The Houston Astros take on the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday in Game 4 of the 2022 World Series, exclusively on FOX and the FOX Sports app.
Here are the best plays from Game 4:
Astros vs. Phillies (PHI leads series 2-1)
First no score
Unlike the previous two games, neither team got on the board in the first inning. Only Yordan Alvarez reached safely after singling.
Aaron Nola get out of the jam
The Phillies’ starting pitcher allowed two of the first three batters to reach base in the top of the second inning. With runners on the corners and one out, Nola struck out Aledmys Diaz and Chas McCormick to end the inning.
Houston has gone 14 straight innings without scoring a run.
Quiet bats
We are scoreless in three innings in Philadelphia. Nola and Astros pitcher Cristian Javier each struck out four batters, with the former giving up two hits and the latter walking two.
Additionally, Nola threw 47 pitches during the third inning, while Javier threw 50 pitches.
Nola goes through another traffic jam
The Astros had runners on first and second in the top of the fourth after a pair of singles with two outs. Nola then induced a groundout on Diaz’s first pitch to end the inning.
Javier is trying
Javier struck out the side in the bottom of the fourth, getting JT Realmuto, Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos to strike out three. The right-hander recorded seven strikeouts in four innings.
Astros force the pitching change
The first three Houston batters reached base in the top of the fifth, prompting manager Rob Thomson to pull Nola from the game in favor of Jose Alvarado. Nola gave up seven hits while striking out four batters over four innings.
Houston breaks the ice
Alvarado struck out Yordan Alvarez on the first pitch he threw, walking in a run to give Houston a 1-0 lead.
The stars wake up
The next batter, Alex Bregman, hit a two-run double to right field, giving the Astros a 3-0 lead with runners on second and third. Kyle Tucker then hit a sacrifice fly, giving the Astros a 4-0 lead.
They have another career
The Astros are at it in the fifth as Yuli Gurriel hit a single to left field for Houston’s fifth run of the inning.
Javier is in a groove
The Astros right-hander struck out two more batters in the bottom of the fifth, giving him nine for the game. In addition, Javier has not surrendered a hit in five innings.
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