gdt 10.9.19: today the house of cards comes tumbling down

[nsacpi]

1. Acuña
2. Albies
3. Freemañ
4. Doñaldsoñ
5. Markakis
6. Duvall
7. McCaññ
8. Swañsoñ
9. Folty

 

[bravesfanforlife88]

Love Duvall getting the start...hopefully Folty/McCann bring the same game 2 magic

 

[UNCBlue012]

Markakis could go 5-5 with 5 homers (though it would be to my delight) and I'd still hate batting him fifth. FFS, Snit.

 

[The Tariff King]

Today's GDT will be a piggybacking team effort.

 

[nsacpi]

Today's GDT will be a piggybacking team effort.

huh? you pulling me before the first pitch?

 

[nsacpi]

expecting a yuge game from Swanson

 

[nsacpi]

Love Duvall getting the start...hopefully Folty/McCann bring the same game 2 magic

McCann has called four great games. They've had a very good plan to work from.

 

[CyYoung31]

Lol, putting in Duvall for Joyce because of 2 ABs. We’re already at a disadvantage. Snit needs to be fired immediately.

 

[Hudson2]

I think Acuna goes off this game. He’s gonna be extra pumped after that Cards loss and the taunting they did. If Folty has his head on straight tonight then I think we win. Have to jump on Flaherty early and get his pitch count up.

 

[nsacpi]

Lol, putting in Duvall for Joyce because of 2 ABs. We’re already at a disadvantage. Snit needs to be fired immediately.

It does improve outfield defense. And Folty is a flyball pitcher.

 

[NYCBrave]

So what would be a situation in this game where we could see Joyce pinch hit? From the look of it, it would have to only be for our starting pitcher. It would also not have to be a time they could counter with a lefty reliever.

 

[pecas]

Hopefully, all those players with a ñ will hit .500

 

[nsacpi]

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[SJ24]

Game Day Thread- 10/9/19; NLDS Game 5: Cardinals (Flaherty) at Braves (Foltynewicz)

National League Division Series Game 5
October 9th, 2019
SunTrust Park
Cumberland, Georgia, United States of America
5:02 PM ET, TBS HD
Partly Cloudy, High of 79 degrees, 9 mph wind

Series tied 2-2
Game 1: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6
Game 2: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0
Game 3: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1
Game 4: St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4

STARTING LINEUPS

St. Louis Cardinals (91-71)
1st, NL Central

St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
St. Louis founded in 1764, named after Louis IX of France, Missouri admitted to Union in 1821
St. Louis metro population: 2,807,338
St. Louis metro Fortune 500 companies: 10
Stadium: Busch Stadium; opened 2006- seating capacity: 45,494
Neighborhood: St. Louis Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis

World championships: 11
NL pennants: 19
Top 5 historical figures in WAR: Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, Bob Gibson, Albert Pujols, Ozzie Smith

Owner: William DeWitt, Jr.
GM: Mike Girsch
PoBO: John Mozeliak
Farm Director: Gary LaRocque
Scouting Director: Randy Flores
Manager: Mike Schildt


RF- 25- Dexter Fowler (S) 6’5, 195: .238, 19 HR, 8 SB, 1.7 WAR
Age: 33; Born: Atlanta, Georgia

2B- 16- Kolten Wong (L) 5’9, 185: .285, 11 HR, 24 SB, 4.7 WAR
Age: 28; Born: Hilo, Hawai’i

1B- 46- Paul Goldschmidt (R) 6’3, 225: .260, 34 HR, 97 RBI, 2.8 WAR
Age: 32; Born: Wilmington, Delaware

LF- 23- Marcell Ozuna (R) 6’1, 225: .243, 29 HR, 89 RBI, 2.1 WAR
Age: 28; Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

C- 4- Yadier Molina (R) 5’11, 205: .270, 10 HR, 57 RBI, 1.3 WAR
Age: 37; Born: Bayamon, Puerto Rico

3B- 13- Matt Carpenter (L) 6’3, 205: .226, 15 HR, 46 RBI, 0.8 WAR
Age: 33; Born: Galveston, Texas

RF- 19- Tommy Edman (S) 5’10, 180: .304, 11 HR, 36 RBI, 15 SB, 3.8 WAR
Age: 24; Born: San Diego, California

SS- 12- Paul DeJong (R) 6’0, 200: .233, 30 HR, 9 SB, 4.1 WAR
Age: 26; Born: Orlando, Florida


SP- 22- Jack Flaherty (R) 6’4, 205: 11-8, 2.75 ERA, 231 K, 0.97 WHIP
Age: 23; Born: Burbank, California



Atlanta Braves (97-65)
1st, NL East

Cumberland, Georgia, United States of America
Cumberland is an edge city in Cobb County, Georgia.
Atlanta metro population: 5,949,951
Atlanta metro Fortune 500 companies: 16
Stadium: SunTrust Park; opened 2017- seating capacity: 41,084
Surrounding neighborhood: The Battery, Atlanta

World championships: 3
NL pennants: 17
Top 5 historical figures in WAR: Henry Aaron, Kid Nichols, Warren Spahn, Eddie Mathews, Phil Niekro

Owner: Liberty Media, controlled by chairman John C. Malone; CEO: Greg Maffei
GM: Alex Anthopoulos
Farm Director: Dom Chiti
Scouting Director: Dana Brown
Manager: Brian Snitker


CF- 13- Ronald Acuna, Jr. (R) 6'0, 180: .280, 41 HR, 101 RBI, 37 SB, 5.5 WAR
Age: 21; Born: La Guaira, Venezuela

2B- 1- Ozzie Albies (S) 5'8, 165: .295, 24 HR, 15 SB, 4.8 WAR
Age: 22; Born: Willemstad, Curacao

1B- 5- Freddie Freeman (L) 6'5, 220: .295, 38 HR, 121 RBI, 4.4 WAR
Age: 30; Born: Fountain Valley, California

3B- 20- Josh Donaldson (R) 6'1, 210: .259, 37 HR, 94 RBI, 6.1 WAR
Age: 33; Born: Pensacola, Florida

RF- 22- Nick Markakis (L) 6'1, 210: .285, 9 HR, 0.8 WAR
Age: 35; Born: Glen Cove, New York

LF- 23- Adam Duvall (R) 6'1, 215: .267, 10 HR, 0.6 WAR
Age: 31; Born: Louisville, Kentucky

C- 16- Brian McCann (L) 6'3, 225: .249, 12 HR, 0.3 WAR
Age: 35; Born: Athens, Georgia

SS- 7- Dansby Swanson (R) 6'1, 190: .251, 17 HR, 10 SB, 0.9 WAR
Age: 25; Born: Kennesaw, Georgia


SP- 26- Mike Foltynewicz (R) 6’4, 200: 8-6, 4.54 ERA, 105 K, 1.248 WHIP
Age: 27; Born: Minooka, Illinois

 

[salmagundy]

huh? you pulling me before the first pitch?

Once the thread is started, what does "piggy backing" have to do with the posters carrying on the thread. Doesn't make sense to me. nsacpi has started the thread and it will continue on to the end of the game.

Nice start to GDT nsacpi!!

 

[Dalyn]

Expecting a yuge game from Donaldson.

 

[bravesfanforlife88]

whoa whoa whoa....duplicate....this is bad juju

 

[thewupk]

dear god please don't suck

 

[thewupk]

I'll sacrifice my youngest for a win tonight

 

[nsacpi]

whoa whoa whoa....duplicate....this is bad juju

a small tear in the space-time continuum...nothing to see there...keep walking