Chas McCormick comes up now, an entirely different proposition. The Phillies' Nos. 0.96 WHIP. Jose Altuve, 2B2. Yuli Gurriel comes to the plate and gets nothing but heat. Rhys Hoskins has a patient at-bat to run the count full. Javier has made one relief appearance (ALDS Game 1) and two starts (ALCS Game 3 and World Series Game 4) this postseason and hitters are 2 for 39 (.051) against him. Astros: After going 4-for-9 in the first two games of the World Series, Altuve went 0-for-4 in Game 3. Kyle Tucker, RF At the end of two, still scoreless here in Philly. Schwarber makes the catch just in front of the warning track for out number two. Gurriel moves up to third. The Philadelphia Phillies enter Game 4 of the World Series with a 2-1 lead after Tuesday night's 7-0 victory over the Houston Astros. He threw 1 1/3 innings in relief in Game 1 of the ALDS on Oct. 11 against the Mariners and held the Yankees to one hit in 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his Game 3 start of the ALCS on Oct. 22 in New York. Vzquez singled to shallow left center, Gurriel scored, McCormick to second. Altuve makes the throw to first to get out number one. Chas McCormick, CF. It is not deep enough to score the runner from second, but everyone moves up 90 feet. Thursday night's winner will take a 3-2 series lead and be one win away from a championship. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability Altuve hits a fly ball to shallow right center. 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Rhys Hoskins is now up with a man on second and two outs. 2022 World Series: Phillies complete historic comeback in Game 1 win The Phillies completed the largest comeback by a National League team in a World Series game since 1956, defeating the. PHILADELPHIA -- After a five-homer party in which Lance McCullers Jr. was unwittingly stuck with the tab, theyll sweep the stands and set up in hopes of another celebration at Citizens Bank Park. Javier completed six hitless innings against the Phillies in Game 4 and exited with his pitch count at 97. Dating back to the sixth inning of Game 3, Phillies hitters are in a 1 for 37 (.029) skid with three walks and 17 strikeouts. He runs the count to 2-2 before missing the breaking pitch to end the inning. The bats have gone ice cold since teeing off for five home runs against Lance McCullers Jr. For the first time this postseason. He has seen mostly breaking pitches and chases a terrible one for strike three. Schwarber takes a third strike and Marsh steals second. Alec Bohm, 3B7. Astros: The Astros were shut out in a World Series game for the fourth time in franchise history in Game 3 and didnt even manage an extra-base hit. Seven innings out of the way, 5-0 Astros. . The fastball gets Bohm swinging for out number two. These were scenes from Game 3 at Passyunk Avenue bar in London. Bohm runs the count full before swinging through a fastball high in the zone for strike three. Bryan Abreu will take over the pitching duties for Houston and will try to keep this no-hitter going. Rafael Montero will take over for the Astros and he will face Alec Bohm to lead off in the eighth. Aledmys Daz comes up and hits a slow roller to short. Game 4 of the World Series looms on Wednesday night, and the onus is on the Astros to quiet the Phillies bats and the crowd and start making some noise of their own, lest this Fall Classic start to fall from their hands. He seems incapable of letting off of them. Tucker yanks one into right field and it makes its way into the corner. The Astros won Game 4 in convincing fashion, tagging two of the Phillies' best, starter Aaron Nola and reliever Jose Alvarado, for five runs in the fifth inning. It's also the second time the Phillies have been no-hit this year; they were on the wrong end of a five-pitcher combined no-hitter by the New York Mets on April 29. Two down. In series with the current 2-3-2 format, teams breaking a 1-1 tie by winning Game 3 in their home ballpark have gone on to win the series 29 of 47 times (62%), including the Phillies in the 2022 NLCS vs the Padres. Bryson Stott, SS In series with the current 2-3-2 format, teams breaking a 1-1 tie by winning Game 3 in their home ballpark have gone on to win the series 29 of 47 times (62%), including the Phillies in the 2022 NLCS vs the Padres. Seven years later, he finds himself starting Game 5 for the Phillies. Cristian Javier takes the mound for the Astros and will face this unbelievable Phillies lineup with Kyle Schwarber leading off. Over at BetMGM, the. Alvarado is now up in the Phillies bullpen. Interesting Game 4 facts, courtesy of MLB.com. They stranded one runner in the first inning against Nola and two runners in both the second and fourth innings, but finally broke through in the fifth inning and put a crooked number on the board. Game 5, the final game of the season at Citizens Bank Park, will be played Thursday night. The Phillies bring on Andrew Bellatti to face Chas McCormick in the sixth inning. PHILADELPHIA Cristian Javier and Houston's bullpen combined on just the second no-hitter in World Series history, silencing a booming lineup and boisterous ballpark as the Astros blanked the. A few high fastballs follow, which are fouled off and then Bohm lays off