For the second straight night, the Astros couldn't hold a two-run lead in the late...
Chicago White Sox's Gavin Sheets watches his two-run double off Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Chicago. CHICAGO — An evening built up for its brilliant starting pitching matchup ended in excruciatingly familiar fashion. A night after authoring an eighth-inning meltdown, the Astros witnessed another.
Maldonado summoned pitching coach Josh Miller to seemingly settle the debate. Play resumed and Verlander peered into Sheets. He fed him nothing but spin — three sliders and a curveball. Sheets struck the final slider into the right-field corner, tying a game Neris would soon give away. on Sept. 11, 1985 had a game featured two qualified starting pitchers with sub-2 ERAs after at least 20 starts.
Verlander surrendered seven singles in addition to Sheets’ double. Four of them came during a 25-pitch second inning. José Abreu rolled one against Houston’s defensive shift. Jose Altuve got a glove on Josh Harrison’s grounder, but could not keep it in the infield. Abreu scored, staking Cease to a one-run lead. As of late, that felt like plenty.
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