Twitter reacts to both Game 7 starting pitchers failing to survive third inning

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Both Yu Darvish and Lance McCullers Jr. had little room for error and were forced to pitch on a short leash heading into Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday, but no one could have predicted exactly how short their outings would be.

Neither pitcher was sharp, which was evident as soon as the game began, but the difference was that the Astros made Darvish pay for his mistakes, while the Dodgers could not muster any runs off McCullers.

Darvish was tagged for three hits and five runs (four earned) in only 1 2/3 innings of work. He failed to record a strikeout, and walked a batter as well. McCullers, to his credit, was a bit better, as he also gave up three hits, but struck out three batters. However, he somehow managed to hit four batters, which broke the previous record for hit batters in a World Series game (three).

McCullers did do a good job working out of jams by getting the Dodgers to swing and miss on some pitches out of the zone, which resulted in him leaving the game with his opponent still held scoreless. The problem is that he pitched for only 2 1/3 innings until being pulled by Astros manager A.J. Hinch.

It marked the first time in World Series history that neither starter pitched out of the third inning, a record that may not be broken for a long time.  Social media, as you might imagine, featured some great reactions to the pitching woes in the game, and here are some of the best tweets posted during Game 7.

We’ll start with the ones involving Darvish.

https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/925893995733049345

https://twitter.com/flip_special/status/925893180377137153

The tweets about McCullers didn’t disappoint, either.

https://twitter.com/davelozo/status/925886476566564864

The outcome of a Game 7 rarely is predictable, but Wednesday’s pitching woes really left MLB fans and analysts wondering how these pitchers turned in such short outings.

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