Get some relaxation when you can, as a result of at present’s motion gained’t be for the faint of coronary heart.
With the Rangers’ 9-2 rout of the Astros extending their season by at the least yet another day, Recreation 7 of the ALCS will probably be performed on the heels of NLCS Recreation 6, the place the D-backs will probably be dealing with elimination by the hands of the Phillies.
The final time Video games 6 and seven of the LCS fell on the identical day was in 2020, when 16 groups made the postseason, tightening up the schedule significantly. A Recreation 6 and seven haven’t fallen on the identical date in a repeatedly scheduled postseason since 2004, when Recreation 7 of the ALCS between the Pink Sox and Yankees coincided with Recreation 6 of the NLCS between the Astros and Cardinals on Oct. 20.
To cowl each hypothetical situation, we’d want to return even additional. The final time each the ALCS and NLCS have been settled in six or seven video games on the identical day was on Oct. 14, 1992, when the Braves took their LCS matchup in opposition to the Pirates in seven video games on the identical day the Blue Jays gained their first AL pennant with a Recreation 6 victory over the A’s.
We may very effectively see a repeat of that unbelievable day of baseball in ’92. The Phillies, now 6-0 at dwelling within the 2023 Postseason, will ship Aaron Nola (3-0, 0.96 ERA) to the mound in opposition to D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly (1-1, 3.00 ERA) in Recreation 6 of the NLCS, starting at 5 p.m. ET on TBS. Learn extra >
Within the winner-take-all nightcap, airing at 8 p.m. ET on FOX/FS1, the Rangers will hand the ball to Max Scherzer, who was touched for 5 runs throughout 4 frames in Recreation 3. Cristian Javier (2-0, 1.69 ERA) will get the beginning for the Astros having earned a win in every of his final 4 postseason begins courting to the 2022 ALCS. Learn extra >