Today marks the first day when a team could be eliminated from the division series. The Athletics and the Giants are both in action and both face 0-2 deficits. It?s do or die time, Bay Area baseball fans.
The Giants find themselves in Ohio of all places, facing a pitcher who tossed a no-hitter 11 days ago. ?Opposing Homer Bailey is Ryan Vogelsong. Vogelsong made two starts against the Reds this year, allowing six runs in thirteen innings. Bailey started once against the Giants, allowing three runs ? two earned ? in six and a third. Bailey, it should also be noted, is way worse at home this season than he is on the road. ?And the Reds, it should be noted, haven?t won a home playoff game since 1995. ?They need to win one of the next three to advance.
Meanwhile in Oakland, Brett Anderson squares off against Anibal Sanchez and the Tigers. All of the talk for the past two days has been about Al?Alburquerque sealing a 1-3 putout with a kiss, but the A?s need to get over that in a hurry and focus on saving their playoff lives. The last time Anderson saw the Tigers ? or any game action at all ? was on September 19. That day he tweaked his oblique and left the game after giving up three earned runs in two and a third. Sanchez had no better luck against the A?s. He faced them back on September 20 and was tagged for five earned runs in five and two-thirds.?Also worth noting that (a) the last time the A?s played in any playoff series at all, they were swept by the Tigers, back in 2006; and (b) the A?s have found themselves down 0-2 in seven previous playoff series, and ended up getting swept in six of the seven.
It?s pins and needles time for A?s and Giants fans. For the rest of us: the thrill of win-or-go-home baseball. ?The Giants play the Reds at 5:37 PM Eastern. ?The Tigers and A?s go off at 9:37 PM Eastern.
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