It’s not good when you lose the first game of a World Series. But it feels even worse when you had a 5-0 lead in the first third of the contest and blew it to lose 6-5. That’s exactly what we witnessed on Friday night between Phillies and Astros at Minute Maid Park, where Philadelphia kicked off the Fall Classic with a win in 10 innings.
Right when the Astros had served the table for what we thought would be a game with plenty of runs for the locals, they just imploded. Justin Verlander failed to dominate or at least to be decent and the lineup just turned off after the three-run third inning.