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11:20am PDT, 2:20pm EDT, 7:20pm BST
The game probably rests on how many runners are on base when Hancock gives away his customary Home Run.
> 12 Games and only 4 times has he avoided a HR.
> 10 HR allowed, 7 of them to the #1, #2 and #3 hitters.
> Of the 10 HR, 7 of them were solo HRs.
> OPS of 1.090 third time through the order.
> 32.3% walk rate on the 3-2 count / 43.8% walk rate on all 3-ball counts (albeit that might include 3-0, 3-1 and 3-2 as 3 separate PAs in the formation of the stat, I believe)
The "Keys to the Game" are relatively obvious here.
So far this season, Game Threaders have had 10 x 1-and-out streaks. So chances of a second win are slim. Great to see afternoon Central/morning Pacific/Primetime UK baseball on a Saturday where it should be.
On a slightly trivial aside, when trying to follow baseball in the pre-internet era I used to love trying to get a box score from the USA today paper which we sometimes got about three days later if we went to specific newsagents/paper shops and I loved how it referred to the Cubs as Chicago-NL. A beautiful piece of traditional referencing.
Lets batter this Chicago-NL team, Go Ms.
