We’ve seen this pitching matchup before.
Given fully rested pitching staffs, when they could have picked any healthy arm on their rosters, the Dodgers and Yankees chose Jack Flaherty and Gerrit Cole to start Game 1 of the World Series. Tonight, looking to clinch or stay alive, each team is turning again to its best option. Game 1 went more or less as expected for each.
Cole’s big mistake was a one-out triple by Kiké Hernández in the bottom of the fifth. A sacrifice fly scored the run and the Dodgers had a temporary lead. Flaherty’s big mistake came a half inning later on a two-run homer by Giancarlo Stanton to
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