The Reason.Derek Lowe will be available to pitch Game 4 and Game 7. He is a big game pitcher and would have won Game 1 if it wasn't for Raffy Furcal's throwing error. Game 3 will be a matchup of Hiroki Kuroda vs Jamie Moyer. Kuroda is used to the Japanese baseball season schedule where you only pitch once a week and the stats show that he does much much better when he has five days of rest instead of four. Well he will have extra rest when he pitches tomorow night and pitched excellent in Game 3 of the NLDS vs the Cubs. Meanwhile the 45 year old pitcher may be tired out. I mean how long can you expect this guy to pitch effectively. Most 45 year old men are out of shape and haven't played any kind of sports consistenly since their 30s. Moyer is over 200 innings now for the year and has thrown almost 4,000 innings in his career. His arm is hanging by a thread. Even though he only throws about 80-83 his arm still has to be dead tired. So Game 3 should go to LA. Game 4 will probably be a matchup of Lowe vs Joe Blanton. A big mismatch in my opinion. Blanton pitched well in Game 4 of the NLDS vs the Brewers but the Brewers didnt hit at all in that series. So Game 4 should go to LA giving us a 2-2 tie. I'll say the teams will split Games 5 and 6 giving everyone what they want. A Game 7. And the matchup as it is set up right now will be Lowe vs Moyer. I've given you my opinion on Moyer already so I think you know where I'm going with this. LA in seven.
And don't forget about the man on a salary drive. Here's what Manny said after Game 2:
"It might be time to do some shots of Crown Royal," said Manny Ramirez, who has been there, done that. "I know this, we'll have the music on Sunday in Dodger Stadium and maybe have some fun." Yeah he's tight. Manny, Lowe, and Nomar have been behind 3-0 before so they can impart some knowledge to this group. Not to mention Joe Torre the manager who's team blew to lead. So when LA comes back to take the series, just remember who told ya so.
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