Minute Maid Park / 10.07.2021 16:47:22
The day of this Saturday in Major League Baseball (MLB) will get extremely interesting with the duel between the Houston Astros commanded by Zack Greinke, who will face the New York Yankees and his ex-partner Gerrit Cole, the pitcher who formed an incredible duo that would lead the team through Game 7 of the 2019 World Series.
On the way to get to your second World Series In a span of three years, the Astros bid for Greinke on the 2019 trade deadline, a trade that sent four players and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Upon his arrival in Houston, Zack was 8-1 with a 3.02 ERA. After the All-Star Game, Cole was 11-0 with a 1.79 ERA.
Precisely against the Yankees, the Astros qualified for their most recent World Series thanks to a home run by José Altuve on Aroldis Chapman that left the Bronx Bombers on the ground, the same hit that months later generated controversy over the illegal signing scandal, especially because Altuve did not want his jersey taken from him in the celebration.
By 2020, Cole struck a deal with the Yankees and has since become their No. 1 pitcher in the rotation; but the results have not been as expected in the last part of the season. Before the office of MLB The hunt for pitchers who use substances to improve the grip and rotation of the pitches will begin, Cole Train he had a 1.78 ERA; Since the implementation of the new regulations, his ERA increased dramatically to 5.24 before the game begins on Saturday.
Greinke (8-2, 3.64) hasn’t lost since May 25, a span of seven starts.
Houston will be without All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa, who was placed on the disabled list on Friday due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
In their first meeting of the season, the Yankees fans let the Astros know they are unwelcome to the Bronx after word of the stealing scheme was revealed; still, the Astros kept three of the four games.
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