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Justin Verlander made history with his 11 strikeouts, reaching 219 in his career, surpassing Clayton Kershaw's all-time playoff mark by six.
The Houston bats punish the Yankees relievers with three solo homers, and the Astros take Game 1.
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A ground ball that Altuve controls well, even though he hit the bag.
Chocolate also for Kiner-Falefa.
There are 26 outs. Missing one.
Bader struck out. The first outfalls.
Castro dominates. 1, 2, and 3.
Yankees for his last chance.
A triple dose of curves, the designated does not see a single one even though they all fell out, and the Yankees rally dies.
Houston is three outs from victory.
It's all for Montero. Dusty Baker can't resist anymore and sends for his closer. Ryan Pressly is looking for the four-out save.
MONTERO LOSES IT! Donaldson complained about the umpire's calls but went to the full account and negotiated a passport.
Stanton singles. Everything, with two outs.
Donaldson is at bat. The one with the tie is on the plate.
Anthony Rizzo says, ' while there is life, there is hope.
With two outs, he sends the 97-mile fastball the other way.
Montas does not allow more damage. He struck out Yordann Alvarez and forced fly balls from Bregman and Tucker to end the inning.
Jeremy Peña greets Frankie Montas with a home run that would have taken her out of the stadium if not for the left-field Bardot.
The Houston shortstop strips the ball to extend the lead.
Neris removes the inning in order. Bader flies up to the box, Kiner-Falefa grounds out to the shortstop, and Treviño strikes out.
Houston had six outs from victory.
It was all for Verlander. Héctor Neris enters the relay.
Verlander leaves with 6.0 innings of work, and 11 strikeouts give him the record for the most chocolates in Playoff history.
Trivino gets the job done. He fields Maldonado's bunt attempt and strikes out Altuve to end the inning.
But the damage is done. Two solo home runs to take the lead.
Houston is nine outs from victory.
It's all for Clarke Schmidt. Aaron Boone goes out with the crane after allowing two home runs.
Enter Lou Trivino. There is one out.
Chas McCormick goes to the opposite band and puts the third for Houston.
The first baseman finds a slider and deposits it on the left wall.
Schmidt had it at 0-2, and the Cuban sent it to the other side.
Carpenter is also passed for strikes to end the inning.
There are already ELEVEN chocolates for Verlander. One hundred three pitches, maybe that's where his work ends because he was already letting go of Héctor Netis' arm in the bullpen.
Three pitches and strikeout, Donaldson. There are already ten chocolates, three to the third baseman of the Yankees.
Jeremy Peña attacks the ball and puts Giancarlo Stanton out at first. One out.
Verlander with 94 pitches. It may well be his last entry.
Kyle Tucker grounded out to second, from Gleyber to Kainer-Falefa to Rizzo. Double play, and this stays tied.
Bregman goes all out and walks.
FULL HOUSE with only one out.
This is when Houston can break everything and clinch Game 1.
There's a meeting on the mound with reliever Clarke Schmidt.
Intentional pass to Yordan Alvarez.
Bregman takes the turn. One out and two on board.
And it's all for Taillon. The Yankees starter finishes his job. 4.1 labor, four hits, three walks and only one run. He is responsible for the runner on second.
Clarke Schmidt inherits this problem.
Jeremy Peña hits a double down the third line. Man in scoring position for Cuban Yordan Álvarez.
The danger for the Yankees.
Taillon is still on the mound and throws out Altuve on a grounder to first.
The Venezuelan is already 0 of 18 in these Playoffs.
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