WORLD SERIES GAME 6 PREVIEW
Astros pin title hopes on Verlander at Dodger Stadium tonight
SportsMap Staff
Oct 24, 2017, 10:01 am
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The Astros and Dodgers play Game 6 of the World Series tonight. Here is a preview. Check back during the game for inning by inning updates:
When: 7:20 p.m.
Where: Dodger Stadium.
TV: Fox Sports.
Streaming: Fox Sports Go.
Pitching matchup: Justin Verlander vs. Rich Hill.
Series: Astros lead 3-2.
The breakdown: Coming off one of the most amazing games in baseball history, the Astros will try to win their first-ever World Series tonight. The Astros will send out their postseason hero, Justin Verlander, who despite giving up three runs over six innings in Game 2 of this series has been incredibly good for Houston. Verlander has pitched 30.2 innings in the playoffs with a 2.05 ERA. The Dodgers will send out Rich Hill, who has not gone more than 5 innings and has allowed at least one run in all three of his postseason starts, but he has a 2.77 ERA. An Astros win will end the series and give Houston its first championship in franchise history, but the last 11 times a home team in Game 6 of the World Series was down 3-2, that team has gone 9-2 in Game 6 and 8-1 in Game 7, so the Dodgers are still very much alive, and in fact the odds are in their favor, so Verlander might be the Astros best hope. Both bullpens are gassed, so both starting pitchers going deep will be critical to the outcome.
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. Dodgers 6, Astros 2 Watson (W), Giles (L)
Game 5 Sun. Astros 13, Dodgers 12 Musgrove (W), Jansen (L)
Game 6 Today Dodger Stadium Verlander vs. Hill
Game 7 * Wed. Dodger Stadiun TBA
*-if necessary.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.