the slider. Tucker is 3-for-12 in the World Series, Bregman is 2-for-11 and Pea is 3-for-12. Houston's offense entered the fifth inning of Game 4 riding a 16-inning scoreless streak dating back to the fifth inning of Game 2. Jayson Werth hit seven homers in 2009. Astros: Right-hander Cristian Javier (1-0, 1.35 ERA) will face the Phillies for the first time in his brief career. Marsh fouls the first two pitches off before laying off a ball. J.T. Verlander let a 5-0 lead slip away in Game 1 of this series and the Phillies came back to win on J.T. At the end of eight it is still 5-0 Houston. At the moment, the Phillies are firmly in the drivers seat. "I've always been a huge Phillies fan.". Vazquez goes down swinging on a big curve ball. Kyle Schwarber comes up now with a man on first base and one out. Bregman comes up now with bases still loaded and nobody out. Javier delivers an outside curve that Segura pops weakly to Gurriel to end the inning. Meyers singled to right, Alvarez scored, Bregman to second. 8:57 p.m. Alvarez goes behind on a fastball and flies out to left field to end the inning.It's too early to say definitively, but pitching is ruling the day early. With a 7-0 blowout, the Phillies had what at times resembled a home-run derby in their first home World Series game in over a decade. Cristian Javier now has nine strikeouts, and five in a row. Altuve, in typical aggressive style, swung at that first pitch. 2.54 ERA Friday is an off day. The Houston Astros tied the 2022 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies with a historic Game 4 win Wednesday night. Heres why it is so important for the Astros to stall the Phillies momentum here: In all best-of-seven postseason series, teams up 3-1 have gone on to win the series 85% of the time (78 of 92). Three up, three down for the Astros. 1. Tomorrow night's Game 5 will see Astros ace Justin Verlander again chase that elusive first World Series win when he squares off against Noah Syndergaard and the Phillies. Nola 4-4; Bellatti 0-2; Alvarado 0-1; Game Scores A Nola 40; Scoring Summary. Get box score updates on the Philadelphia Phillies vs. Houston Astros baseball game. Spotting the tell in Lance McCullers, Jrs delivery, the Phillies were able to smack five home runs off of the Astros starter, tying a record for the most hit in a single World Series game by them, and setting a record for the most ever given up by a single pitcher. Nola kept the Astros at bay for the first four innings Wednesday night. Ground Balls-Fly Balls Montero 0-4; Pressly 2-1; Valdez 7-1; Game Scores F Valdez 67; Scoring Summary. Stolen base. Astros 4, Phillies 0 here in the fifth with one out and a runner on third. Mike Schmidt had four in 1980. Bregman lines one to right for a double, scoring two runners on the play. No starting pitcher held hitters to a lower batting average than Javier during the regular season (.170) and he's been even better this postseason. The Phillies famously did a lot of connecting off McCullers in a record-setting night, and so it is imperative for the Astros that Cristian Javier deliver in a difficult environment. Astros vs. Phillies score tracker: Live World Series Game 4 updates. "It's pretty exciting," Theodosiades said. Players need 12 of 16 possible votes to be elected to Cooperstown. One down. Javier will face Bryce Harper to get the second inning underway. He is 0-6 with a 6.07 ERA in eight career starts in the Fall Classic. 205.0 IP Aledmys Daz, LF They weren't just winning at home, they were. 3.25 ERA JT Realmuto will lead off for the Phillies. The crowd is in their seats, the Phillies are on the field, Aaron Nola is all warmed up and ready to deliver that first pitch to Jose Altuve to get proceedings started. Defensively, the Astros also bring in Mauricio Dubon in center field, sliding Chas McCormick over to left field and Aledmys Daz coming out of the game. Seven times previously had a batter been hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the World Series, though all seven came with the player's team already ahead. It had been a long time since they suffered a loss in their home ballpark. The total for this contest is 7.5. Yordan lvarez comes to the plate and sees a couple of curves. Alex Bregman comes up and pops one to left field, taken by Schwarber to end the inning. Yordan Alvarez, DH4. Phillies: As expected, manager Rob Thomson didn't change a thing with his lineup. The moneyline odds for the Phillies (-109) versus the Astros (-108) indicate a tight game. He fouls a few off before looking at a called strike three on the bottom part of the zone. Two away. He doesn't bite and they fall either side of the paint, one and one. As a fastball / slider pitcher, Javier will lean heavily on that four seamer all night. The Phillies have a 2-1 series lead. The Phillies had been 6-0 at Citizens Bank Park this postseason going into Game 4, and they'd outscored their opponents 42-15 in the six games. Astros 1B Yuli Gurriel (knee) out for rest of World Series "Now is the time to empty the tanks. Bryson Stott pops one just behind the bag at second and Jeremy Pea makes the catch to end the inning. The count runs to 2-2. Jeremy Pea lines one right back up the middle for a single. Harper does likewise, swinging