Pitching matchups with number of days rest since last start: Cole (6) vs Scherzer (9) Verlander (4) vs Strasburg (8) Greinke (7) vs Corbin(9) ??????? vs Sanchez (14) Major advantage Astros with the starting pitchers much closer to regular rest. And that's why 7 of the last 8 teams have lost the World Series after sweeping their LCS.
Let's not forget the importance of Verlander going 7 innings in game 5. He gives up 4 runs in the first, doesn't hang his head and gets laser focused and dominates the Yankees for the next 6 innings. The man is just a beast and a consummate professional. They just spoke to him on set on FS1 just now and he said even after a tough loss like that he was able to sleep well because he thought he gave our team a much better chance at winning this game tonight.
Astros 51-0 this season at home when having a 3 run lead at any point in the game. They were 89-2 overall this season.
The double play in the 8th inning with the crazy Altuve spin around jump throw to Correa and then the laser throw to first. That throw by Correa to first base was registered at 94.5 mph. It was the hardest throw on an out ever recorded by Statcast since 2015.
Astros 333 wins including the playoffs in the last 3 seasons. That's second best mark all time. I wonder if 337 would break the record.
World series baby, what a fucking game. 2 walk offs, man we got that special juice going again. Go stros
