The Texas Rangers knew Justin Verlander would be tough in Game 1, but they did just enough to slide past the future Hall-of-Famer and the Houston Astros.
Justin Verlander is one of the most experienced postseason pitchers in baseball history. So, starting the ace in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against theThe Rangers knew they would get a tough performance from Verlander, who went 6 2/3 innings and gave up six hits and two runs."We just found a way to get a couple of runs across the board," Texas manager Bruce Bochy said."That was the difference in the game, obviously.
"I was a bit erratic the first couple of innings, especially fastball control," Verlander said."I thought it cleaned up as the game went along. I kind of started finding my groove there the last few innings. Obviously one bad pitch, it resulted in another run to there. Overall I thought as the game went along, it got better and better."
Josh Jung singled directly before the Taveras walk, but Marcus Semien wasn’t able to break the game open as he popped out to Astros second baseman Jose Altuve to leave the Rangers with a 1-0 lead.
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