ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch asked ace Justin Verlander to do something he had never done before. It might be a while be he asks him to do it again.
Verlander was chased after just 3u2154 innings in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, allowing four runs, seven hits and two homers. The Astros trailed 4-0 when he was pulled from the game after walking Tampa Bay's Ji-Man Choi in the fourth, much to the delight of raucous, jam-packed Tropicana Field.