⚾ After being no-hit in WorldSeries Game 4, the Phillies face MLB legend Justin Verlander in Game 5.
Game 4 was the second time this year the Phillies have been no-hit. The Mets pitched a combined no-hitter against them back on April 29 in the 11th game of the season. The Phils came back to win the next night with late homers from Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins.
The Phils displayed a short memory to begin this series when they fell behind 5-0 in Game 1 but scored five runs off of Verlander in the fourth and fifth innings of an eventual extra-inning win. The Phils shouldn't be cocky against Verlander and they won't be. They're going up against a former MVP and soon-to-be three-time Cy Young-winner who is capable of doing the same thing to them that Cristian Javier did Wednesday. Verlander pitched at least five no-hit innings three different times this season and had two more starts of eight scoreless innings with two or fewer hits.
The Phillies will have the crowd on their side for one last time this postseason. The series shifts back to Minute Maid Park after Game 5, and whether they head to Houston up 3-2 or down 3-2, they'll get another date with Framber Valdez in Game 6. The Phillies do not want to go into that game needing a win to survive.
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