By the always sensational route of no-hitter, the Houston Astros won 5x0 and they equaled the World Series against the Phillies at two wins per side, thereby They guaranteed the return of the dispute to their Minute Maid Park grounds.
Forced to match the dual meet so as not to be on the edge of the abyss, the sidereals seriously threatened in the second episode When Kyle Tucker opened with a tubey, he went to third thanks to a ground ball and after hitting Christian Vázquez, but Villa Clara's Aledmys Díaz (who assumed custody of the left field) and Chas McCormick struck out against Aaron Nola's pitches.
But despite that and some other minor threats, The first four innings closed with a 0-0 tie on the scoreboard., although the tasks on the pitch were far from being equally dominant: while Nola had been hit four times, from the visiting box the young Javier did and undid with fastballs and sliders, to the point of not having allowed any hits.
The home starter left the game in the fifth inning once he had three hits in a row. In that circumstance, the high command of the home club He brought the fast José Alvarado to face Yordan Álvarez from Las Tunas in the difficult situation of bases loaded and no out, and he put his team ahead with a towed race along the painful path of the dead ball.
Next, the always timely Alex Bregman shot a two-pointer in a count of two strikes without a ball on a sinker at 100.7 miles per hour, and the match was 3-0.
Very shortly after, the fourth score of the chapter came through a sacrifice fly by Tucker, and The fifth was pushed by Yulieski Gurriel from Sancti Spiritus with an unstoppable performance.
In that way the Phillies - who until today had not lost at home in six previous outings - They came to consume their next offensive opportunity with an adverse score identical to the one they overcame on the opening day against ace Justin Verlander. However, this time they had a little more than immense Javier in front of them.
At the end of his six innings, the man from Dominican Republic - who had already made a masterful start against the Yankees in the Championship Series - exhibited an authority summed up in two walks and nine strike outs, even though no one had reached base on him! hit! Quite a feat: You would have to travel to the second game of the 1969 final to find a similar feat (6 INN, 0 H), with left-hander Jerry Koosman as the protagonist in his Mets' battle against the Orioles.
Rounding out the no-hitter were relievers Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly. And here comes the great thing: so far, the only performance superior to this in the history of the MLB Finals has been the perfect one by Don Larsen (Yankees) against the Dodgers in 1956.
As to the task performed this Wednesday by the Cubans From the Houston troop, here it goes: Yordan went 1 for 4 with a hit, strikeout and RBI; Gurriel made it 2-for-4 with a charter; and Aledmys closed 4-0 including three coffees.
Here it should be noted that in the case of the first baseman, he has made 47 appearances without striking out in this stretch of the championship and is just four away from reaching the Major League mark held by Joey Cora since 1995.
In the other trench, the Cuban-American Nick Castellanos continued his bad streak and he scored three new strikeouts, reaching eight in 16 official visits in the World Series.
This arm wrestling will witness its fifth challenge tomorrow, which will be at Citizens Bank Park itself and will have a face to face between host Noah Sindergaard and the aforementioned Verlander, a future Hall of Famer who is still looking for his first victory in a World Series.
In a reminder way, the duel started last Friday with a 6x5 victory for the Phillies in extra inning, after coming back five races behind. However, the Astros leveled the next day with 5-for-2 success, and on Tuesday the Phillies were relentless with five home runs and dominant pitching that combined for a score of 7x0.
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