The Braves Got the Blades Got Ready to Cut Again
November. one, 2021, 12:eighteen a.m. ET
Bottom 9th: The Series volition head back to Houston.
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Dansby Swanson flied out to right. Pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza lined out to center. And with Atlanta down to its last out, Jorge Soler struck out to finish the game.
Atlanta still leads the Series, 3 games to two, merely the action will head to Houston for Game half dozen on Tuesday, with the Astros now officially dreaming of a huge comeback.
Nov. 1, 2021, 12:09 a.m. ET
Superlative ninth: A quiet inning for Houston.
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Houston's offense had nothing else to add on its twenty-four hours of resurgence.
With Drew Smyly back out for the ninth, Alex Bregman grounded out to third. Martín Maldonado struck out on six pitches and Kendall Graveman, an American League reliever getting a very rare at-bat, made absolutely no endeavour to hit the brawl, watching 6 pitches go past him, 3 of them strikes.
Nov. ane, 2021, 12:01 a.g. ET
Lesser 8th: Atlanta is running out of fourth dimension.
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Atlanta has three outs to become and a four-run arrears.
Austin Riley started the 8th past lining a leadoff single up the heart off Houston's latest reliever, Kendall Graveman. Eddie Rosario worked his fashion through an viii-pitch at-bat but eventually flied out to heart. And Riley avant-garde to 2d on Adam Duvall's groundout to third.
With ii outs and a runner on second, Travis d'Arnaud struck out swinging to end the inning.
Oct. 31, 2021, 11:49 p.k. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
The Braves were 6-48 when trailing after vi innings during the regular season, which made their Game 4 improvement, behind two home runs in the seventh inning, so surprising. Their tape during the regular season when trailing later seven innings is 6-44, but after eighth information technology was three-52.
Oct. 31, 2021, 11:46 p.thousand. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Back in the starting time inning, later on Adam Duvall's grand slam, I said Truist Park was louder in that moment than whatever stadium I'd heard effectually metro Atlanta. Now? Aside from a few moments here and there, it barely sounds like a regular-season game in hither.
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October. 31, 2021, 11:46 p.thousand. ET
Top 8th: Astros go some other run.
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Houston got some more insurance, not that it seems like it'll need it.
Jose Altuve led off the inning with a single off Drew Smyly. He stole 2nd on a play that looked a little fishy only was confirmed on replay review. Michael Brantley's groundout sent Altuve to third and Carlos Correa's single to left drove him home.
The badly slumping Yordan Alvarez struck out on 3 pitches and while Yuli Gurriel singled to center to push Correa to second, Smyly got out of the inning when Kyle Tucker flew out to left.
Carlos Correa'southward single makes it ix-v Astros.
Yet another insurance run for Houston in a game that has silenced Truist Park.
October. 31, 2021, 11:31 p.thousand. ET
Bottom 7th: A perfect inning for Stanek.
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Things accept gotten awfully quiet in Atlanta.
Jorge Soler led off the inning by flying out to left against Ryne Stanek. Freddie Freeman grounded out to start and Ozzie Albies struck out on three pitches.
Downwardly three, Atlanta has six more outs on offense to get back into the game.
Oct. 31, 2021, 11:28 p.yard. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Something to proceed an eye on as Houston Manager Dusty Bakery lines upwards his peak relievers for the final innings: Ryne Stanek, who is on for the 7th, threw 15 pitches in Game 4 on Saturday. Cristian Javier, who had not been scored upon this postseason until he blew the lead in Game iv, threw xiii on Sat. The issue may exist the ninth when trying for a save: Astros closer Ryan Pressly tossed 33 pitches on Sat.
"Information technology's kind of all hands on deck," Baker said before Game 5 on Sunday. "It depends on Pressly because he threw a bunch of pitches last night. I had my eye on the lath the whole time upward there when he was closing in on 30 pitches in that 2d inning out because I think he went an inning and a third. But he says he's fine."
October. 31, 2021, xi:21 p.thou. ET
Meridian 7th: Maldonado tacks on another run.
