The key, to the best of seven games, will continue this Saturday at the same venue in Atlanta with Game 4.
With superb pitching from the rookie Ian Anderson and decisive hits of Austin Riley and Travis d´Arnaud, The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 2×0 this Friday and went ahead 2-1 in the Baseball world series.
Anderson and the Atlanta bullpen threw a two-hitter, the first hit in the eighth inning by the Cuban. Aledmys Diaz. The Braves thus took the lead in the 117th World Series.
Anderson became the first rookie pitcher with five no-hitter innings in a World Series game since 1912.
The Series, for the best of seven games, will continue this Saturday at the same headquarters in Atlanta with Game 4.
Anderson (1-0), a 23-year-old right-hander, walked three and struck out four while throwing 39 of his 76 pitches for strikes.
Meanwhile, Riley drove in the first race in the third with an RBI double and d´Arnaud dispatched solo home run in the eighth.
With the Series tied 1-1 the winner of Game 3 has finished taking 39 titles in 60 attempts (65%). That includes six of the last nine times and 13 of the last 17.
Los Bravos, in their first World Series since 1999 and seeking their first crown since 1995, they are now 6-0 this year at home in the playoffs.
For their part, the Astros, in their third World Series in five seasons, won the 2017 crown but lost the 2019 title to the Washington Nationals In seven games, they must win the two remaining games in Atlanta to bring the Series back to their backyard.
The Venezuelan opener Luis Garcia, for Houston and Anderson for Atlanta are just the eighth rookie starting pitchers to meet in a World Series game in MLB history and the first since 2006.
With the Series tied 1-1 the winner of Game 3 has finished taking 39 titles in 60 attempts (65%). That includes six of the last nine times and 13 of the last 17.
Inspired Bravos
The inspired Braves came out aggressive and in the third inning they were able to score a run to open the scoring. The boricua Eddie Rosario opened with ticket and Freedie Freeman followed him with unstoppable and after the punch of the curazoleño Ozzie Albies slugger Riley hit an RBI double.
Then the Cuban Jorge Soler negotiated ticket but the dangerous Adam Duvall he hit a fly ball and catcher d’Arnaud struck out to leave the bases loaded.
After a superb riding performance, starter Anderson was retired in the sixth and became the youngest pitcher since 1947 to not allow a hit in the first five innings of a World Series game.
Anderson retired the Astros in order again in the fifth to wrap up his stellar performance. The manager of the Braves, Brian Snitker, retired for left-handed reliever AJ Minter.
In the World Series there was a perfect game by Don Larsen, with the Yankees, in 1956, and a “no-hitter” in 2010 by Roy Halladay with the Philadelphia Phillies, who lost that year to the Yankees.
The eighth was worked by the reliever Tyler Matzek, who has 20 strikeouts in the postseason. Cuban Aledmys Diaz pinch-hitter in the eighth and broke the Braves’ no-hitter charm up to that point with a flyout to left field.
“It was good,” said relay starter Anderson. “Obviously you want to stay there (in the box), but I have the most confidence in the guys in the bullpen. I have all the faith in the world in them. Those guys are going to get us where we need to be. “
The Astros put a man on third after but Matzek froze the dangerous Michael Brantleand raised to third to kill the inning.
In the eighth, the Braves secured the win with a homer from catcher d’Arnaud through center field to set the score for 2×0. (D)
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