And of course, towering lefty slugger Yordan Álvarez offered the jolt Houston needed to win the clincher, crushing a 450-foot blast to a seemingly inaccessible area high above the center field fence, putting the Astros up for good. Outfielder Chas McCormick made one of the great all-time World Series catches to preserve a victory in Game 5, leaping at the wall to deny J.T. Rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña capped off one of the greatest postseason breakout performances ever (he had a 1.005 OPS in the playoffs) by winning World Series MVP honors. The Astros showcased their deep reserve of big-time contributors in other ways, too. Starters Cristian Javier, Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez combined with a lights-out bullpen (which allowed only two earned runs all series long) to completely short-circuit what had been Philadelphia’s winning formula. 667 after Game 3, and the team that averaged two home runs per game early in the series only hit two in total over the final three contests (both coming from the bat of Schwarber). Aside from Kyle Schwarber, no Phillie mustered an OPS over. Starting with Game 4 - which saw a quartet of Houston hurlers throw just the second no-hitter in World Series history - the Astros’ ERA dipped to 1.00 over the remainder of the series, as Philadelphia’s once-mighty sluggers saw their OPS fall from.
Philadelphia had a 57 percent chance of winning the championship, and its lineup of homer-happy bats was leading the way.Īnd then, everything changed. Through that contest, Philly was averaging a scorching 5.14 runs per game in the postseason, while Houston pitchers had a 4.67 ERA in the World Series (compared with 3.00 for the Phillies’ staff).
Early in the Fall Classic, the Phillies offense had lived up to its dangerous pre-series billing - roaring back from down 5-0 to win in extra innings of Game 1 and, following a Game 2 loss, putting on a 7-0 offensive clinic at home in Game 3. Do not duplicate in any form without permission of the Dallas Cowboys.Front and center in that effort was Houston’s pitching staff.
0 kommentar(er)