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Drew Smyly came in to relieve Chris Martin and immediately struck out Yuli Gurriel. Kyle Tucker doubled to right and Alex Bregman popped out to third. With two outs, Martín Maldonado came through yet over again, singling to left and driving abode Tucker to make it 8-v. Smyly then struck out Chas McCormick, compression-hitting for the pitcher Phil Maton, to end the inning.
Maldonado was one of the worst hitters in baseball this season, and had simply one hit each in the team's partition series confronting the White Sox and the A.L.C.S. against the Red Sox. But he has iii R.B.I. tonight.
Martín Maldonado'southward unmarried makes it 8-5 Astros.
The light-hitting catcher is up to three R.B.I.
Oct. 31, 2021, 11:08 p.m. ET
Lesser 6th: Atlanta tin can't muster anything besides a single.
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Adam Duvall struck out when Phil Maton caught the slugger looking at a 92-mile-per-60 minutes fastball. Travis d'Arnaud singled to left simply then Maton struck out Dansby Swanson.
Joc Pederson entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Martin, just he popped out to third baseman Alex Bregman in foul territory to end the inning.
Oct. 31, 2021, ten:54 p.k. ET
Pinnacle 6th: Martin keeps Houston'due south bats quiet.
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That was a very quick inning.
Chris Martin got Michael Brantley to basis out to first. He got Carlos Correa to basis out to short. And he finished things by getting Yordan Alvarez to fly out to left.
Oct. 31, 2021, 10:47 p.m. ET
Lesser 5th: Riley'due south double and very picayune else.
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Phil Maton was the first Houston pitcher to work with a pb in this evening's game. He held it.
Maton got Freddie Freeman to line out to correct and he struck out Ozzie Albies on 4 pitches. Austin Riley laced a double to eye that got all the way to the wall, but that was all Atlanta got because Eddie Rosario grounded out on a comebacker to cease the inning.
Oct. 31, 2021, x:45 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Seven teams have come back from a iii-1 deficit to win the World Serial. The 2016 Cubs were the most contempo and before that information technology was the 1985 Kansas Urban center Royals. Hither is a quick wait at the percentages when teams have a 3-1 lead in the Fall Classic. This is the 49th fourth dimension in 117 World Series that information technology has played out this way. Of the previous 48 times, the leading team went on to win the World Series 85 per centum of the time (41 of 48) and they won Game 5, 27 times.
October. 31, 2021, x:43 p.1000. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
More than on the improbability of the Astros' iii-run get-ahead rally in the 5th inning: Catcher Martín Maldonado, before his bases-loaded walk that tied the game, had one walk in his previous 46 plate appearances this postseason. And pinch-hitter Marwin Gonzalez, who gave Houston a vii-5 lead with a two-run single, terminal drove in a run on Sept. twenty.
Oct. 31, 2021, x:36 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Tonight'south announced attendance at Truist Park: 43,122.
October. 31, 2021, 10:35 p.m. ET
Top 5th: Houston takes the pb.
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Atlanta decided to work around Alex Bregman in a tough spot, and the move proved fairly disastrous, every bit Houston is now leading for the showtime time all game.
Carlos Correa led off the inning with a unmarried to heart off A.J. Minter. After Yordan Alvarez struck out looking, Yuli Gurriel also singled to middle.
Kyle Tucker grounded out to first and with ii outs and first base open up, Alex Bregman was intentionally walked, loading the bases.
The move to avoid Bregman was foolish, as Martín Maldonado was able to draw a five-pitch walk to forcefulness in a run and pinch-hitter Marwin Gonzalez singled to left to drive in two more and requite Houston a 7-5 lead.
Minter was replaced by Chris Martin, who struck out Jose Altuve to stop the bleeding.
Oct. 31, 2021, 10:xxx p.m. ET
Manfred could hear it from the crowd in Atlanta.
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Rob Manfred could exist in for a withering reception later on tonight if Atlanta wins this game.
