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A Braves win in Game 5 will make them the first team to clinch the World Series on its home field since the Red Sox in Here are five takeaways from Game 4. Zack Greinke gave the Astros everything they could have wanted in Game 4 and more.
In what might have been his final MLB appearance -- Greinke's contract is up this offseason and soon-to-be year-olds aren't always in demand -- Greinke tossed four scoreless innings on 58 pitches. He had not thrown more than 37 pitches in a game since Sept. It was artistry. A veteran starter cutting through a quality Braves lineup with smarts and guts, not overpowering velocity and breaking balls designed in a pitching lab.
It was refreshing, honestly. Also, Greinke got a hit! He started in the eighth spot in the lineup -- Babe Ruth is the only other pitcher to hit higher than ninth in the World Series -- and singled up the middle in the second inning.
The upcoming collective bargaining agreement is expected to implement the universal DH, meaning Greinke may have recorded the final hit by a pitcher in World Series history. Four scoreless innings and a hit! Game 4 wasn't a true turn-back-the-clock effort for Greinke, but it was damn good. Lee was the opener in Game 4 -- he is the first pitcher ever to make his first career start in the World Series -- and it did not go well.
He retired only one of the four batters he faced and was charged with a run. The four batters faced are the fewest by a World Series starter since David Wells exited Game 5 in with an injury after a first inning.
Kyle Wright inherited the bases loaded with one out from Lee and allowed a run on a Carlos Correa ground out. He limited Houston to just the one run, however, which was a good outcome, and he logged another four innings with just one more run allowed.
The Astros went 0 for 8 and left nine runners on base in the first five innings alone. They had chances to blow the game open, but didn't. Thirteen of the final 15 batters the Astros sent to the plate made outs, and they did not have a runner advance beyond first base after the fifth inning. They had Lee and Wright on the ropes early but couldn't capitalize, and it cost them.
Atlanta has held the high-powered Astros -- Houston led baseball in runs per game this season -- to two runs or fewer in three of the four games this series. All told, the Astros are 4 for Just a remarkable job of pitching and defense by the Braves. They then allowed three runs in the span of 10 batters in the sixth and seventh innings to turn a lead into a deficit. In the seventh, Dansby Swanson and Jorge Soler clubbed back-to-back solo home runs against Cristian Javier to give the Braves the lead.
It was the first lead change of the series and those are the first back-to-back homers in Braves postseason history. Swanson's home run came in an count, the first homer Javier allowed all season. To the action footage:. Tucker CF. Gurriel 1B. Pressly P.
Greinke P. Gonzalez PH. Stanek P. Raley P. Maton P. Javier P. Diaz 1B. Maldonado C. Raley H, 1. Maton H, 1. Javier L, , B, 1. Rosario LF. Freeman 1B. Albies 2B. Riley 3B. Pederson RF. Heredia PR-CF. Duvall CF-RF. Swanson SS. Lee P. Wright P. Martin P. Arcia PH. Matzek P.
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