How can an inning be more perfect than perfect? Luis Severino showed how by retiring the side in order in the top of the third, using just six pitches for three outs. He dispatched three terrific hitters in Alex Bregman, Yuli Gurriel and Yordan Alvarez.
Gerrit Cole responded by using 14 pitches to get through Brett Gardner, Edwin Encarnacion and Gleyber Torres in the bottom half of the inning.
This matchup of aces is suddenly looking like one.
2nd Inning: A Re-Run of the First Inning
Josh Reddick did not start Games 1 or 2 for Houston, but Manager A.