Syracuse (4-4, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) is two wins from becoming eligible for the postseason, a significant turnaround from 1-10 in 2020. 16 - and record-setting tailback Sean Tucker have given the team a big jolt offensively and likely helped coach Dino Babers rest a little easier. 16, the other 34, though a lot of Syracuse fans wish that latter digit was 10 greater.Ī year after the Orange suffered through an injury-riddled season that saddled them with 10 losses, new quarterback Garrett Shrader - he's No. Tucker was selected to The Associated Press Midseason All-America team, announced Tuesday, Oct. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP) MATT GENTRY/AP Show More Show Less 6 of6 FILE - Syracuse running back Sean Tucker (34) rushes during the second quarter of the team's NCAA football game against Clemson in Syracuse, N.Y., in this Friday, Oct. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP) MATT GENTRY/AP Show More Show Less 5 of6 Virginia Tech defensive lineman Norell Pollard (3) chases Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader (16) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Blacksburg Va., Saturday, Oct.
Joshua Bessex/AP Show More Show Less 4 of6 Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader (16) waves as he leaves the field after an NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Va., Saturday, Oct. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP) MATT GENTRY/AP Show More Show Less 3 of6 Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader (16) scores a touchdown during the second quarter of the team's NCAA football game against Clemson in Syracuse, N.Y., Friday, Oct. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP) MATT GENTRY/AP Show More Show Less 2 of6 Syracuse head coach Dino Babers watches from the sideline during the first half of of an NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Va., Saturday, Oct. And yet, here we have two managers putting on hit-and-run plays, base stealing, playing with their instinct more than their reason in a way that hasn’t perhaps been seen since Joe Torre and Tommy Lasorda.1 of6 Syracuse running back Sean Tucker (34) runs for a touchdown past Virginia Tech defensive back Armani Chatman (27) during the first half of of an NCAA college football game in Blacksburg Va., Saturday, Oct. The game has to modernize, I hear you reason. The past twenty years has been the epoch of Moneyball, which saw teams play the odds, play it safe, and that has been a slow decline for stealing bases, laying down bunts, and all the other fundamentals of the small-ball style of play.
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Both of these teams know how to score and are willing at any moment to do anything necessary to do just that. For Atlanta, Joc Pederson, Freddie Freeman and Austin Riley have hit 20 RBIs and scored 16 runs between them. 309 collective batting average in the post season. Houston’s Yuli Gurriel, Michael Brantley and Alex Bregman have 38 hits and a. That is not to say that the rest of the bats have been cold, on the contrary. The hitting for each team is often boiled down to two incredibly hot bats Yordan Alvarez seems unstoppable for Houston and Eddie Rosario has been a driving force behind Atlanta’s run scoring. But Atlanta can play that game too, and play it very well if they need to. He has a changeup and a four-seamer but will only go to those as punch-out pitches when he is up in the count.īetween the two, Houston is more likely to play a bullpen oriented game, bringing on pinch hitters and getting short work out of their staff. He sticks almost exclusively to a sinker that comes in clocking low 90s and a curveball with crazy movement on it. Look for him to generate lots of whiffs and soft contact.įor Houston, Framber Valdez will perform a similar function from the southpaw delivery.
He has great control and a lot of movement on his pitches, relying primarily on a sinker, a cutter, and a curveball. Seriously, nobody in the world can have a bad word to say about him.
Both of these teams have impressive talent in the bullpen and can rely on bringing in a great mix of speed and movement from either side of the plate in almost any situation.Ītlanta will start everyone’s favorite starting pitcher, Charlie Morton. Throughout the playoffs, so many column inches have been devoted to the pitching that it is tempting to focus entirely on that element as the key to the game.
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