The Phillies rallied in the eighth and ninth in front of a raucous home crowd but were unable to plate the tying run and fell, 3-2. Game 6 is Saturday.
Thursday. And he certainly did not have a second to spare worrying that the Philadelphia Phillies, masters of comeback magic at their raucous home field, might be staging another one in the eighth inning of a pivotal World Series game.
“McCormick’s always bragged about his basketball skills,” Astros Manager Dusty Baker said later. “I guess I got to believe him.” McCormick said later that Tucker told him the Astros needed to win just one of the three games they played in Philadelphia this week. The Phillies have been so unstoppable here, so propelled by some wild, fanatical force that one win was no guarantee.
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