Justin Verlander took a ride in a laundry cart and Astros are one win away from a World Series title
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“Give us everything you got,” Maldonado said he told him. “We got an off day tomorrow. Our bullpen is really good. Don’t try to do too much. Just execute pitches.” “I remember my teammate Tommy John always told me that a good pitcher can get out of trouble twice, a great pitcher three times, and a so-so pitcher maybe one time,” Baker said “I could hear Tommy John talking to me during the game. Sometimes you call upon people that you’ve played with or talked to in the past to deal with the present.”
Verlander’s slider started to return to its most menacing form. Velocity on his fastball reached its season average instead of a tick below. He struck out four straight batters between the fourth and fifth before Bryce Harper hammered a two-out double into the right-field corner. With the Astros up 2-1, Neris continued to warm.
The crowd rose to a crescendo, creating the type of World Series tension Verlander has never conquered. He supplied two curveballs, the pitch he preferred to throw. Castellanos spoiled one foul and laid off another. Verlander reached back for his best pitch, the one carrying him through this trudge of a start. In Game 1, Castellanos hooked a slider for a single into shallow left field.
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