Sports Update: New York's Long Day

Starting the new format, three of four of the wild card weekend games were decided 2-0. There were upsets. Seattle came back from a large deficit, after winning the first on starting pitching. The Phils relied on starting pitching and the Cards blowing it in the ninth. It took until the 15th to get the (one) winning run, but the Guardians was the one as expected winner.

Scherzer and hitters didn't show up in Game One, but deGrom and hitters did in Game Two, for the one 1-1 result.  It would be nice if the Mets weren't here, but they are making it exciting (or something; I'm on the exciting and something side).

The Mets did their usual to win that game. Good starting pitching, making the starter work, and having a big inning.  The closer was put in the seventh, but was left in after they got a bigger lead.  The net result was that the Mets still had to sweat, the Padres loading the bases in the 9th. It ended out okay.  

It wasn't even clear that Daniel Jones would even start, after both Giants QBs got hurt last game.  But, he did, though he didn't look too mobile or anything at the beginning. Jones started to become more mobile as the game went along, in a game that was a statement of his toughness as it went along.  A quick reply (FG) by the Packers made in 20-10 at the Half, which looked respectable, but still the Giants were down by 10.

Well, IN LONDON (Tampa and Seattle gets Germany), the Giants held the Packers basically scoreless the rest of the way.  Up 27-20, I figured the Packers would score, and it would turn to the Giants winning maybe 30-27.  But, it took longer and longer for the Packers to score.  It was 3 and 2. 

And, the Giants STOPPED them with a little bit over a minute to play at the Giants 6.  Tossing in a safety [27-22] to take a few more seconds off the clock (I wondered why not a few runs too; they knelt), there was 10 seconds left. A free kick was better than a punt, since it pushed the Packers back further, and they had a five yard penalty too.  Back to his own 35, a few seconds taken on a return, no miracle. The Giants are 4-1!  

 

The London games have been pretty exciting so far.  

Meanwhile, the Jets had Miami, who started the season well, but then their QB got hurt.  Miami has a decent back-up, but he was out early. The Jets didn't take advantage for a while, the score 19-17 (Jets once up 12-0) after the first post-half series.  But, that is as close Miami got, the Jets scoring 21 unanswered in the fourth quarter. So, with the Bills blowing out the Steelers (new QB this year), it was a good day for New York teams.  

The Jets now face ... the Packers.  Not IN LONDON though.

Long day for New York fans.  After two games before 4:30, you had time for an early dinner to prepare for the deciding Mets game. Walker not on the roster originally, came on after Joely got hurt.  He's was your only true lefty reliever though Peterson did pitch one scoreless against the Padres.  Rodriguez has been good at times over the season. On the IL, he would not be able to face the Dodgers, but fist the Mets had to get there. 

They didn't really show up. One hit.   See ya next year.