“Obviously he’s a premier performer at the highest times, the most intense times,” Astros manager A.J. “Verlander, if that dude wasn’t a first-ballot Hall of Famer before this post-season, he is now,” Astros pitcher Lance McCullers said. He’ll be ready to go game one.”Kershaw called reaching the World Series “an incredibly special moment” but made it clear it wasn’t “mission accomplished”. While Houston may not provide the glamour that would have surrounded a Dodgers-Yankees match-up, the Astros’ game one starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel believes they’ll bring plenty of game. Houston eliminated the Dodgers in a one-game NL West division tiebreaker in 1980, and Los Angeles downed Houston en route to a World Series title in the strike-disrupted 1981 season.

Source: The Standard October 23, 2017 12:33 UTC