Booing league commissioners at trophy ceremonies is nothing new. Gary Bettman of the Northward.H.Fifty. hears it most every fourth dimension he easily out the Stanley Cup and Roger Goodell, the N.F.Fifty. commissioner, heard loud, sustained boos from New England fans when the Patriots won the Super Basin in the 2016 flavor. They were upset at Goodell because he suspended Tom Brady, their quarterback at the time, for four games at the outset of the season for conspiring to deflate footballs against the rules.
All of that could pale in comparison to what Manfred could hear if Atlanta wins the World Series tonight. Manfred is disliked in Atlanta considering he ordered the All-Star Game to be moved out of Atlanta to voice Major League Baseball'south opposition to a Georgia voting police force that many say will suppress votes from people of color. Some Georgians agreed with the decision to move the game to Denver, but many ardent Braves fans did not.
Astros have seven-5 atomic number 82 on Marwin Gonzalez'south 2-run unmarried.
The pinch-hitter got his starting time hit since Oct. 3, putting Houston ahead for the start time tonight.
Martín Maldonado draws a bases loaded walk, making it v-5.
Atlanta had walked Alex Bregman to load the bases alee of Maldonado's R.B.I. walk.
Oct. 31, 2021, 10:ten p.m. ET
Bottom 4th: A quiet inning for Atlanta's bats.
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Jose Urquidy, who had been Houston'south starter in Game 2, came on in relief of Yimi Garcia. He allowed a leadoff single to Travis d'Arnaud but then got Dansby Swanson to fly out to center.
A.J. Minter, a lefty reliever, tried to bunt d'Arnaud over to second, only he is not exactly Zack Greinke with the bat and he popped out to catcher Martín Maldonado.
That brought up Jorge Soler, who hit a rocket of a foul ball into the left field stands but ultimately grounded into a force out to end the inning.
Oct. 31, 2021, 10:09 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Some fun with numbers: After his single in the elevation of the fourth inning, Zack Greinke is now 7 for 26 at the plate in his career in the postseason. How does that compare with other notable players? Alex Bregman, Greinke'due south Astros teammate is 2 for xvi this postseason.
Mike Trout, a three-time American League Well-nigh Valuable Thespian with the Los Angeles Angels has a career line of 1 for 12 in the postseason and Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters of all fourth dimension was v for 25.
Oct. 31, 2021, 10:02 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Dusty Baker sent pitcher Zack Greinke in equally a compression-hitter. The last bullpen to compression striking in a World Series was Clayton Kershaw in the 18-inning Game three vs. the Boston Red Sox in 2018. Greinke was stranded when Jose Altuve popped out and Michael Brantley struck out, merely the move allowed Bakery to save his meliorate compression hitters for later in the game with runners on base — if that situation comes upwards.
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Oct. 31, 2021, 10:01 p.1000. ET
Top 4th: Greinke's pinch-hitting single highlights a scoreless inning.
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Atlanta worked around a compression-hit single in a scoreless inning.
Martín Maldonado grounded upward the middle and second baseman Ozzie Albies, who was shifted over to the third-base side of the bag, was able to range over to his left and throw him out.
Zack Greinke, the starting pitcher who had singled in Game four, came in every bit a pinch-hitter for Yimi Garcia and … singled again, this ane on a liner to right. (It seems like someone told Greinke that pitchers likely won't hitting adjacent season.)
Jesse Chavez got Jose Altuve to wing out to right and with that his day was done. The left-hander A.J. Minter was brought in to face the left-handed Michael Brantley, and the move worked to perfection every bit Minter concluded the inning with a three-pitch strikeout.
Oct. 31, 2021, 9:56 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Atlanta has summoned A.J. Minter, its third pitcher of the night. Jesse Chavez went one and two-thirds innings, surrendering two hits and a walk. Zack Greinke, who is standing on first, is his responsibility.
Oct. 31, 2021, 9:51 p.1000. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Atlanta star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr., who has been out since July with a torn inductive cruciate ligament that required surgery, has been watching Game v with his teammates while hanging over the dugout railing. Later on the third inning was over, he walked through the dugout and exchanged fist bumps with star get-go baseman Freddie Freeman, who homered to requite Atlanta a 5-4 lead. Final calendar week, we caught up with Acuña, ane of the almost electrifying players in baseball and the best on his own team, about what it like to lookout instead of play in the World Serial.
