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Two bad 8th Innings for Detroit seems to be story of their playoffs this far

Oh mate, you aint wrong. Story of our season more like though. So many games blown by a dire bullpen. Gonna take a minor miracle to progress now. The Dodgers are looking really good tonight. That bench clearance seemed to fire LA up. Kershaw is insanely good. Best pitcher in Baseball by a country mile. Cy Young winner this year AND MVP. I'm calling it.

God almighty, did I give Clayton Kerhsaw a dose of commentator's curse commentors curse or what ? Absolutely shelled in the 7th. What a rally from St Louis though. That I did not expect. Another somewhat surprising result late last night- Kansas beat the Angels in Anaheim in game two of their series, which extended their lead to 2-0, leaving the Angels on the verge of elimination. The two games today are both National league games. San Francisco take a surprise 1-0 lead into game two against Washington, and the Dodgers will hope to rebound against St Louis in game two.

I went to bed when we were 6-1 up because I thought no way Kershaw is losing this, when I saw score felt sure it must have been bullpen that Iost it, was amazed that Kershaw was taken apart like that

LA Dodgers tie series 1-1 with 3-2 Victory over St Louis Cardinals. San Francisco Giants won 2-1 over Washingtpn in 18 Innings

Ohhhh fiddlesticks ! Detroit have lost game 3 of their series with Baltimore 2-1 and are thus eliminated from the playoffs. Gutted doesn't do my mood justice. Our bats were fast asleep until the ninth inning- any other stadium in the Major Leagues and JD Martinez would've had a 2-run HR to tie to the game. Instead it was double. Oh well, maybe next year. As for the rest of the playoffs, Kansas are, at present, leading 3-1 against the Angels in the bottom of the first inning. Kansas win this game and, like Baltimore, they win the series 3-0. Tomorrow the Dodgers and the Cardinals play game 3 of their series, currently tied 1-1. And San Francisco host Washington, with SF looking for a win to close out the series.

Relief pitching let Dodgers down as St Louis won game 3 by 3-1 to led series 2-1. Hopefully Kershaw can get over his 7th Inning woes of game 2 to give Zac Greinke a chance back in LA to win series

Unbelievable. The 7th inning curse strikes Kershaw AGAIN ! 2-0 up and he gives up a 3-run homer to Matt Adams. St Louis closed it out to win the series 3-1 and will face either San Francisco or Washington in the National League Championship Series. Bad luck Mike.

That's the Dodgers done for another season lost 3-2 to St Louis tonight 2 7th Innings melt downs from Clayton Kershaw and bad relief pitching means we fall to St Louis for second year in row.

Given the way all the pre-game favourites have lost their respective series' this year the only conceivable result later tonight is a San Francisco win over Washington to advance to the NLCS against St Louis.

At this stage of the playoffs, with 3 of the 4 slots filled, I'm going to tip Kansas to win the World Series over St Louis in an all Missouri battle.