through a 100mph fastball. Two away and the Phillies are down to their last out. Chas McCormick, CF, Phillies Twice this series, the Astros have had a fabulous pitcher blown off the mound by the Phillies' bats, and in Game 4 they are looking to change the dynamic by starting Cristian Javier. He hits a long ball to left center, but Kyle Schwarber is there to put it away and end the inning. His counterpart for the Phillies will be Aaron Nola, who has an equally solid 0.96 regular season WHIP and an even more eye-popping 235 strikeouts, but whose post season has seen him struggle, posting a 1.25 WHIP and 23 strikeouts on 21.2 innings pitched. Bryce Harper, DH5. Consecutive singles by Chas McCormick, Jose Altuve, and Jeremy Pea loaded the bases with no outs, ending Nola's night. Ryan Howard (2009) and Werth (2008) are second with 10. Bryce Harper comes up and goes down on three straight fastballs. Nick Castellanos comes to the plate now with two away. Rhys Hoskins comes up and works the count full. Astros are 4-1 in their last 5 games. Alvarez moves to third. Marsh works a 2-2 count before chasing a hard slider for strike three. Verlander led the majors with a 1.75 ERA this season and will likely win his third American League Cy Young Award later this month. Comment. They will be joined by pediatric cancer survivor, 19-year-old Luke Theodosiades. Even if Javier gets pulled from the game early, Luis Garcia is available to provide some length. Citizens Bank Park when the Phillies are rocking. He was lit up for six runs in 4 innings by San Diego in Game 2 of the NLCS. Gibson started in the regular season, and Nelson was the long man, meaning every one of Thomson's most high-leverage relievers will be ready to roll. They are anticipating a sac bunt. He then beat St. Louis and Atlanta in the first two rounds of the playoffs, allowing just an unearned run in 12 innings. The outings have been short with the bullpen picking up much of the load. Call it 55 percent given those factors. Kyle Tucker, RF6. The first pitch he sees is a 100mph fastball for a strike. Astros Schwarber is unhappy with the call but it is not reviewable. Jeremy Pea is a little more discerning than his first at-bat, laying off a couple of change-ups to get to a full count. Yordan lvarez is at the plate, the most dangerous man in this situation on the Houston roster. Yordan Alvarez, DH He faces Brandon Marsh to get things going. Fortunately, Javier has some experience in this area, having pitched brilliantly in the Bronx (5 1/3 scoreless innings) in his ALCS start. Alex Bregman, 3B 6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/stories, at So far it has been a defensive duel, moving to the bottom of the fourth still scoreless. PHILADELPHIA Arguably more than any other sport, playoff baseball has more pressurized moments from start to finish, whether it's a key hit, defensive play or managerial move. Pedro Feliz (2008) and Dave Hollins (1993) are second with five. Realmuto, C Harpers 12 extra-base hits are the most in Phillies postseason history. Daz needs to get on top of his propensity to chase the breaking pitches. Javier became the first individual pitcher to complete six no-hit innings in a World Series Game since Jerry Koosman started Game 2 of the 1969 Fall Classic with six no-hit frames. Nov 02, 2022, 11:14 AM EDT. Aledmys Daz goes after the same pitch and has the same result. November 2, 2022 at 3:40 PM PDT. Three hitters go down on minimal pitches. They weren't just winning at home, they were dominating, outscoring their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs per game. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Schwarber yanks a beautiful shot past first base that would be extra bases but it is called foul. How will the bullpens line up after the starter? Look for a breaking ball, down in the zone for the next pitch. Download App. Supplemental Privacy Policy for Singapore. Yuli Gurriel, 1B Alvarez goes down swinging on three pitches for the first out. Javier goes with the slider and gets him chasing on three pitches. Two down now with a runner in scoring position. Another ball and then Nola serves up a hanging curve that Pea slaps into left field. They used right-handers Connor Brogdon, Kyle Gibson, Nick Nelson and Andrew Bellatti in Game 3. There have only been two no-hitters in postseason history: Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and Roy Halladay's no-hitter in Game 1 of the 2010 NLDS. The Astros now have men at first and third with one out. Jean Segura comes in a fouls a few off. The World Series is now tied 2-2. Jeremy Pea flies one out to Schwarber for the third out. Yuli Guriel lines the first pitch into center for a single. Christian Vzquez, who hasn't played since Game 1 of this series, starts at catcher in place of Martn Maldonado. The Phils are 1-7 all-time in Game 4s of the World Series, their only win coming against Tampa Bay in 2008. He didn't spend much time in the Minor Leagues. Alec Bohm, 3B In Game 4, the Astros became the first visiting team to win a game at Citizens Bank Park since the Braves on Sept. 23. Eflin does his job and the Astros are retired in order. One down. My own card would read "Anthony Wayne May" my father, who died of a brain tumor.