Rain wiped out the Astros' planned batting practice Thursday. Braves pitcher Charlie Morton went to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to have his broken right fibula examined, and manager Brian Snitker said he doubted the pitcher will be attend Friday night's game. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. On now for the Braves is lefty A.
Minter, the pitching hero of Game 1, whose critical 2. It's Braves as we start the 6th. Houston Astros starter Luis Garcia had a heavy workload through the first three innings, throwing 70 pitches.
He started the bottom of the fourth smartly, getting the first two batters on two pitches, but manager Dusty Baker felt it was time to pull Garcia and bring in left-handed reliever Blake Taylor to face the left-handed hitter Eddie Rosario.
Garcia left having pitched 3. He struck out six hitters, becoming the first rookie pitcher to have multiple strikeouts in the first three innings of a World Series game. Here's how important Anderson is: The Braves are without staff ace Charlie Morton for the rest of the series and are looking at at least one bullpen game this weekend in his absence.
That means every inning the Braves can get tonight without using another arm is super important. And Anderson, four innings deep on 67 pitches, is giving them exactly what they need. It's Braves midway through the 4th inning. A leadoff walk came back to haunt Houston Astros starter Luis Garcia in the bottom of the third as the Braves took the lead. Eddie Rosario led off with a six-pitch walk then Freddie Freeman singled sharply to left.
After Ozzie Albies struck out swinging, cleanup hitter Austin Riley smoked a cutter down the left-field line to score Rosario and send Freeman to third. With two on, Jorge Soler walked to load the bases. But Garcia battled back and got Adam Duvall to pop up to Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel in foul territory and struck out Travis d'Arnaud to end the threat.
The Braves lead after three innings but have left six runners on base. Game 4 is set for Saturday nigh at p. Zach Greinke will start for the Astros while the Braves will use an opener and bullpen game. Here's his emotional moment, when he talked about hugging Billye Aaron. BattleATL Atlanta pic. Jason Walker: North Carolina judge rules police body camera video in the shooting case can be released.
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