LA’s Darvish gets shot at redemption in Game 7
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LOS Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish will get the chance to make up for one of the worst starts of his Major League Baseball career when he takes the mound against the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the World Series today China time.
The Japanese pitcher was lifted in the second inning of Friday’s Game 3 after allowing four runs on six hits and a walk as the Dodgers fell behind 1-2 in the series.
The Dodgers battled back for a 3-1 win in Games 6 on Tuesday that tied the series and has given Darvish his chance.
“We have really good people in this clubhouse and I really appreciate my teammates supporting me,” the soft-spoken 31-year-old said on Tuesday.
Darvish’s awful Game 3 was compounded by a racist gesture made by Houston’s Yuli Gurriel.
After hitting a home run off Darvish to put the Astros ahead the 33-year-old Cuban was caught on camera using his hands to make a slanted-eye gesture while in the dugout.
MLB opted not to suspend Gurriel for any of the remaining World Series games and will instead ban him for five games at the start of next season.
Gurriel was booed by Dodgers fans every time he came to bat on Tuesday but Darvish said he had moved on.
“I wasn’t that frustrated when I saw it the first time,” Darvish, obtained in a July trade with the Texas Rangers, said.
“And then after the game he contacted us and said, ‘Hey, I’d like to meet you in person and apologize,’ but I told him, ‘Hey, you don’t have to do that, because you made a comment, and, like, I’m not that mad’,” he added.
While pitchers on both teams have complained about baseballs that are “slicker” to the touch, making it hard to get a good grip on the ball, Darvish said he did not know the reason why he could not get his slider working in Game 3.
“And after the game I came back and I realized that my slider, I couldn’t finish my pitches. I couldn’t get that final touch. And then it just didn’t make sense.”
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