The Braves stopped a five-game home World Series losing streak. Riley hit an RBI double in the third on a cutter from rookie Luis Garcia after Freddie Freeman singled, and d’Arnaud added his second Series homer in the eighth, a 437-foot drive off Kendall Graveman that was d’Arnaud’s first long ball at home since September 2020.Ītlanta, which stranded nine runners, improved to 6-0 this postseason at Truist Park, which opened in 2017 and where it has won 11 of its last 12 games. Of the 60 previous times the Series was tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner went on to win 39 times - including six of the last nine. “After I got done with my inning, they went up and said: `Hey, did you know you gave up the first hit?′ And I said, `Yeah, I did know. Minter didn’t know,” Matzek said of the no-hit bid. The closest Anderson came to a no-hitter in the minors was on June 28, 2019, when he was pulled after seven innings and 102 pitches for Double-A Mississippi against Jackson, and teammate Jeremy Walker finished with hitless relief.
“He’s turned into an absolute animal, a beast in the playoffs,” Matzek saidĬomplete games are near extinction. “Our guys never could zero in on the strikes.”Īnderson is 4-0 in his postseason career with a 1.26 ERA.
“He was effectively wild,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “He wasn’t going to have pitches to do that.”Īnderson struck out four and walked three, throwing just 39 of 76 pitches for strikes. “He wasn’t going to pitch a nine-inning no-hitter,” Snitker said. Snitker didn’t consider giving Anderson a chance to join the Yankees’ Don Larsen, whose perfect game in 1956 is the only Series no-hitter. “But, yeah, I knew he wasn’t going to budge.” “Obviously you want the chance to compete, especially on the biggest stage like this is,” Anderson said. Minter, Luke Jackson, Matzek and Smith combined for the last 57 of the 18th two-hit shutout in Series history. Pinch-hitter Aledmys Díaz blooped a single leading off the eighth against Tyler Matzek that dropped in front of Eddie Rosario, just 232 feet from home plate, for Houston’s first hit as the left fielder pulled up to avoid colliding with shortstop Dansby Swanson.Īlex Bregman grounded a single through the wide-open right side of a shifted infield leading off the ninth against Will Smith, who remained perfect in five save chances this postseason.Īnderson threw 76 pitches, and A.J. On a night that showed how much baseball has evolved in the Analytics Age, Anderson and the Braves’ bullpen took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Austin Riley and Travis d’Arnaud drove in runs and Atlanta beat the Houston Astros 2-0 on Friday to grab a 2-1 World Series lead. “I’m going with my gut right here,” the manager said. “Are you sure? Are you sure?” the rookie right-hander asked. ATLANTA (AP) - Ian Anderson had pitched five no-hit innings when Brian Snitker walked up to the 23-year-old and said, “That’s it.”
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