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Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

Weekend LDS Fun | Rays and White Sox Face Elimination; NLDS Matchups 1-1

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Sports, Mlb, Fantasy Baseball, Baseball

4.7874 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Eno, Britt and DVR review a great group of weekend playoff games as the Astros and Red Sox try to close out their ALDS series to begin the week, while home-field advantage has shifted in each of the NLDS series with the Brewers-Braves and Dodgers-Giants knotted up at one game apiece. 


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0:00.0

Welcome to rates barrels presented by Topps checkout Topps. 70, celebrating 70 years of Topps baseball cards.

0:22.6

It is Monday, October 11th. Derek Van Riper, Enosaris Pritjoli here with you on this Monday.

0:28.9

Another great four playoff game day. We are so lucky to have that. It didn't look like we were going to get that when the weekend kicked off.

0:36.7

So I think we're all happy and maybe relieved simultaneously.

0:40.9

There's plenty to get to.

0:42.3

So we're going to recap everything that happened from the series over the weekend and take a look forward to the game three and game four matchups.

0:49.0

Let's get going in the AL and start with the Astros White Sox series.

0:53.2

That series looked like it was going to end yesterday because at one point the Astros opened up a huge lead.

1:00.8

They chased Dylan Cease in the third inning of that game.

1:04.8

So it just looked like, okay, here it is.

1:06.5

Here's the sweep.

1:07.3

Houston's exerting dominance on the series and we're done here.

1:10.9

But a nice rally for the White Sox and certainly some drama in this game too, including

1:16.4

a throw home that hit Yesmani Grandal and led to a big, I don't know, hubbub, I guess we'll

1:22.8

call it on the field.

1:23.7

That seems like a fair word to use.

1:25.4

And it's a very questionable bullpen management by Dusty Baker along the way.

1:30.3

So, Britt, I want to start with you.

1:31.3

This series has been in your kitchen.

1:34.3

Well, not literally, but you were covering it in Houston.

1:37.3

What did you make of the events that unfolded in game three where there was a lot of drama?

1:42.3

Yeah, it was chaos.

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