World Series Game 5: Houston Astros v Atlanta Braves – live! | Sport

Astros 0-4 Braves, top 2

Astros have a crack in the form of a line drive base hit in the middle of Gurriel. Here comes Tucker.

Astros 0-4 Braves, top 2

So Houston has 24 outs to figure it all out. Actually makes it 23: Alvarez drives it to the left, but Rosario has room and puts it away.

Here’s Gurriel.

Astros 0-4 Braves, bottom 1

So the Cobb County crowd goes bananas while their Bravos jump on top. Meanwhile, d’Arnaud tries to finish the round, but that does not stop the party.

Duvall lifts it to the right and it’s up and over the wall!

The Braves slugger has brought the home team up to 4-0 in the first place!

Astros 0-0 Braves, bottom 1

With the first base open, Valdez is wary of the dangerous Rosario. Very careful: Rosario gets going to fill the bases, and now it’s up to Adam Duvall to get Houston to pay.

Astros 0-0 Braves, bottom 1

Brave’s batteries are not waiting for Valdez – he takes the second lane he sees and slams it into the left field! Albies slips into third, while Riley slides into second base!

So it’s second and third with two down and NLCS MVP Eddie Rosario on the record trying to put the Braves on top!

Astros 0-0 Braves, bottom 1

Now it’s Framber’s turn as the Astros left faces the tall, rickety Suns. And Soler lines up a screamer against third and Bregman can’t handle the short jump (who could?).

The Braves are working on a leadoff single. Freeman steps in and he swings the first lane and lifts the ball to the center where Tucker strikes.

So Freeman comes and goes fast, and now Albies also swings on the first pitch: he grounds too short: Correa throws to second for strength, but can not get Albies, who reaches after a fielder’s choice.

Now Riley steps in.

Astros 0-0 Braves, top 1

Golly: Correa only hits .143, nor did he quite hit his weight in ALCS. And on top of that, he’s down the count to Davidson, 0-2. Correa gets a quick ball that he reaches through the legs of Davidson and up to second place, where Albies makes the plug: he steps into second place for one, and then shoots first for the doubles!

So the child faces the minimum in the first, which is music (hopefully not chopping music) for Brian Snitker. Side retired – here comes the Braves.

Astros 0-0 Braves, top 1

Davidson drives the count full to Brantley before losing Astro’s right fielder to a fastball low and away. It is a one-time walk and an opportunity for Carlos Correa to get the child to pay for the free card.

Astros 0-0 Braves, top 1

Davidson, wearing a high Spring Training number of 64 in an environment with significantly higher stakes, throws a high fastball, which Altuve chases and lifts to shortstop – it’s easy to put away for the hometown hero Dansby Swanson, and it’s the first out of the night. Michael Brantley is next.

And we go! Tucker Davidson gives a shot over the plate to Jose Altuve, and game 5 is underway!

Manuscript writing

So yesterday I tweeted into this blog about seeing a big “E” among the lowercase letters on the Braves uniform. Somehow I had never noticed it before.

To conclude this topic once and for all, I have some feedback that I thought I would leave right here:

National anthem

A local singer / songwriter Lauren Alaina sings in an acoustic version of Star Spangled Banner. I ignore the acoustic guitar, because even though I think it’s super annoying, I’m here to judge Ms Alaina on her rendition. And you know what? She was overall quite stylish and kept her focus when some military guy parachuted onto the pitch right at the end of the song. He stole some of the attention, though I give her 7/10.

Atlanta Braves Lineup

Right fielder Joc Pederson is out in favor of Jorge Soler, who had the huge pinch-hit home run last night. Plus, the Cuban river.

1. Jorge Soler, RF

2. Freddie Freeman, 1B

3. Ozzie Albies, 2B4. Auston Riley, 3B

5. Eddie Rosario, LF

6. Adam Duvall, CF.

7. Travis d’Arnaud, C

8. Dansby Swanson, SS

9. Tucker Davidson, P

Houston Astros lineup

We have changes: Alex Bregman has dropped to seventh, presumably to hit like a pitcher, and Correa, who hasn’t hit much either, moves up to third place. So let’s see if this little shakeup helps give energy to this sleeping lineup.

1. Jose Altuve, 2B

2. Michael Brantley, RF

3. Carlos Correa, SS

4. Yordan Alvarez, LF

5. Yuli Gurriel, 1B

6. Kyle Tucker, CF.

7. Alex Breegman, 3B

8. Martin Maldenado, C

9. Framer Valdez, P

The starters

So who starts for the Braves as they bid on their first World Series title since 1995? No, it’s not Charlie Morton: he would have been on the hill if he had not broken his right fibula in Game 1. So instead, it’s the famous name, Tucker Davidson. If you’re wondering who exactly he is Tucker, yes, he’s a rookie who has not appeared in the major leagues in 138 days. It breaks a record for time that did not appear before a World Series start set by none other than Kyle Wright, another rookie who started Game 2 for the Braves: he had not turned up in 126 days. So maybe the Braves are on their way to something with cold arms and rookies: Ian Anderson, who started Game 3, is also in his first season of Major League Baseball.

So we’ll see how long Tucker can stay tonight. One thing we do know is that AJ Minter should play for the Braves this game since he did not show up last night.

On the hill for the Astros, Game 1 starter was Framber Valdez, who was reasonably awful against the Braves in their first tilt: two innings, five runs allowed. He needs the shooter working tonight to give Houston something special they need to win on the road in a hostile environment.

More on the way. Stay with us …

Hello guys and welcome to our coverage of Game 5 of the 117th World Series!

We are extra excited, because as they say, the “metal piece” is in the house, and that of course means that we can choose a champion tonight. The Braves are up three games to one in this best of seven series, and that means veteran Houston manager Dusty Baker is on the brink of an 11th playoff expulsion and another defeat in the Fall Classic. Yet there is still hope for Houston. Bravos have to pick up another game out of their bullpen, and if the Astros bats suddenly jump to life as they are more than capable of, chasing a win tonight, they will be rewarded with a trip home to Game 6 and a possible game 7. A is absolutely possible and therefore no one should at all think about getting ahead of themselves.

That said, these Braves, despite the uncharacteristic series of mistakes last night, are a stable, solid outfit, with playmakers all over the diamond, and they will benefit from their slashing audience for their final home game of the 2021 season .

And so while we wait for the first pitch, we all wonder: will the Braves live the metal piece tonight? Everything will be revealed when game 5 unravels before your pixels. For now, why not get comfortable and prepare by participating in our live blog? Tweet me, @LengelDavid. Or, alternatively, why not write to me with your thoughts and feelings about something you like. Yes, you can easily get your name in the newspaper.

We will have lineups and other drops for you soon. Stay with us!

David will be here shortly, meanwhile here’s how game 4 went:

A guy who spent most of the season in the minors kept the Braves in it. Then the offense finally came to life.

Likewise, Atlanta is a win from their first World Series title in 26 years.

Dansby Swanson and pinch hitter Jorge Soler joined the back-to-back homers in the seventh inning Saturday night, leading the Braves to a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros and a leading 3-1 Series lead.

The Braves can end the championship at home, as they did two stadiums ago when they beat the Cleveland Indians in 1995.

This triumph at the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium remains the franchise’s only World Series crown since moving to the South in 1966.