AL Championship Series - Suddenly a 3 game series

One more in Arlington, then back to MMP

Déjà Vu

Just like in game 1, it’s Verlander vs. Montgomery in game 5, the final game in Arlington.

Montgomery outdueled Verlander Sunday, going 6.1 shutout innings, giving up 5 hits striking out 6 and walking 1.

JV was no slouch - 6.2, 2 runs (including a Leody Taveras home run), with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.

Can either pitcher repeat their game one performance? We shall see.

This looks like a Chas game to me, based on the numbers below.

Pitching Matchups

Updated to include game 1 results.

Bullpen Usage

Can’t say enough about the job the bullpen did last night, saving leverage arms, covering 6.2 innings without giving up a run while allowing only 3 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2.

Hunter Brown covered three innings and gave up some hard contact, but managed to get through it without giving up a run.

This sets up the bullpen nicely for the final 3 games (if necessary).

ALCS Batting

Astros batting for the ALCS to date.

ALCS Pitching

Astros pitching for the ALCS to date.

May not mean anything notes of the day

Ryne Stanek threw 1 pitch, got 2 outs and picked up the win in game 4.

Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker are a combined 5 for 31 (.161) with 9 strikeouts and 0 walks against Jordan Montgomery.

Yordan Alvarez is 1 for 6 with 5 strikeouts vs. Montgomery.

Rangers that hit Ryan Pressly well: Marcus Semien (.462, all singles), Nathaniel Lowe (.375, all singles).

Pressly has given up 1 home run (only extra-base hit allowed) in 72 plate appearances against the Rangers (Mitch Garver) with an expected slash line of .224/.260/.334

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