Michael Taylor!! Dude is the unsung hero of the series. If the Nats win this game I want them to win the World Series

TAKE THIS GAME NATS!!!!

That was a 88 mph fastball...

4-3 Nats now after a wild pitch and a fielders choice.

The Cubs are getting Bumgarnered with Scherzer.

Uh no

lol.

Scherzer comes in, gets two outs, then the Cubs get two runs. Cubs lead 5-4.

Well so much for that. Just goes to show you how what Bumgarner did was insane.

I guess not.

What a choke job

A complete implosion.

Meltdooooown.

Good lord

Woof.

Nats doing what pre-2016 Cubs does best.

Never expected that lead to hold.

Wieters is ****ing terrible

LMAO how the **** do you do that.

This is hard to watch

Nats are chokers like Cleveland.

Washington Indians.

This is epic.

Need a dinger to top it off.

This just shows that how important reliever roles are and you can’t just stick anyone in at receiver and expect it to work

Just need a balk now

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Nats performing as well as Congress.

On the anniversary of their meltdown against the Cardinals in the 2012 NLDS.

That looks like a 2015 Royals type of a sequence.

A Dusty Baker team with a meltdown inning. Feels like we've seen this a time or 7.

ROFL

I was actually at a bar in St. Louis for that. It was beautiful. :D

He's chewed too many toothpicks.

2002 Giants in World Series - Removed Ortiz in Game 6, where Ortiz only allowed 4 hits.
2003 Cubs in NLCS - The Bartman Game.
2010 Reds in NLDS - Swept.

2016 Nationals - Failed to get out of NLDS.
2017 Nationals - Choked on a 4-1 lead.

I left the bar i was watching at to go home and finish the game in darkness by myself with a 12 pack after the bottom of the 3rd.

The Nats probably would be better off asking if Youppi! is available....

Taylor pleading for a foul tip even though Contreras caught the ball.

This is going to come up in the postgame.

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I guess that person ignored the "in the umpires judgement."

They met about it and didnt rule it was the case.

Wow man.

The meltdown continues.

Baseball is one amazing game. What a disaster.

Worth is a terrible outfielder

The 2014 Twins called.... they want their defense back.

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The problem is, "In the umpire's judgment" is pretty subjective these days.

Then that's a problem with the wording in the rule, not how it was called. Wieters slid over to try and block a pitch that was suppose to be outside, it wasnt some crazy wild back swing and it wasn't like he was squarely hit on the back of the head, his mask was barely grazed and didn't affect the play at all.

Actually, it was a back swing. He hit him on the backswing on the strike 3 passed ball.

Werth should’ve scored if he wasn’t jogging

I never said he wasn't hit on the back swing. I said it wasn't a wild back swing and he was only grazed with it because he had to move over to try and block the ball that was supposed to be outside. It's a non issue.

****ing Montgomery.

This bullpen is just dog shit.

What a game!! Cardiac kids coming back!!

And Babe Murphy doubles home a run. Runner on 3rd and 2nd.

This is about to get hairy. Wonder if Maddon will play his Quintana bullet somewhere here.

And Wieters sucks again

same feeling I get after every Heyward at bat

Don’t worry I feel the same way after every Alex Gordon at bat

All the empty seats behind home plate makes it look like a regular season Pirates games.

Legal

I'm a huge baseball fan, but my God, these games are too ****ing long

Agreed. Minimum 4 hours for most of these playoff games. It's pretty stupid.

All the talk about making the games faster with these small tweaks. Juiced ball + specialized relievers and you get this.

Oh god its Marmol Edwards.

This might be interesting. Bringing Quintana in but he'll have to pitch with a runner on, something he's not used to.

Ride this horse all the way to Davis because Strop is already gone.

No way they bring in Wade Davis in the 7th right?

Well here we go.

If Quintana doesnt get out of this they pretty much dont have a choice because Maddon brought in all his late inning relievers so ****ing early. Definitely dont want to see Wilson in this game, he's been plain awful since being a Cub.

Everyone's all gung ho with this "bring your starter in out of the bullpen" idea but it sure hasn't been that effective in the playoffs. Lester last night was pretty good, but it's a lot more miss than hit.

This is a GREAT game and I'm no fan of either team

Yeah, this has been a phenomenal contest.

7 out save here we go. Channel that inner starting pitching Davis.

Wade Davis for 2 1/3 innings. As Royals fans we all know this won’t end well for the Cubs

Lucky that pitch didn't end up in Baltimore.

No Davis sucks ass as a starter

Why is Davis pitching in the B7th?

Let's see if Davis can become this generation's Rivera.

Because Maddon is out of bullets. Wade is amazing but it's asking a lot to make your closer sit down twice and come back 100%.

I don't know, the 2015 ALCS Game 6 is up there as well.

I want Washington to win but I also don't want to see Davis give up the runs to lose. I am so confused now.

He also stupidly burned him in Game 4.

For as revered as Maddon is, I'd argue Yost was the better tachtician in 14-15 playoffs than Joe has been over the last two playoffs.