With the Astros facing a must-win game, Jose Urquidy seemed like the right man to call on. He has been fantastic at the outset of his postseason career, allowing just six runs over 18.2 innings, and four of the tallies came in last week’s start against the Oakland A’s at Dodger Stadium where the mascots across baseball could have put on a home run derby.
After dropping two cruel, unlucky contests to start the 2020 American League Championship Series, it appeared briefly fortunes might be turning. Houston led Game 3 by a score of 1-0 after five innings, and although tenuous, there was reason for optimism that Urquidy would be able to turn things over to a resurgent bullpen.