Houston Astros y Minnesota Twins they face each other in the Serie Divisional from American League. The winner of the best of five will face each other in the Championship Series with the winner between Baltimore Orioles y Texas Rangers.
Houston arrived at this stage of the postseason after winning the American League West Division in Game 162 of the campaign. A victory in Arizona was combined with a defeat of Texas in Seattle to certify the Pennant for the third consecutive year.
For your part Minnesota reaches the Serie Divisional after sweeping Toronto Blue Jays in the Wild Card Series. Los Twins They also took the Pennant in the Central Division. The Minneapolis team won a game in this playoffs after 19 years without achieving it. The last occasion was in 2004.
After leaving those ghosts behind, everything was ready for the champions of the Western Division and the Central Division to face each other.
He Game 1 will be on Minute Maid Park same as him Game 2. The third challenge will be held in Target Field and if necessary in the fourth, too. If a Game 5 was necessary, we would have to return to Houston.
Justin Verlander for Houston Astros and Bailey Ober for Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of the Division Series
For this one Game 1 the openers are Justin Verlander y Bailey Ober. The visiting starter will be in his first start in postseason forever. On the season he went 8-6 with a 3.43 earned run average in 26 starts.
For your part Verlander He is one of the most experienced pitchers in the history of the postseason. The 40-year-old right-hander is the absolute leader in strikeouts in playoffs de MLB with 230. In terms of innings pitched, he is fourth with 207.2.
Verlander was the Game 1 starter in each of the three series Houston Astros in 2022. He only did well in the Championship Series against New York Yankees. In the Divisional he went for four innings in which he allowed 10 hits and six runs to Seattle Mariners. That match was won by Astros thanks to WalkOff Homerun of Yordan Alvarez.
This Saturday, October 7 at Minute Maid Park is the 13th Game 1 of any postseason series in which Justin Verlander is the starter. With that amount he is the leader of all time. He surpassed Jon Lester’s 12.
Furthermore, the series between Astros y Twins marks the return of Carlos Correa a Minute Maid Park to play postseason with another shirt. The Puerto Rican was with Houston during five playoffs in which he participated in three World Series.
Everything ready for him Game 1 of the Division Series this Saturday, October 7th. The match begins at 4:45 PM Eastern Time.
2023-10-07 02:17:55
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