By: Renier González Jr.
Astros de Hosuton (7) – (1) Washington Nationals (Astros win series 3-2)
All Nats fans knowing that his ace Max Scherzer could not open this Sunday’s game due to spasm in his neck and back, sensed that it was not going to be an easy game against Houston. Joe Ross took the ball and although he had no good start he tried his best.
Houston manager A.J. Hinch made a good decision by putting Yordan Alvarez on his lineup, the Cuban defended the left prairie, since he is usually a designated hitter (DH).
BOX SCORE:
The first two races for the Astros came thanks to the great power of Alvarez, after a single by the infield of his compatriot Yuli Gurriel, Yordan took a good turn at the bat that ended up destroying a 95.6 MPH sinker, put him traveling through the center field at 408 feet.
Yordan Alvarez became the youngest Cuban to shoot home runs in the World Series, he did it with 22 years and 122 days, exceeded the mark of Jorge Soler who achieved it with 23 years and 227. In addition, he is the only Antillean who has hit a fly to push another player from Cuba.
In the fourth inning Alvarez would be the protagonist again by connecting a single so that later Carlos Correa would blow the fence by (LF) and put the game (4-0).
Correa is the second shortstop with more home runs in the postseason with 11 in 40 games and only surpassed by Derek Jeter’s 20 in 148 games.
The only hairline of the capitalists was going to come for a four-corner hit by Juan Soto in the seventh inning, that was the only spot for Gerrit Cole and the Ashe picheo.
Soto disappeared it again against Cole in this World Series and ties with Andrew Jones and Mickey Mantle as the youngest players to connect multi laps in an autumn classic.
In the eighth inning Gurriel would tow another for the sidereal with a single to the center and an inning later it would be George Springer who would join the party of bombings of complete return with a man in base. It’s his (HR) 15 in the postseason and seventh in the World Series in just 12 games, he’s the most home runs for a first bat in Fall Classics.
Gerrit Cole (1-0): Winning Pitcher
7 IP, 3H, 1C, 1CL, 2BB, 9K, 1HR, 110 pitches (39 balls and 71 strikes)
Gerrit was in “Cole” mode and was intractable only allowed three hits and one of them the home run. His nine strikeouts match the second best amount in postseason history (47) only surpassed by Curt Schilling’s 56 in 2001. Without doubts this right will receive a good contract next winter.
Joe Ross (0-1): Pitcher defeated: 5 IP, 5H, 4C, 4CL, 2BB, 1K, 2HR, 78 pitches (30 balls – 48 strikes). Ross did not start throwing a game since September 29 and these play offs only threw two innings.
Fact:
The team that has been in 3-2 in a series of seven games has won the fourth game 77.6% of the time and the teams that were 3-2 and ended up playing Home Club with the current format (2- 3-2) won 27 of 22 games.
Tuesday’s game will be crucial, for the Nats will open Stephen Strasburg and for the Astros it will be Justin Verlander. It will be the second part of this duel, faces were already seen in game number two and the capital took the victory.
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