Astros Crawfish Boil: November 3, 2022

The outlook after game four of the World Series is a much different animal than it was after game three.

For just the second time in history, somebody threw a no-hitter in the World Series. Christian Javier pitched six frames, striking out nine and walking two, followed by an inning each from Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero, and Ryan Pressly. The victory guaranteed the series would return to Houston for at least one game.

Houston got all of their runs in the fifth. Chas McCormick, Jose Altuve, and Jeremy Peña opened the frame with consecutive singles to load the bases. After conferring, Jose Alvarado was called in to relieve starter Aaron Nola. It didn’t do any good. Alvarado hit Yordan Alvarez…