Bryce Harper and the Phillies will need more than their team-of-destiny vibes to beat the Astros. WillLaws lays out the blueprint for Philadelphia to win the World Series
after he’d just hit Ronald Acuña Jr. and walked Dansby Swanson with two outs in the sixth inning of a 0–0 game was taking this advice too far.)
Lefty slugger Yordan Alvarez slashed .321/.412/.586 vs. lefthanders during the regular season, and he provided Houston’s signature moment of the playoffs by launching a walk-off homer against lefty Robbie Ray in Game 1 of the ALDS after Ray was brought in solely to retire him. Houston’s other hard-hitting lefty, Kyle Tucker, was also above average against southpaws , hitting 13 of his 30 homers against lefties in 163 fewer at bats than he had against righties.