What we learned from Friday's MLB playoff games, via GabeLacques:
Increasingly, the man the Phillies follow is a softer-spoken right-hander who excelled on some mediocre Phillies teams. Now, Aaron Nola has the squad to match his stuff.
An encore? That would come in Game 2 of the NLCS. One more win – perhaps Saturday – ensures that start will happen.This could all be over so quickly for the Yankees, who need to win two games in three days against the more-than-pesky Guardians. But let’s put aside this ALDS momentarily and consider the bigger picture, in which we can still see the Yankees as they were at the trade deadline – 70-34, the best team in the AL, the road to the World Series running through the Bronx.
So, in addition to trying to beat Triston McKenzie in Saturday's Game 3 in Cleveland, they might want to spend some of the pregame rooting for the Mariners in their do-or-die Game 3 against Houston. An Astros sweep, and they’d line up Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez in Games 1-2 of the ALCS, vs. whatever the Yankees have left after rain and the Guardians extended their ALDS.
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