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Originally Posted by tk13
Yeah hitting is important, but pitching dominates in the playoffs. Even those 2013 Red Sox... they were a very good offensive team, no doubt about it. They were more balanced. I think they only had two guys hit 20 HR during the season.
But in the playoffs, Lester went off. He went 4-1 and was lights out every start. Lackey was pretty effective too. The offense had a .609 team OPS in the ALCS, and a .621 team OPS in the World Series. The Cardinals scored 14 runs in 6 World Series games.
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Exactly. He's quoting regular season statistics. Well yeah. It's important to score runs during the season to get to October ... But more often than not, dominant pitching wins in October. It's pitching weather. And teams stop letting Chris Young's start games. And you get to your bullpen faster. And you don't have Yohan Pino eating innings.
Great pitching always beats great hitting. It doesn't always take a great pitcher to pitch great, either. And October baseball favors pitching anyways. Not prime hitting weather