Stephen Strasburg pitches gem, Anthony Rendon drives in 5 runs as Nationals force World Series Game 7 - NBCSports
ended the inning with the deepest of fly balls to left-center field just to the right of the Crawford Boxes.
From that point on, Strasburg was money. He wouldn’t allow another run the rest of the way, pitching into the ninth inning. He got the first out of the ninth inning before acting manager Chip Hale brought in leftyfor the final two outs. Strasburg was on the hook for just the two runs on five hits and a pair of walks with seven strikeouts on 104 pitches.
During his postgame interview with Tom Verducci on the Fox broadcast, Strasburg said that pitching coach Paul Menhart noticed that the right-hander was tipping his pitches. Strasburg started to wiggle his glove to throw the Astros’ hitters off his trail. Strasburg’s full response:Strasburg: Started shaking my glove so they didn’t know what I was throwing. Obviously, they look for certain things and I just thank Menhart for giving me the tip.Strasburg: I definitely didn’t.
Both Strasburg and Menhart have seen their stocks rise this October. Strasburg, who can opt out of his contract next week, now boasts a career 1.46 ERA in 55 1/3 postseason innings.
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