Zack Greinke cleverly carved his way through four innings, but Houston's bullpen couldn’t lock things down in a gutting 3-2 loss that put Atlanta up 3-1 in the World Series, on the brink of its first championship since 1995. ShiDavidi | TD_Canada
Often lost amid consternation about the post-season demise of starting pitching and the rise of the bullpen game is how difficult it is to successfully line up a slate of relievers, and have each one perform without a blip.in a gutting 3-2 loss Saturday night that put Atlanta up 3-1 in the World Series, on the brink of its first championship since 1995.
The swing in the series was especially dramatic, as the Astros might have had the upper hand had they knotted the best-of-seven 2-2 thanks to a better starting pitcher set up. Charlie Morton’s season-ending fibula fracture means Atlanta was expecting to go with a bullpen game in Sunday’s Game 5 against Framber Valdez, giving the Astros a strong chance to head home to Houston with a chance to clinch.
Atlanta, of course, has thus far avoided such a fate, even after opener Dylan Lee, who debuted in the majors Oct. 1 and was making his first big-league start in the World Series, left the bases loaded with one out.
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