The person, the parable, the legendary character behind the very best Los Angeles podcast, Doug McKain, previewed the World Sequence on KTLA Thursday.
Los Angeles will host the New York Yankees on Friday and Saturday sending Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound to start out the primary two video games.
“It has been somewhat little bit of a combined bag for Flaherty this postseason,” McKain stated. “The Padres collection didn’t have an important begin after which in Recreation 1 of the NLCS in opposition to the Mets, he went seven scoreless. … after which he didn’t have a great begin in Recreation 5.”
McKain continued discussing the addition of Yamamoto and the way a lot he loves the large stage and the brilliant lights.
The one factor that stands proud to McKain for the to win is the flexibility to hit with runners in scoring place. In years previous, the offense has gone chilly and had problem simply getting on base — however this yr has been a distinct story.
The offense has hit .311 with runners in scoring place whereas the Yankees are hitting .181.
“This all began within the NLDS,” McKain stated. “You have a look at Recreation 5, who will get the large residence run to provide the their first lead in opposition to a Yu Darvish that they struggled with in Recreation 2… it was Kiké Hernández.”
To observe the interview in its entirety, click on the hyperlink right here.
Photograph Credit score: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Photographs
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