The Houston Astros have tied the World Series at two games apiece. It wasn’t an easy task but how have they shifted the narrative? Let’s take a look.
As a HoustonAstrosfan, I was extremely disappointed in the first two games of the World Series because it seemed to be theAstrosweren’t taking the Washington Nationals seriously and the Nats showed theAstrosthat they came to play and could compete mightily against the best team in baseball.
I attended the 12-2 blowout and while it was fun soaking in the atmosphere of a World Series game, the play on the field was quite the opposite. It seemed to me that the Nats made them pay in dominating fashion, just the way did with the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.
I was starting to worry that this particular mentality that the HoustonAstroshad would do them in and that the Nats would roll right by them. The Nats were aggressive and theAstrosdidn’t match that intensity in Games 1 and 2.
All that changed when the series shifted to the nation’s capital. The HoustonAstrosstarted playing more aggressively and showed that they were not going to go down quietly.
In Game 3, it was timely hitting and pitching that the HoustonAstrosrelied upon to give them a 4-1 victory to show Washington that the HoustonAstroswere going to make this a hard-fought series. Players likeRobinson ChirinosandCarlos Correastepped up when the team needed them to produce.
In Game 4, theAstroscontinued to play aggressively both on the mound and at the plate. However,it was one play that broke the game wide openfor the Astros courtesy ofAlex Bregman.
The Nats couldn’t answer to theAstrosand they ended up prevailing 8-1 to even up the
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World Series at two games apiece.
Two aces will be on the mound tonight —Gerrit Colewill take the mound against Washington’sMax Scherzerin a pivotal Game 5.
For theAstrosto keep the pressure on the Nationals, they must continue to do the same things that have kept them in this series, effective pitching with timely hitting.
If they do that, theAstroswill have a chance to win the World Series for the second time in three years in front of Minute Maid Park faithful in Game 6. But that is easier said than done, so theAstroswill have to focus on the task at hand.
I’m confident this team will do just that and theAstroswill be celebrating another World Series title with a downtown championship parade.
GoAstros!
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