As casual viewers tuned into Game 2, it was fair to wonder: the Dodgers, arguably the best team in baseball, can’t do any better than this? USA TODAY Sports' GabeLacques examines WorldSeries
They placed some faith in young starters Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin, and May was more than serviceable, throwing as many as 88 pitches in a game, producing a 2.09 ERA as a starter and 1.09 overall WHIP.
It’s a fine idea in a best-of-three or best-of-five series, and the Dodgers went 5-0 in steamrolling the Brewers in the wild-card round and Padres in the NL Division Series to reach the NL Championship Series.They fought gallantly out of a 3-1 hole against the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS, but at the expense of putting May and Gonsolin in compromising positions.
He has pitched six times in the postseason, no stint longer than two innings, and his baserunners allowed keep spiking: zero, one, three, five, three, and finally, Wednesday night, when he allowed four hits to the Rays but recorded just four outs. “They understand every out we get is important,” Roberts said when asked about the spots in which organization has put May, 23, and Gonsolin, 26. “So that’s probably a question for them.”Ramping May down from starter to reliever was an organizational choice, one that helped navigate the early-round waters that sunk them in a five-game NLDS loss to the Washington Nationals in 2019.
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