I think we gave them too many chances defensively.”īut Paxton didn't make any excuses for his performance. “The line looks bad, but I think stuff-wise he was good. “The walks put him in a bad spot,” Cora said. Paxton wasn't helped by two errors by his defense, and manager Alex Cora said it was one of his team's “sloppiest” defensive games in weeks. Paxton yielded nine hits and seven runs - both season highs - while tying a season high with three walks in just four innings. Javier allowed seven hits and three runs in five innings for his second straight win. McCormick added a solo shot off Chris Murphy with one out in the eighth, and the Astros went back-to-back when Yainer Diaz followed with a homer to the seats in right field to make it 9-4. and we’re a good team and we can come back and I’m happy with how we stayed strong mentally and we kept putting good at bats all the way through.” “But, that’s baseball, you’ve got to fight back. “It was tough obviously to go down 3-0 early,” McCormick said. McCormick connected off Paxton on a three-run shot in the fourth to push the lead to 7-3. Yordan Alvarez drove in a run in the bottom of the first and the Astros scored three in the second to go on top 4-3. But Houston quickly jumped on James Paxton (7-4) to erase the deficit. “We need to play like that every time we take the field,” Houston third baseman Alex Bregman said.Īdam Duvall hit a three-run homer off Cristian Javier (9-2) in the first to put the Red Sox up early. Houston opened its four-game series with a victory over Boston, which was coming off a sweep of the New York Yankees. The Astros bounced back after a three-game sweep by the Seattle Mariners this weekend. The slider was far and away Javier's best swing-and-miss offering during Game 4, but everything was working.HOUSTON (AP) - Chas McCormick homered twice and had four RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. That firmly established bedrock pitch allowed Javier to keep the Phillies off balance with some well timed sliders. Javier leaned heavily on his fastball in Game 4, as he threw the four-seamer 72 percent of the time. He also did an excellent job of suffocating contact off the bat, as no Philly hitter managed a batted ball with an expected batting average north of. He induced 25 whiffs plus called strikes. In those six innings, he struck out nine, walked two, and spotted 63 of his 97 pitches for strikes. This wasn't a case of a no-hit bid that's built upon good fortune – Javier owned the Philly lineup in Game 4. Now for some takeaways from an unforgettable night in South Philly. In addition, it's the first MLB postseason no-hitter since Roy Halladay's for the Phillies against the Reds in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS. The combined effort is just the second no-hitter in World Series history and the first since Don Larsen's perfect game for the Yankees in 1956. From there, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero, and Ryan Pressly pitched the final three hitless frames to complete the bid. Javier, the 25-year-old right-hander, worked the first six innings without allowing a hit. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series on Wednesday night by a score of 5-0 to even the series a 2-2, and they did so in historic fashion – Houston starter Cristian Javier and three relievers combined for just the second no-hitter in World Series history.
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