That was some good playoff baseball

Both games of the LCS were won on walk-off's last night as the Angels and Phillies won their respective games. In the ALCS, I thought that Mariano Rivera's playoff mystique would continue as he got out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the 10th without allowing a run to score. But a now-questionable move by Joe Girardi to relinquish the DH by putting Jerry Hairston in left field and putting the pitcher in the #2 spot in the order which was due to bat in the next inning. This made Girardi pinch hit for Rivera in the top of the 11th. The game was tied in the bottom of the 11th when David Robertson was brought in to pitch for New York. He retired the first two batters and was pulled from the game for Alfredo Aceves. Of course, Aceves gave up a single to Howie Kendrick and the game-winning double to Jeff Mathis to give the Angels the game. Another questionable move by Girardi to remove a pitcher that is pitching well, especially when you are running out of pitchers.

The NLCS game was just as crazy as the ALCS game. The Phillies took a 2-0 lead on Ryan Howard's homer in the first inning. The Dodgers used three RBI singles and a homer by Matt Kemp to take a 4-3 lead after 6 innings. The Phillies fought back in the 8th and had two runners on with one out, but Ryan Howard struck out and Jayson Werth flied out to end the threat. The same situation occurred in the 9th as there were two runners on with one out when Greg Dobbs lined out for the second out of the inning. Jimmy Rollins came to the plate. He had been struggling all year, but he dug deep and hit a double to score both base runners and give the Phillies the victory 5-4 and a 3-1 lead in the series.

Drew Storen threw another inning for the Phoenix Desert Dogs last night. He gave up a walk and a hit while striking out two and not giving up any runs. Opponents are batting .333 against him in three innings in the AFL.