The non-stop action of the first two playoff slates will slow considerably until the weekend. Three sweeps mean there is only one game tonight. The Phillies and Braves will decide their series at 7 pm CT.
1. Red Sox voice concerns about approach after sweep
A lot went wrong for Boston, but manager Chad Tracy’s decision to pull both starters after 4 2/3 innings was a key talking point. Tracy yanked Sonny Gray after 70 pitches yesterday. “I would have liked to live-or-die with me in that moment,” Gray said (h/t Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald). “I would have liked to have been trusted in that moment.” First baseman Willson Contreras pointed to the club’s reliance on analytics as an area to address. “It’s not enough when you have talent or you have data or you have computers that’s telling you what to do. Because this is baseball,” Contreras said (h/t Christopher Smith of MassLive.com). “And the data is here to help us. But at the end of the day, you’re gonna have to need experience and veteran guys to win games.”
2. Cubs swept by Padres
The Cubs face their own questions after getting easily dispatched by the Padres. They scored once in two games. Michael King silenced them in Game 1 with seven one-hit innings. It was San Diego’s bullpen that came through in Game 2, firing 5 2/3 shutout frames. Chicago’s offensive drought came after the club led the league in scoring during the regular season, finishing 18 runs clear of the next-closest team (Milwaukee). “We just didn’t play well enough,” manager Craig Counsell told reporters, including AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. “And they’re playing really well.” The Padres have won 19 of their last 22 games. They’ll face the Brewers this weekend.
3. White Sox move on to ALDS
The White Sox earned their first postseason series win since the 2005 World Series on Wednesday. They jumped on the Astros out of the gate, knocking out ace Hunter Brown in the first inning. Houston chipped away at the early lead, but Chase Meidroth delivered the decisive blow with a three-run homer in the sixth inning. Chicago will now head to Cleveland to face the Guardians. The two teams battled down the stretch for the AL Central crown, with the Guardians narrowly edging the White Sox by one game. Chicago won the season series, 7-6.
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