As he showed in his 11-strikeout Game 1, Justin Verlander remains the difference between the Astros and Yankees, GabeLacques writes.
For the Yankees, it was far from a gut punch. A Game 1 win would have been viewed as found money, what with exactly 24 hours separating their modest champagne celebration after suppressing the Guardians and the first pitch of Game 1.
On July 8, New York was 5 ½ games better than Houston, only to fall into three months of often desultory and arrythmic play, and the Astros blew past them, winning 106 games to the Yankees’ 99 and earning the right to host Game 1 in front of 41,487 fans still as thirsty and verbose as they were five years ago.
At one point, he struck out five consecutive batters and seven of eight, retaking the all-time postseason strikeout lead from Clayton Kershaw with 219. His 11 strikeouts were the most in a playoff game since, well, let’s see here:That’s where all this began, Verlander and Lance McCullers Jr. spinning gems and toppling the Yankees in seven games, all four wins coming in Houston. Two years later, it was Jose Altuve’s walk-off homer against Aroldis Chapman that sent the Astros to the World Series.
So the Yankees got into the Astros bullpen. And forced the closer into the game a batter early. Nice work for a team playing a hangover game, but also a first strike against them in their third try to crack the Astros at the door of the World Series.
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