The World Series was tied this Saturday in Arlington, with a good review of the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Texas Rangers, in which the Cuban stood out Lourdes Gurriel Jr.author of a hit that drove in his team’s second run.
The D-Backs made nine runs in the Rangers’ stadium, who could only score a single run against the powerful and fantastic pitching of starter Merrill Kelly, who made the changeup his best weapon in the wide repertoire of pitches he exhibited.
Kelly, who ended up throwing just 89 pitches in seven innings – during which he struck out nine and walked none – tied the longest start of this postseason and became the first starter in the 2020s to go seven innings in a World Series game.
Gurriel Jr.’s hit to left field in the fourth inning consolidated the D-Backs’ lead by driving in the second run of the nine that the Arizona team scored – at the feet of Tommy Phamcompared to the Rangers’ only score, achieved by a home run by Mitch Garver. In addition to the RBI, the Cuban scored the sixth run in the ninth inning.
The World Series now moves from Globe Life Field in Arlington to Chase Field in Phoenix, where the Rangers will have the disadvantage of the fans, although Maybe that will spur Cuban Adolis García on againwho is having a dream season and exhibiting concentration and psychic strength on the rivals’ grass.
At the end of August, Gurriel Jr. became the thirty-eighth player born in Cuba who reached 600 hits in American baseballaccording to the specialized site Baseball-Reference, which includes the performance of the players who played in the Negro Leagues.
The Sancti Spiritus He was among the eight Cubans who participated in the Major League All-Star Gamenext to Randy Arozarena y Yandy Diaz (Tampa Bay Rays), the Orioles reliever from Avila, Yennier Canoand the gardeners Luis Robert Jr. (CWS), Yordan Alvarez (NEW), Adolis Garcia (TEX) and the Miami slugger Jorge Soler.
