WORLD SERIES GAME 4 PREVIEW

Astros-Dodgers: Morton, Wood square off in pivotal matchup

Seth Livingston
SportsMap Staff
Oct 28, 2017, 11:04 am
It's World Series Game 4 tonight. MLB.com

The Astros and Dodgers play Game 4 of the World Series today. Here is a preview of the game. Check back during the game for inning by inning updates:

When: 7:20 p.m.

Where: Minute Maid Park.

TV: Fox Sports.

Streaming: Fox Sports Go.

Pitching matchup: Charlie Morton vs. Alex Wood.

Series: Astros lead 2-1.

The breakdown:  First pitch of Game 4 from Minute Maid Park is scheduled for 7:20 PM Central tonight and can be seen on FOX. The Astros will send Charlie Morton to the mound, who had an amazing start in Game 7 of the ALCS giving up just two hits and no runs in five innings of work. The Dodgers are likely to send out Alex Wood, who despite a terrific 16-3 regular season has only made one playoff start in which he went four and two-thirds innings while giving up 3 runs in a 3-2 loss to the Cubs in the NLDS..

Series schedule 

                    Time/Date            Site/Result              Pitchers

Game 1        Tuesday                    Dodgers 3, Astros 1    Kershaw (W), Keuchel (L)

Game 2        Wed.                          Astros 7, Dodgers 6   Devenski (W), McCarthy (L)

Game 3       Today                         Astros 5, Dodgers 3     McCullers (W) Darvish  (L)

Game 4        Sat., 7:20 p.m.         Minute Maid Park      Morton vs. Wood

Game 5        Sun., 7:20 p.m.        Minute Maid Park     TBA

Game 6*       Oct. 31 , 7:20 p.m.  Dodger Stadium         TBA

Game 7 *      Nov. 1, , 7:20 p.m.   Dodger Stadiun          TBA

*-if necessary. 

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Astros on life support: Realities for the tough final stretch

With so much on the line for the Astros this past weekend, they couldn't possibly get swept by the Royals, could they?

That's exactly what they did thanks to some poor pitching, and an inability to get timely hits with runners in scoring position.

The Astros are currently clinging to the last wild card position as they head to Seattle to face the Mariners, with Justin Verlander on the mound for the 'Stros.

Starting pitching has been the biggest issue for the club as of late, with Hunter Brown looking unusable moving forward. Brown has given up, wait for this, 6 earned runs or more in 3 of his last 4 starts. His ERA for the season is now over 5.

So how will the rotation look over the final stretch of games? We know for the Mariners series the team is rolling out Verlander, Cristian Javier, and Framber Valdez.

The club is off on Thursday, and they head to Arizona for a 3-game series with the Diamondbacks that starts Friday. We predict JP France will pitch Friday, with Justin Verlander likely taking the ball Saturday.

Then all bets are off for Sunday. It could be Framber on 3-days rest, or all hands on deck for a bullpen game.

Of course, with the division race being so close, things could change on a daily basis. There's even a scenario where Arizona secures their wild card, and the final two games of the season don't matter for them.

The other big factor will be the outcome of the 4-game Rangers-Mariners series that finishes off the season.

Be sure to watch the video above as we examine all the scenarios leading up to the end of the regular season for Houston, and much more!

Watch Stone Cold 'Stros (an Astros podcast) every Thursday on SportsMap Houston's YouTube channel.

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