The Dodgers won a must-win Game 5 and now they face another must-win game. Game 6 is sure to be a pitching duel as one of the best, if not the best, pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, and rookie sensation Michael Wacha square off. Wacha took a no-hitter into the eight inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLDS. The Dodgers will need all the help they can get tonight to get some offense going and hope that Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier are good to go tonight. Manager Don Mattingly expressed optimism about players.
These two teams are doing everything they can to take jabs at one another. It may have all started when Hanely Ramirez was hit by a pitch in game 1 that resulted in a hairline fracture of one of his ribs. It was then the Dodgers turn, with Yasiel Puig flipping his bat on a triple which irked both Adam Wainwright and Carlos Beltran. Adrian Gonzalez followed up his home run trot with a “Mickey Mouse” gesture towards the Cardinals after pitcher Wainwright considered Puig’s bat flip “Mickey Mouse antics”.
I think this series is not meant to end yet and the Dodgers will win tonight and take us to a Game 7. It is too hard to bet against a pitcher as dominant as Clayton Kershaw. The Dodgers lineup has looked hotter than ever with Adrian Gonzalez hitting two home runs in the last game. While Carlos Beltran has been incredible in the postseason, it will take more than Beltran to win this game and it is hard to string hits together against Kershaw. Cardinals vs. Dodgers- who you takin?
