After starting and winning Game 1 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays last Friday, Justin Verlander will take the ball in Game 4 relying on just three days of rest to try and send the Houston Astros to the ALCS.
A.J. Hinch’s decision to start Justin Verlander marks just the second time in 478 career regular and postseason starts that the Astros ace will take the mound on just three days of rest. His only prior start on such little rest came in the 2011 ALDS where he started Game 3 after starting Game 1 and only throwing one inning in a rain shortened affair.