It's Dodgertown!

Can the Blue Crew come up with another win to send it to a all-or-nothing game 5 in St. Louis?

Theoretically, the Dodgers should be loose as the team nobody expected to be here and the Cardinals to be tense as they are the most dominent team that is supposed to roll over everybody to the inevitable showdown with the Yankees.

LaRussa is going with the 4th man in the rotation, Suppan, who has had a good road record but has been struggling late in the season. Tracy counters with Perez who got blitzed in game 1 not even lasting 3 innings.

I assume Perez should be well rested. It would be ideal if he goes out there and puts up 9 zeros. Hopefully, his location will be good and Mayne and Perez will form that psychic link and make the right calls on when to go with the heater and when to nibble the corners with breaking stuff.

Nonetheless, I imagine, Tracy will have a quick hook if it looks like Perez is struggling. I'm guessing Carrara will get the call if Perez exits early. If it comes down to needing another inning or two to get the ball to Gagne in the 8th, look for Tracy to go to Alvarez and Brazoban. Sanchez and Venafro might get one batter each in situational appearances. Tracy will hold out Dessens for extra-innings if it comes to that. The only two guys off limits would be Lima and Weaver but if it gets into the 13th inning and beyond, who knows. For the Dodgers, they have their backs to the wall, there is no tomorrow, this is do or die, fish or cut bait with nothing to lose -- help me here ... more sports cliches... PLEASE!

Look for vets like Finley to come through. Hopefully, Green will continue the good hitting and with somebody on base! Beltre is showing the nervousness of a youngster. Hitting coach Wallace has to settle Beltre down and get him to wait for the good pitch and Beltre can get a hit at his first at-bat to loosen him up so later on he can hit the long ball to put away the Cards and send it to game 5!

Go Dodgers!

UPDATE: Dodgers are done for the season. Perez was off giving up 5 walks and 2 runs in 2 1/3rd innings and was at 60 pitches. Suppan was solid for 7 innings. What can you say, the better team won. Nonetheless, the Dodgers gave this fan and this town a lot of enjoyment. Thank you Dodgers and see you next spring at the ballpark!