![]() ![]() Syndergaard made his first Fall Classic appearance since 2015 with the New York Mets and had been limited to three relief appearances since his previous start on Oct. The Phillies adjusted plans following the Game 3 rainout and wore vintage powder blue uniforms in the Series for first time since 1983. Philadelphia lost consecutive games for the first time this postseason. Dusty Baker, nearing his first title in a quarter-century as a major league manager, went to his bullpen.Īstros pitchers struck out 12, raising their two-game total to 26. After trying two fastballs, two curveballs and his only changeup of the night, Verlander threw his fifth slider of the plate appearance and retired Castellanos on a flyout to short left, pumping a fist twice in excitement. Verlander pitched with unusual care, throwing exclusively fastballs in 17 pitches to Harper over three plate appearances.Īfter Harper doubled on the last of those with two outs in the fifth, Verlander and Castellanos faced off in an epic 10-pitch at-bat. “Pitching coach made a trip to the mound and it seemed like immediately after that he went to his slider and he pitched better.” “You got to get those guys early,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. After a visit from pitching coach Bill Murphy, Verlander wiggled out of trouble by striking out out Rhys Hoskins on a slider. Philadelphia loaded the bases in the second on Segura’s single and a pair of walks. Pitching with an extra day of rest for his arm and stubble on his face, the 39-year-old right-hander gave up just the one run and four hits over five innings with four walks and six strikeouts - including four in a row in the fourth and fifth. He had been 0-6 with an unseemly 6.07 ERA in eight Series starts dating to his rookie season with Detroit in 2006, a blotch in the career of the 244-game winner likely to earn his third Cy Young Award this season. Verlander is among just five Astros remaining from the team caught using video to steal signs in '17. Of previous Series tied 2-2, the Game 5 victor has won 31 of 47 times. “I thought he hit it out," McCormick said.Īfter Bryce Harper was hit by a pitch, Nick Castellanos bounced to shortstop, ending a 3-hour, 57-minute thriller. Realmuto for the second out of the ninth. The center fielder ran 91 feet to made a leaping backhand catch against the chain-link fence in front of the right-center scoreboard on J.T. McCormick helped Pressly finish a five-out save. ![]() He played defense for the first time since the regular-season finale, falling into foul territory and reaching back with his left foot to touch the bag on Schwarber's rip. Mancini, the backup first baseman, pinch hit in the top half after 2021 Gold Glove winner Yuli Gurriel got into a collision during a rundown, hurting his right knee. ![]() He's the first rookie shortstop ever to go deep in the Fall Classic.Īfter Jean Segura's one-out RBI single off Rafael Montero in the eighth, Ryan Pressly escaped a first-and-third jam by striking out Brandon Marsh and Schwarber on a nearly 100 mph one-hopper that was snagged over first base by Mancini. He made a leaping catch at shortstop to foil the Phillies in the third, then regained the lead an inning later with his fourth postseason homer. Peña had three hits, including an RBI single in the first and an eighth-inning single that set up Yordan Alvarez’s run-scoring groundout. Then Philly's Kyle Schwarber homered leading off the bottom half, harkening to the five-run lead Verlander wasted in Houston’s opening 6-5, 10-inning loss. Houston went ahead just four pitches in against Noah Syndergaard on Peña's run-scoring single. They can close it out Saturday night at Minute Maid Park. PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Justin Verlander overcame an early jolt to grit out the World Series win that long eluded him, rookie Jeremy Peña hit a go-ahead home run and the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Thursday night to head home with a 3-2 lead.īuoyed by late defensive gems from Trey Mancini and Chas McCormick, the Astros moved to the brink of their second championship - the other was a scandal-tainted title in 2017. ![]()
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