Astros: No-Hitcher In the ALCS Wild Card Game Against the Yankees in the Fourth Game on the Lattice
The lowest-seeded team from the National League won the World Series as they defeated the Padres on Sunday.
While the Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the game after two innings, the Astros showed the relentless attack that has that has carried the team to an undefeated 7-0 record this postseason. The Astros scored four runs in the third inning to go on top, and when the Yankees later reclaimed the lead, the Astros scored twice more in the seventh inning to claim victory.
The Yankees had a final chance to extend the game with Aaron Judge – who hit an American League record 62 home runs during the regular season – at the plate, but Houston closer Ryan Pressly induced a groundball back to the mound to record the final out of the game.
Astros’ rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña was named ALCS most valuable player after picking up six hits and two home runs in the series, including a big three-run shot in Sunday’s decisive win.
The Game 5 score was 4-3 and it was the decisive game. ThePhillies went down in the eighth and got a two-run home run from BryceHarper to go in front. The NLCS most valuable player was identified asHarper, who scored eight hits, five RBIs and two home runs in the series.
Philadelphia entered the postseason as the National League’s final wild card team after finishing third place in their division with a regular season record of 87-75.
The Astros now hold the distinction of throwing the first combined no-hitter in postseason history, according to Major League Baseball. The only other no-hitter in postseason history was tossed by Roy Halladay for the Phillies in the 2010 National League Divisional Series.
In the Astros Game 4 no-hit effort, they had to settle for a nine-inning no-hit performance by crooked- teeth hurler Christian Javier. He threw a lot of pitches before being relieved.
Ryan Pressly gave up a run in the ninth but after a perfectinning by Bryan Abreu and Rafael Montero he was given the final out.
The translator told FOX that it was funny. I was able to accomplish a no-hitter thanks to God, after my parents said I was going to throw one. Javier, who hails from the Dominican Republic, later told reporters his father arrived in the US yesterday and saw him pitch for the first time.
The Astros had a strong bench, which led to the decision by Baker to pull him after the sixth.
“It’s always tough to take a guy out, but you have to weigh the no-hitter and history versus trying to win this game and get back to 2-2 in the World Series,” Baker said.
“These guys, they got a short memory. They are going to go home tonight. They’re going to go to bed and come back in here tomorrow and prep and compete like they always do,” Thomson said.
No-hitter at the end of the Astros’ first game after defeating the Phillies by a walk-off in the first inning
The Astros did not think about a no-hitter until the last half of the game, because thePhillies were in control, according to catcher Christian Vazquez.