The Astros had two of their Hall of Fame players throw out ceremonial first pitches: Jeff Bagwell before Game 2 after Craig Biggio before Game 1. The other was the Astros against the Washington Nationals two years ago. This is only the second time since MLB went to a six-division format in 1994 that the World Series matches teams from the NL East and AL West. It was the 25th time overall, but first in a World Series opener. The Dodgers are back to the World Series for the first time since winning it in 1988. They are Travis d’Arnaud (2015 New York Mets), Terrence Gore (2014-15 Kansas City Royals), Charlie Morton (2017 Astros, 2020 Tampa Bay Rays), Joc Pederson (2017-18, 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers), Drew Smyly (2012 Detroit Tigers), and Jorge Soler (2016 Chicago Cubs).Įvery Braves starter had a hit in Game 1, the first time a team’s starting nine all had hits since Kansas City in Game 6 of the 2014 World Series. With the Braves in the Fall Classic for the first time since 1999, their only six players who played in past World Series did so for seven different teams since 2012. All of those were for the Astros in 2017 or 2019 - or both. Houston has 13 players on its roster with previous World Series experience. He is five of six on stolen base attempts and has scored three runs. Gore has only two at-bats in nine career postseason games with Kansas City, the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta in the NL Division Series. “There’s a couple of guys we probably would run for, and to have that there we just kind of felt was more important than the extra hitter.” I just figure that’s kind of a nice item to have on the bench in a situation where it is a big run,” manager Brian Snitker said. because we didn’t use the extra guy that much, as much as I think we thought we would.
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“Just knowing with these games and just adding. 42s widow, Rachel Robinson, and her multigenerational impact 4d David Robinson, as told to Dana Lee 2021 MLB playoffs: Who is in and full playoff schedule through. With a potential four of seven games being in the American League park and the use of a designated hitter, Gore is part of the roster to be a pinch-runner. Speedy outfielder Terrance Gore is on the World Series roster for the Braves after not being on it for the NL Championship Series, or even playing a regular-season game for Atlanta. There was a 90% chance of rain Thursday, an off day in the Series. Those conditions were drastically different than earlier in the day when strong storms moved through the Houston area and triggered tornado warnings.Īs for the early weather forecast at Truist Park in Atlanta for Game 3 on Friday and Game 4 on Saturday, there is a 50% chance of rain both days with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s. The game-time temperature was 73 degrees, and only dropped a few degrees throughout the night. There were clear skies throughout Game 2.
The sun shined brightly through the glass onto parts of the outfield during batting practice for both teams, and the retractable roof was open before the first pitch.
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