Giants-Dodgers Rivalry Soars To New Heights With Win-Or-Go-Home NLDS Game 5 Showdown

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — It’s hard to judge the north-south rivalry betwixt San Francisco and Los Angeles could turn adjacent much intense; past comes a deciding Game 5 NLDS playoffs betwixt the Giants and the Dodgers.

Standing-room-only tickets soared implicit $220 connected StubHub aboriginal Wednesday with the champion seats astatine Oracle Park priced astatine implicit $3,500.

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It’s a fitting extremity to the archetypal postseason gathering betwixt the 2 heated rivals successful much than 100 years. Both teams person won a 109 games this year.

And emotions are soaring, but permission it to San Francisco All-Star catcher Buster Posey to support it beauteous simple.

“This volition beryllium crippled 24 (the Giants-Dodgers person played this year) connected Thursday, truthful evidently some teams cognize each different well,” helium said. “A batch of these guys person played against 1 different for a agelong clip and, I mean, this is wherefore you play, is to get to, truly it boils down to competing and execution and it’s beauteous overmuch arsenic elemental arsenic that.”

San Francisco sends its young ace Logan Webb to the mound connected Thursday with the destiny of the play connected his shoulders. In a Game 1 4-0 win, Webb was masterful, tossing 7 2/3 innings of scoreless shot portion striking retired 10.

“I deliberation his assurance has conscionable continued to grow,” Posey said of Webb. “I deliberation the worldly has gotten amended due to the fact that helium believes that helium has elite pitches that tin vie with immoderate lineup and I deliberation it’s a substance of – and he’s shown, I guess, successful the past crippled of the season, and past successful the archetypal crippled of this bid – that helium tin support his poise, and I deliberation that bodes good for Thursday.”

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Manager Gabe Kapler besides was assured his young prima was up to the challenge.

“We tin thin connected the way grounds of the past 4 months,” helium said of Webb connected Wednesday night. “It’s a agelong time, it’s a batch of starts and it’s immoderate starts successful immoderate immense games. It’s a wholly rested and prepared and assured pitcher. So I mean that’s plenty.”

Kapler besides volition person a afloat arsenal of arms disposable if Webb falters including starters Kevin Gausman and Alex Wood. It’s triumph oregon spell home; everybody is connected deck.

“It’s nice,” helium said. “So you got Webb with a afloat slate, Gausman with a afloat slate. I don’t deliberation utilizing Alex Wood astatine immoderate constituent successful the crippled would beryllium wholly retired of the question. We’ve got each of our relievers up and acceptable to pitch.”

On the opposing mound volition beryllium Julio Urías, who unopen down San Francisco and contributed an RBI azygous for his origin successful 9-2 shellacking of the Giants successful Game 2. Urías has baffled Giants hitters each twelvemonth — each but Posey.

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“It’s similar immoderate different pitcher, erstwhile you’re facing a large league pitcher,” Posey said of Urías. “You anticipation erstwhile you get a mistake you tin get the tube connected it and effort to laic disconnected the borderline pitches. He’s a large rival and we’re each going to beryllium looking guardant to the challenge.”