Sure enough, Verlander -- whom Brian Cashman refused to trade for in 2017, making the all the difference in the American League Championship Series -- pitched 7 innings last night, allowing just 1 run. It was a home run by Giancarlo Stanton in the 6th inning. Other than that, Astro pitchers allowed just 4 hits.
In fact, all the game's scoring came in the 6th. Luis Severino was pitching very well until that point, but he allowed a double, a walk, and then a 3-run homer to Kyle Tucker. Ron Marinaccio pitched a perfect 7th, then needed Miguel Castro to bail him out in the 8th. Wandy Peralta pitched a perfect 9th. Again, Aaron Boone seemed to be holding out his best reliever, Clay Holmes, for the last 2 games of this series.
It didn't matter: The Yankees went down 1-2-3 in the 7th, stranded men on 1st and 2nd with 1 out in the 8th, and stranded men on 1st and 2nd with 2 out in the 9th. Astros 3, Yankees 1. WP: Verlander (9-3). SV: Rafael Montero (5). LP: Severino (4-2).
The series continues this afternoon. Hopefully, the Yankees didn't use up all their non-Stanton hitting for the weekend in the 9th inning on Thursday night. Gerrit Cole starts against Cristian Javier.
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