After my rant about Justin Verlander in last night’s game thread, he proceeded to dominate the Dodgers as Houston took the first game of the series, 2-1. Probably shouldn’t have used up all their runs on Thursday night.
| Astros | Dodgers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:10 PM | Los Angeles | ||
| CF | Springer | CF | Taylor |
| RF | Reddick | SS | Machado |
| SS | Bregman | 3B | Turner |
| 3B | Gurriel | LF | Kemp |
| 2B | Gonzalez | 2B | Dozier |
| 1B | White | RF | Puig |
| C | Maldonado | 1B | Hernández |
| LF | Kemp | C | Barnes |
| P | McCullers (R) | P | Maeda (R) |
Kenta Maeda is coming off his shortest start in a month, after completing only 4 2/3 innings against the Brewers on Monday.