I guess one can always take appreciation in the fact it wasn’t another choke job in the books. Honestly, they played better this series than I assumed going in. Our pitching showed up and balled out. But as I said before the series, the starting pitching is so lopsided in the Dodgers favor it isn’t even funny. Beating that was going to be a tall ask. Our hitters aren’t elite, even the good ones aren’t exactly All Star forces. Seems more likely to depend on lesser pitching stopping elite bats than it is for middling hitting to hit against the elite pitchers of the game.
Also, I’ll go against the grain a bit, I think Murphy’s pitching decisions were great. Every single one of them to be honest. We held them the 2/5/3 runs. The 5 run game involved 3/5 runs coming from our ace. Not sure what more you could ask for. While I thought using Uribe mid game in tight spots was bold…it was the right decision. Use your best guys when you need them most. No point waiting to be down 5 runs. Reality is, we were going to live or die on the backs of Ashby/Uribe pitching a lot. They weren’t going to chill and pitch every 3-4 days.
No need to sugar coat it, we never had a chance…and to no fault of our own. Maybe someday that changes, but for now, it’s time to just watch another big market trot to the World Series. History has told this story over and over again.