World Series
Managers Rob Thomson and Dusty Baker have already revealed who their starting pitchers will be for a key game in the Fall Classic.
By Alfonso Zuniga
With four games played in the 2022 Baseball World Seriesthe forces are very even Philadelphia Phillies y Houston Astrosand this Thursday November 3one of the two teams will have an advantage and the option of being crowned champion of Major League Baseball (MLB).
A peculiarity that has had the Fall Classic is that when they have bet on Latin American pitchers, they have won, like the Dominicans Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier in those of Texas; in addition to Seranthony Domínguez and the Venezuelan Ranger Suarez on the Pennsylvania squad.
But to break this statistic, in the fifth game of the 2022 World Series, to be played this Thursday, November 3 at Citizens Bank Park, Phillies and Astros will rely on star names to be their starting pitchers in the MLB definition.
Confirmed starters for World Series Game 5
On the Astros side, manager Dusty Baker will put the experienced back on the mound Justin Verlanderwho comes from suffering a comeback in the first game of the key, in addition to a controversy with local fans at the entrance of the park.
Unlike the Astros, the Phillies will take advantage of the length of their bullpen to put a fresh pitcher on the scene, it is thus that the strategist Rob Thomson will trust the right-hander Noah Syndergaardwho returns to a World Series after seven years and has been used as a rotation name in the 2022 MLB Postseason.