"He wasn't going to swing 2-0, but he was ready to swing 2-1, but he got another cutter," Cintron said. Maldonado then watched a fastball he had no intention of offering at cross the middle of home plate for strike one. "Did you guys notice how close he was to the plate on the bat against Minter?" shortstop Carlos Correa said to reporters afterward. Tensions began to rise in sold-out Truist Park. Instead, Minter threw two straight balls to start the at-bat. If you're off the plate, you give him more room to throw that cutter for strikes." "I think it did throw him off," Maldonado said of his at-bat against Minter.
That way you can see the cutter up and recognize it earlier."īut something else happened as the right-handed Maldonado got ready just inches from the plate.
"He asked, 'What do you think of me getting on top of the plate?" Cintron told ESPN after the Astros' 9-5 win. Before entering the batter's box, Maldonado turned to Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron in the dugout. The intentional walk loaded the bases with two outs and hard-throwing Braves left-hander A.J. He's considered the only weak link in the Astros' lineup - or at least he was until Sunday night. 167 in the series, which is actually about 100 points higher than he hit in the first two rounds of this postseason. Maldonado entered the night hitting just. 7 hitter Alex Bregman to get to the Houston Astros' light-hitting catcher. With a 5-4 lead and an open base to work with in the top of the fifth inning of World Series Game 5, they figured they could get out of a jam by intentionally walking No. World Series 2021 - How Martin Maldonado saved the Houston Astros' season by not swingingĪTLANTA - The Atlanta Braves had a plan.
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