"José Alvarado Shines as Phillies Closer in 3-1 Victory over Astros in 2022 World Series Reunion"

2023-04-29 03:02:36

A great moment for José Alvarado, who one step at a time consolidates himself as the main closer for the Philadelphia Phillies, a cast that this Friday begins a 3-game series at the home of the Houston Astros, a reissue of the 2022 World Series.

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With category, the left-hander from Maracaibo places the lock on the dangerous sidereal offensive; fan the hot Mauricio Dubón, Jeremy Peña, who managed a home run in this match, while Kyle Tucker delivers the final out on track 43.

So Alvarado gets his 5th save and improves his earned run average to a minuscule 0.73; to achieve it, he appeals to 14 pitches. He so far he has faced 43 hitters this season going through the guillotine to 24.

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The Quakers prevail with a 3-1 final score.

Previously, the visit goes ahead in the same first stretch, when Kyle Schwarber hits his 5th home run; The response from the locals is immediate with the aforementioned homer from their Dominican shortstop.

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From there, the night is dominated by starting pitchers Aaron Nola (2-2, 4.46) for the Phillies and Framber Valdez (2-3, 2.54) for the Astros; the first prevails in work of 8 innings, only 3 undisputed yielded, 1 race that is clean, without tickets and 6 fans. The second one does not shine either due to 7 innings out of 8 undisputed, 3 lines that are deserved, he does not give passports either and he strikes out 3.

Those other 2 Philadelphia runs come in the 5th and 7th, through a double for Cristian Pache, as well as a single by Brandon Marsh.