Whatever the Braves' pitchers were bringing, the Astros were adjusting to it, proving in Game 5 they are too good to stay cold for too long — and now, they'll get the chance to do it again in Houston. ArdenZwelling │ TD_Canada
, 9-5. That means Houston lives to fight another day, now needing to triumph in another must-win back in Texas on Tuesday to extend the series to a seventh game. Meanwhile, Atlanta will have two more cracks at the one win it needs to claim its first World Series in a quarter century.
Just like that, only 13 pitches into his outing, Valdez had given up a four-spot. Facing such a large deficit so early in a must-win game, and with Yimi Garcia throwing in his bullpen, no one would have blamed Baker for pulling his starter right then and there. But he stuck with Valdez, who got his next hitter to ground out on two pitches before going three-up, three-down with a strikeout and a couple more groundballs in the second.
Ultimately, the Astros starter was leaving his sinker a little too high, and throwing his curveball way too low, letting Braves hitters key in on velocity and put balls in play at awfully high rates of speed. He still generated some weak groundball contact, as is his calling card. But when Valdez left pitches up, as he did far too often in Game 5, Braves hitters were ready for them.
Not the easiest assignment for a guy making only his 10th appearance on a mound of any kind since August, 2019. But the flipside of Davidson’s inexperience is Houston’s unfamiliarity with his fastball-slider-curveball mix. There certainly wasn’t much video on him. That set up a fascinating game within the game in which the Astros were clearly trying to see as many pitches as possible in the early going, while Davidson was trying to save some different looks for his second trip through the order.
Altuve and Brantley eventually scored. And, by the middle of the third inning, a game that saw the Braves go up four runs in the first was already tied. Jesse Chavez may have been on the mound when that lead was surrendered. But it was Houston’s approach against Davidson that made it happen.With his team hitting .206/.291/.298 for the series, Baker was left searching for a way to spark his struggling offence. No one outside of Altuve and Brantley was hitting well in the series.
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