HOUSTON — The unveiling of the 2022 World Series pennant, gold-themed jerseys and a pre-game parade of stewards’ trophies kicked off Thursday night’s championship. The only thing the Astros need to do is what they’ve been doing for the past decade: get a win on Opening Day.
Celebration night at Minute Maid Park ends on a high as White Sox level the score in ninth with Andrew Vaughn’s two-run brace against All-Star Ryan Pressley, Space The Warriors beat rivals 3-2 , their first loss in the season opener as a member of the American League.
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“It was a good atmosphere tonight,” third baseman Alex Bregman said. “Obviously we didn’t get the result we wanted.
You have to take off your hat to stop [Dylan]. He threw the ball well. It was great to play in front of these fans. We will bounce back. “
The Astros’ much-vaunted bullpen caused a stir in the playoffs last year, helping Houston to an 11-2 win over the Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series in the playoffs. The eighth and ninth innings scored two runs. five games last year as they led by seven innings, were beaten on Opening Day for the first time since 2012 and ended a 10-game winning streak.
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“Sometimes you get knocked down and you have to get up and keep going,” said Bregman, who went 0-4 on his 29th birthday before the game – Actor Mark Wahlberg shouted on set. “It’s been a long season. It’s a big 162.
Turn the page to continue the next day. Certainly not how you want your birthday to be. “
The Boston Pac-Man is popping champagne somewhere, knowing his 10-game Opening Day winning streak from 1887-1896 won’t be surpassed by the Astros.
The only member of the 2012 team currently on the Astros’ roster is Jose Altuve, who missed the first two months after breaking his right thumb during the World Baseball Classic. With pink plaster on his hands, Altuvi watched from the dugout as Houston’s offense was limited to four hits, including a huge homer from Jordan Alvarez in the ninth.
Cease, who was second only to Justin Verlander of the Astros in voting for last year’s AL Cy Young Award, was struck out in the seventh inning and hit 19 batters in a row, including 10 batters. Still, the Astros were leading 1-0 when they scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning – until Yasmani Grandal homered to tie the game in the eighth.
“We didn’t have much offense tonight,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “You’re not used to seeing breakouts like that in spring training. Usually he bounces back more. He got a good shot on that breakout, and when you throw 98 you don’t know he’s going. the pitch. A breaking pitch or a fast pitch. He’s here tonight.
We’re not used to hitting a lot, but this guy was awesome.
Pressly he won the stoppage in Game 6 of the Fall Classic at Minute Maid Park last time he entered the same flash Johnny Cash stoked which he did in the playoffs and ‘ Skipping a step before Vaughn’s double to left center to win the game. said Baker. “We didn’t have many chances. Defeated, they left 11 or 12 runners on base.
Sooner or later it will bite you. “
The Astros got off to a rough start under left-hander All-Star Framber Valdez, who threw a pair of softball-laden at-bats and was knocked out after five scoreless innings and 85 pitches. Last year, Valdez set a major league record with 25 consecutive quality starts. In two games on Opening Day, Valdez pitched 11 2/3 scoreless innings.
“We didn’t want to take it out for another inning and have to put somebody in the middle of [the next inning],” Baker said. He was too deep in the game because we had a long year and he threw a lot of innings and we had to keep Framber.
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