Next Monday from 7:03 PM, the Texas Rangers will bet from the mound on the experience of Max Scherzer and the Arizona Diamondbacks will do so on the talent of rookie Brandon Pfaadt to achieve victory in the third game of the World Series, which is tied 1 -1.
The Texas team will hand the ball to a veteran Scherzer, who has 29 postseason appearances, including 14 as a starter, with a 7-8 record and a 3.86 earned run percentage in 140 innings.
Scherzer played the World Series in 2012 with the Detroit Tigers and in 2019 with the Washington Nationals, with whom he was crowned champion in the ‘Fall Classic’ in 2019.
At this point in the season, the 38-year-old right-hander has a 1-0 record and a 3.86 ERA, the result of the seven runs he has allowed in the 16.1 innings he has pitched, striking out 18 . .
Scherzer showed he has what it takes to win in the World Series, but after returning from an injury to the top of his throwing shoulder, the veteran pitcher was unable to pitch at the level he normally does in today’s ‘ postseason’.
In his two games for Bruce Bochy’s team in the current playoffs, Scherzer was attacked for seven runs in just 6.2 innings, posting an 0-1 record, with a high earned run percentage of 9.45.
Although he hasn’t shown the best results, the Rangers are betting that the veteran right-hander will extend the dominance he has shown against the Diamondbacks’ leading hitters.
Scherzer was a challenge for hitters like Ketel Marte (9-1), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (8-1), Evan Longoria (22-3), Tommy Pham (23-3) and Christian Walker (3-0), who have a minus .140 batting average against the Texans starter’s pitches
For his part, Pfaadt, 25, is having his first experience in the playoffs, so he doesn’t have the experience of his officiating rival, but the Diamondbacks right-hander has shown he has the determination and strength to go out and compete . in the late season.
After his first appearance in the postseason, in which he spent just 2.2 innings on the mound, Pfaadt manager Torey Lovullo has thrown 14 innings of two-run and 18 strikeouts in three appearances, good for an earned run percentage of 1, 29 in this process.
In the process, Pfaadt took the mound twice against a high-powered Phillies lineup, which struck out 16 batters and plated two in 9.2 innings, allowing the Diamondbacks to emerge victorious in both games.
Although he has failed to win any of his starts, Pfaadt has been the closest thing to a trump card for the Diamondbacks in the postseason as they are 4-0 as the 25- year-old of the country has started.
Pfaadt has had good results for his team, but to continue at that pace he will have to test his mettle on the biggest stage in Major League Baseball, like the World Series.
Source: El heraldo
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