ONE shuts out the Cleveland Guardians for 18 consecutive innings

    Eat your heart out San Diego

  2. I get what we’re going for but the increased usage in the postseason and the extra nerves makes it very much make a ton of sense lmao.

  3. He came back in and shut them down. How good do you have to be to keep pitching the inning after this?

  4. He loaded the bases, hit a batter and gave up a grand slam on 2 pitches?? That is impressive

  5. I’m pretty sure they didn’t intentionally walk 3 batters so that it only took 2 pitches to score 5 runs.

  6. I’m curious what the status of the bullpen was, when you roll with bullpen games, a guy like Skubal really is relied on to go deep. I have zero problem leaving him in there, when you get to the dance, you lean on players that got you there.

  7. I try to explain this to non-fans of baseball. Anything could happen at every pitch!

  8. Are we just going to ignore the fact that he gave up 3 singles to load the bases?

    Hard to get a grand slam on just two pitches and by hard I mean impossible

  9. Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : [Gets in Crash’s face]  I want to give him the heat and announce my presence with authority!

    Crash Davis : Announce your fucking presence with authority? This guy is a first ball, fast ball hitter!

    Ebby Calvin LaLoosh : Well he hasn’t seen my heat!

    Crash Davis : [pauses]  Allright meat, show him your heat.

  10. I mean, it makes perfect sense. It would be abnormal for a 3.00 ERA pitcher to give up exactly 3 runs every 9 inning, or a .300 hitter to get exactly 3 hits every 10 ABs. Production happens most often in peaks and valleys. Skubal is probably the best pitcher on the planet right now, but 17 scoreless innings doesn’t mean he’s going to keep being unhittable until the end of time. A well-timed HR maximized the runs scored off of him. This is just what competition looks like.

  11. Every best pitcher in baseball has discovered it sooner or later: eventually, baseball will get you.

  12. Not sure how 2 pitches = 5 runs, doesn’t seem possible unless there were a lot of intentional walks i guess

  13. On the other side of this, Yamamoto had poor numbers against the Padres going into the NLDS and he shut them down, that’s why the postseason is wild and unpredictable, guys step up and guys disappear

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