Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start Game 1 of the World Series against the Houston Astros tomorrow, manager Rob Thomson announced yesterday.
Fellow right-hander Zack Wheeler will take the mound in Game 2 on Saturday. Nola, who took the loss in his only NL Championship Series start, dominated in his previous two outings this season, going 12 2/3 innings against the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves without scoring. give up a single earned run.
Nola handcuffed the Astros during the Phillies’ final series of the regular season, pitching 6 2/3 innings in which he allowed two hits and struck out nine. Nola, the seventh overall pick in the 2014 Draft, went 11-13 with a 3.25 ERA in 32 starts this season. Houston has yet to announce its starter for Game 1.
Boone will be back with the Yankees
Aaron Boone will be back at the helm of the Yankees in 2023, according to club owner Han Steinbrenner.
“As for Boone, we signed him for the same reasons I mentioned last year. I think he’s a good manager,” Steinbrenner told the Associated Press yesterday. “I don’t see any changes there.”
The Bronx Bombers have agreed to a three-year extension with Boone after the 2021 season.
New York has qualified for all five of the postseasons in which he has been in charge, after replacing Joe Girardi as New York’s manager, but the club has failed to reach the World Series, losing once in the Wild Card Game, twice in the American League Championship Series and twice more in the National League.
However, Steinbrenner did not say whether general manager Brian Cashman will be back. Cashman is not under contract beyond 2022.
