Justin Verlander has a very tough act to follow. 'So hopefully things will go my way next time,' he said about pitching Game 5 after a fickle Game 1 performance.
Justin Verlander has a very tough act to follow. "So hopefully things will go my way next time," he said about pitching Game 5 after a fickle Game 1 performance.Not only will he again be seeking his first World Series win Thursday night, he'll take the mound against Philadelphia after four Houston Astros teammates combined on the Fall Classic's second no-hitter.
"Second time through the lineup they made some adjustments and did a better job of spoiling some decent pitches," Verlander said before Game 4. "And then when I did make mistakes, they hit 'em. And then it just kind of compounded a little bit."Perfect through three innings, Verlander allowed Nick Castellanos' RBI single and Alec Bohm's two-run double in the fourth, then another two-run double to J.T. Realmuto in the fifth.
He will be facing a Phillies team that hasn't gotten a hit since Castellanos' leadoff single in the sixth inning of Game 3. Before Cristian Javier and three relievers combined to blank Philadelphia on Wednesday night, the only Series no-hitter was Don Larsen's perfect game for the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956.Gridlock Alert: Avoid downtown and South Loop as 2 Houston vs.
"I'm not going to sit here and dwell too much and be like, 'Oh, I just got hit all over the yard,'" he said. "I think you try to keep a positive mindset and say, 'Well, had a couple things gone my way, maybe things would have been very different.' So hopefully things will go my way next time."
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