Rookie Pfaadt will make fifth playoff start, facing three-time Cy Young winner Scherzer
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt reacts after the end of the top of the fourth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of the baseball NL Championship Series in Phoenix on Oct. 19.The World Series moves west to Phoenix on Monday with the host Arizona Diamondbacks having earned a split, thanks to a 9-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night in Arlington, Tex.
Scherzer, 39, is 0-1 with a 9.45 earned run average in two postseason starts against the Houston Astros this month. He has totaled 6 2/3 innings this postseason, but he has pitched 140 innings over 29 career playoff appearances with a 7-8 record and 3.86 ERA. Pfaadt, in Game 3 of the NLCS with his team facing a 2-0 series deficit, shut out the Phillies on two hits with nine strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Arizona won that game at Chase Field.
“It’s something that you dream about as a kid. I would say, I would definitely think throughout, if my career would end in, let’s say, a few years from now, I would say that I dreamt about playing ... in the World Series,” Pham said. “I don’t think we play this game without the intentions of winning a World Series, especially when you have a team that you feel like you have a special group that could compete for a World Series.
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