The Houston Astros avoided a devastating 3-0 deficit in the American League Championship Series with their Game 3 victory on Wednesday.
The Houston Astros needed to remind everyone that they run the league until they are dethroned, and that's exactly what they did. In as much of a must-win as one could have without being mathematical, the bats of the defending champions came out firing as they earned their much-needed first win of the American League Championship Series. Houston took down the Texas Rangers, 8-5, to avoid a commanding three-games-to-none lead, and they now trail the series, 2-1.
The Astros never looked back from their three-run second inning. With the bases loaded, Yordan Alvarez scored on a wild pitch from Max Scherzer. Then, Martin Maldonado drove in two more runs with a single. In the third, Jose Altuve blasted a solo homer, and Mauricio Dubon added an RBI single in the fifth.
Scherzer did not have it - in his return from a teres injury, he lasted just four innings and allowed five runs. It was his first postseason start since Game 1 of last year's Wild Card Series as a New York Met, when he allowed seven earned to the San Diego Padres in 4.2 frames. The Rangers bullpen, their long bugaboo all season, hardly fared much better, combining for five innings while allowing the other four runs.
Game 4 of the ALCS is Thursday night back in Arlington. Both starting pitchers are to be determined.
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