So far the 2022 World Series has been the baseball version of a heavyweight fight. However, after a nail-biting Game 5 win, it looks like the Astros could be pulling away from the Phillies. ByDavidSingh has more on Thursday's thriller.
traded blows by alternating wins in each of the first four games, however, now it looks like the Astros could be pulling away.
The Astros got on the board right away when Jose Altuve led off the game by slashing a double to right-centre field off Noah Syndergaard. He advanced to third on an error by centre-fielder Brandon Marsh and was driven home by Jeremy Pena’s RBI single up the middle, past a drawn-in infield.The Phillies tied the game quickly as Kyle Schwarber greeted Justin Verlander with a missile of a home run in the bottom of the first.
One game after being no-hit, the Phillies offence couldn’t muster much else at the dish until the eighth inning, when Jean Segura’s single off Rafael Montero cashed in a run and brought the tying run to third base. Astros closer Ryan Pressly quickly extinguished that fire, striking out Marsh and inducing a hard grounder to first base by Schwarber that was snagged by Trey Mancini, whose defensive gem likely saved the game.
It certainly wasn’t easy the rest of the way, but Verlander battled. Relying on a fastball that topped out at 97.8 mph and a slider that produced seven whiffs, the 39-year-old Verlander gutted out five frames to capture the first World Series victory of his career.He allowed just the one run on four hits, walking four and striking out six over 94 pitches.
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