Justin Verlander has twirled gems on nearly every stage—except this one. stephapstein on the Astros’ ace and his legacy of World Series failures
, is presumably shaking his head.) Of this outing in particular, Verlander said at the press conference, “I need to do better. No excuses.”
Something else changed, too. Through three perfect innings, he threw his four-seamer 67% of the time. But beginning in the fourth, after Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins put good swings on fastballs, Verlander began leaning more heavily on his breaking stuff, with disastrous results: The next three hits and a walk all came on breaking balls. He went back to the fastball in the fifth, but by then the Phillies were on that, too.
“It's hard to take Justin out because he can struggle for a while, but he usually gets it back together,” Baker said. “You don't want to just go through your whole bullpen that early in the game.”
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