Corey Seager’s sixth inning sacrifice fly helped the Los Angeles Dodgers eke out a come-from-behind 3-1 Game Six victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday to force a World Series decider. Seager’s deep fly ball to right field allowed Chase Utley to scamper home for the go-ahead run, igniting
Dodgers make good on Puig’s promise by beating Astros’ best, force Game 7
Justin Verlander held the possibility of a lifetime in his big, right paw. In a result that’s become way too familiar for the All-Star ace, Verlander let the chance slip away. Verlander had been unbeatable since being traded from Detroit to Houston on Aug. 31, winning nine straight decisions.
Justin Verlander, who’s been unbeatable since Houston acquired him, had a one-run lead through five dominant innings Tuesday night, putting the Astros four frames away from winning the World Series. But the bottom of the Dodgers’ order set up a two-run rally in the sixth against Verlander, and Joc Pederson sailed a home run to left field in the seventh off reliever Joe Musgrove to send Los Angeles to a 3-1 win at Dodger Stadium and force a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday night.
Facing elimination, Los Angeles found a way to get past Astros ace Justin Verlander for a Game 6 victory to stay alive.
Facing elimination, Los Angeles found a way to get past Astros ace Justin Verlander for a Game 6 victory to stay alive.
Joc Pederson’s renaissance hit its crescendo Tuesday when, with a seventh-inning swing, he lifted a solo homer to left that gave the Dodgers a bit more breathing room. With it, the Dodgers carried a 3-1 lead into the eighth in Game 6 of the World Series.
It was the Justin Verlander Game, until it wasn’t. The Dodgers flipped that narrative on its head by manufacturing a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead over the Astros in the sixth inning in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
After a month of relative uncertainty regarding manager Buck Showalter’s staff, all of the Orioles’ coaches have now received contract offers for next season, according to an industry source, a move that came just as some of their current deals were set to expire at the end of October. Bench
With coach Alain Vigneault on the hot seat, New York scored four third-period goals to rally past the Golden Knights.
