One More Time

All four teams that won their divisional round games yesterday struck out less than their opponents and three of the teams used fewer pitchers. I’d like to say this is a positive trend, but I’m sure teams will still maximize the number of pitchers on their rosters for the next round. The surprise from yesterday is that two of the games, both in the NL, featured a total of zero homeruns. I honestly didn’t think that was possible. Over in the AL, both winning teams outhomered their opponents. How depressing, given how much I dislike both the Yankees and Astros. What a championship series that would be, sort of like choosing between a punch to the jaw or one to the stomach. Go, Rays.