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October. 31, 2021, 9:51 p.yard. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Yimi García is washed. The pinch-hitter was... another pitcher! Zack Greinke, who singled to center last dark, but picked up a base striking to right. All of this right before the universal designated hitter could become a permanent affair.
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October. 31, 2021, 9:48 p.thou. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Not exactly an in-and-out showtime to the night for Yimi García: It took 12 pitches to retire Adam Duvall, who managed to hit half-dozen pitches foul. But we saw a lot of variety from García, who showed off his curve, slider, sinker and four-seam fastball. And so again, if it takes 12 pitches, you've got plenty of time to show your stuff.
October. 31, 2021, nine:47 p.m. ET
Bottom 3rd: Freeman'south moonshot puts Atlanta ahead.
The game did non stay tied for long. Freddie Freeman worked a full count and so turned on a 95-mile-per-hour sinker, sending it 460 feet into the stands in right-center and making it 5-4.
Framber Valdez managed to keep his cool for the most part. He got Ozzie Albies to footing out to third and Austin Riley to basis out to brusque. Eddie Rosario drew a walk, and rather than letting Valdez pitch to Adam Duvall (who hit a 1000 slam against him earlier in the game), Houston Manager Dusty Baker replaced his starter with Yimi Garcia.
Garcia and Duvall admittedly battled in a 12-pitch at-bat, merely Garcia won, getting out of the inning when Duvall popped out to Carlos Correa at shortstop.
Oct. 31, 2021, 9:39 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Moving Alex Bregman downwards in the batting guild has already paid off for Dusty Baker and the Astros. Bregman, who went into the game batting 1 for xiv in the Globe Serial, hitting a run-scoring double in the second inning, his beginning extra-base of operations hit of the series. He popped out in the top of the third, just and so made a terrific defensive play in the lesser one-half of the inning, fielding a chopper from Ozzie Albies with his blank hand and then making a strong, accurate throw to first base to beat the swift runner.
Oct. 31, 2021, nine:38 p.m. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
That's it for Houston's Framber Valdez afterwards 47 pitches. He gave up 5 runs and four hits, and the runner on offset, Eddie Rosario, is his responsibleness. Two outs in the bottom of the third as Yimi García climbs the mound hither.
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Oct. 31, 2021, ix:38 p.1000. ET
Reporting from Truist Park
Atlanta has a chance to win a title today and not travel to Houston for a Game vi. With a 3-games-to-one lead in the series, Atlanta Managing director Brian Snitker has the leeway to be ambitious. He was peradventure too boring in his removal of the rookie Tucker Davidson. And Davidson and the reliever Jesse Chavez gave up the big lead.
An inning later on, Freddie Freeman'south solo abode run erased those miscues and gave Atlanta a 5-four lead. But how aggressive Snitker is the residue of the game should be watched.
Freddie Freeman'due south blast to right-heart makes it 5-4.
Atlanta's first baseman worked a full-count and then crushed the ball, breaking upwards the necktie.
Oct. 31, 2021, 9:27 p.yard. ET
Top third: Houston ties things upwardly.
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Houston has fabricated this a new ballgame, chasing Atlanta'south starter and tying the score at iv-four.
Leading off, Jose Altuve was able to reach first on an fault when Dansby Swanson charged the ball but concluded up having information technology squirt out of his glove. Michael Brantley drew a walk and that was it for Tucker Davidson, who had performed well enough considering the circumstances of his emergency kickoff.
But Jesse Chavez inherited quite a challenge with runners on first and 2d and no outs and Carlos Correa immediately delivered with a double to center that brought Altuve home, narrowing the gap to iv-3.
Chavez got Yordan Alvarez to fly out to middle but Yuli Gurriel'southward grounder to brusque allowed Brantley to score, tying the game.
Kyle Tucker walked, putting runners on the corners, merely Chavez got out of the inning when Alex Bregman flew out to left.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/31/sports/braves-astros-score
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