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The biggest decision facing Ron Washington in Game 2 is whether to start Vladimir Guerrero in right field. Not only does Murphy have the platoon advantage -- although he is hitless in four career at-bats against Cain -- but Francoeur is lifetime against the Giants hurler. His 15 plate appearances are the most among all hitters who are hitless against Cain. Wilson The Rangers counter with C. Wilson , who is in three postseason starts. Neither pitcher will be particularly excited to see Sam Holbrook calling balls and strikes tonight.

Wilson has a 5. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. World Series Game 2 Preview. March 12, In one sense, the blowout score made things easier for Snitker, as he was able to stay away from his four top relievers, who had to combine for 20 outs in Game 1 after Charlie Morton's injury. That means A. The Houston bullpen has been excellent in the postseason as Cristian Javier has now thrown nine scoreless innings and Phil Maton , Kendall Graveman and Ryan Pressly continue to look sharp.

The shift in venues also means the elimination of the DH, which brings the managers into the game a little more.

Dusty Baker will also have to face a difficult decision on what to do in his outfield. If he wants to get both Michael Brantley and Yordan Alvarez in the lineup against Ian Anderson , that means moving Kyle Tucker to center field, where he has played just 28 innings this season. He's probably OK out there, but nonetheless an Alvarez-Tucker-Brantley outfield makes you worse at all three positions Alvarez is worse than Brantley in left, Brantley is worse than Tucker in right, and Tucker is likely worse than Chas McCormick or Siri in center.

Baker probably plays all three lefty sticks and it's hard to argue against that. Jose Altuve greeted Drew Smyly with a home run off a first-pitch fastball, leading off the bottom of the seventh by sneaking a fly ball just inside the left-field pole for a Astros lead.

It was Altuve's 22nd career home run in the postseason, tying him with Bernie Williams for second on the all-time list, behind Manny Ramirez's While Williams did it in games, Altuve has required just Altuve had struggled in the ALCS, hitting.

But he doubled and scored in the first and now homers. They only trail Manny Ramirez Urquidy gave the Astros five solid innings, but the Braves hit four balls off him at plus mph in the fifth inning, so you have to think Dusty Baker would have went to the bullpen in the sixth inning - especially with the Braves past the top three hitters in the lineup two lefties and a switch-hitter.

That meant five of the next batters in the Atlanta lineup are right-handed, so bring in one of your tough righties in the bullpen. Indeed, Cristian Javier warmed in the Houston bullpen. He held righties to a. Look for Baker to try to get two innings from Javier and then Kendall Graveman and Ryan Pressly for the eighth and ninth. Well, that escalated quickly. The Astros scored three runs in the bottom of the second on two ground ball singles The Astros also got help from a horrendous defensive play by the Braves that even a Little League team shouldn't commit.

On Martin Maldonado's base hit to left field -- that's the With shortstop Dansby Swanson in shallow left field after trying to field the base hit, nobody covered third base, so the speedy Jose Siri he beat out that infield hit with an impressive dash to first raced into third.

Left fielder Eddie Rosario threw the ball there, and the ball rolled toward the dugout, allowing Siri to sprint home with the third run. Oh, and then Michael Brantley's two-out ground ball single scored Maldonado for a lead. Hey Siri, give us the lead. I definitely have progressed as each day has gone by, so I hope that continues to keep going that way. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Glasnow, Snell to start first 2 WS games for Rays. Tampa Bay Rays. Top 10 at each outfield spot: It's still Trout in center, but who leads in right -- baseball's most stacked position?

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