![]() The bat was deemed illegal for safety reasons and not competitive reasons - the specific type of maple bat Maldonado used is more likely to splinter into multiple pieces. He has postseason pedigree, though, pitching five scoreless innings as a rookie to beat Washington in Game 4 of the 2019 World Series.Major League Baseball forced Houston Astros catcher Martín Maldonado to stop using an illegal maple bat after Game 1 of the World Series on Friday, reports the New York Post. With a chance to clinch, the Atlanta ace gave up five runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.Īstros: Urquidy was tagged by Boston for six runs over 1 2/3 innings in his previous start in Game 3 of the ALCS. ![]() ![]() The visiting team won every game in 2019, and last year’s Series was played at a neutral site in Arlington, Texas.īraves: After two fine playoff starts, Fried faltered in Game 5 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium. No team has won a World Series game in its own park since the Dodgers beat Boston in 18 innings in Game 3 of 2018. The Astros fell to 0-4 in World Series openers. Soler returned late in the NLCS and went 1 for 2 with a double in a pair of pinch-hit appearances. Soler and Duvall became the first teammates both acquired midseason to homer in the same World Series game. It was the first World Series action with a packed stadium since Game 7 at this very park in 2019, when a sellout crowd silently filed out after watching the Nationals rally past Houston.
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