Source: nationalpost.com --- Friday, October 20, 2017
HOUSTON – From L.A. to New York, it is a dream matchup for so many in Baseball that it has been difficult not to look ahead. The TV networks are salivating at the thought of it and those at MLB’s Manhattan head office couldn’t have envisioned a more prosperous pairing. But thanks to the Houston Astros, the possibility of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees renewing one of Baseball’s greatest rivalries in the World Series will have to wait another day. And if the Astros have another noisy statement to make, perhaps much, much longer than that. Riding their ace starter Justin Verlander until the offence finally resurfaced, the Astros still have their own eyes on Hollywood, thanks to a blowout 7-1 win Friday night at Minute Maid Park. The victory evened the ALCS at three home wins apiece with the drama of Game 7 slated to unfold here on Saturday night while the Dodgers wait back in L.A. for next Tuesday’s World Series opener. “This is a difficult team across the way,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “We’re also a difficult team to close out. It’s only just that we’re going to a Game 7.” The stone-cold Astros offence finally broke out in the fifth inning, interrupting what was an incredibly entertaining pitching duel between Verlander and the Yankees’ Luis Severino. And boy did the bats start booming. After that three-run fifth, as if to hammer home the point, the Astros kept scoring, beating up on the Yankees bullpen f ...
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