{"id":1109,"date":"2023-10-14T21:28:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T18:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/1109\/astros-name-lhp-framber-valdez-alcs-game-2-starter\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T21:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T18:28:18","slug":"astros-name-lhp-framber-valdez-alcs-game-2-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=1109","title":{"rendered":"Astros name LHP Framber Valdez as ALCS Game 2 starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astros name LHP Framber Valdez as ALCS Game 2 starter\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker on Saturday named left-hander Framber Valdez as the team&#8217;s starter for Monday&#8217;s Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697308098_239_Astros-name-LHP-Framber-Valdez-as-ALCS-Game-2-starter.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Justin Verlander had already been named the Astros&#8217; starter in the first play of the game against the Texas Rangers on Sunday.  The Rangers are expected to send left-hander Jordan Montgomery to the mound in Game 1.<\/p>\n<p>Valdez, 29, was 12-11 with a 3.45 ERA in 31 starts for Houston this season in which he was named an AL All-Star for the second time.  Valdez also started Game 2 of the AL Division <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"Series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Series<\/a> against the Minnesota Twins and struggled, allowing five runs on seven hits in 4\u2153 innings in the Astros&#8217; only loss of the game.<\/p>\n<p>In 14 playoff appearances (13 starts) over the past four seasons, Valdez is 7-3 with a 3.82 ERA.  In five career ALCS starts, he is 3-1 with a 1.83 ERA in 29\u2154 innings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astros name LHP Framber Valdez as ALCS Game 2 starter\u060c Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker on Saturday named left-hander Framber Valdez as the team&#8217;s starter for Monday&#8217;s Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. Editor&#8217;s Choice 1 Related Justin Verlander had already been named the Astros&#8217; starter in the first play of the game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1313,324,1337,246,1336,1339,1338],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-alcs","tag-astros","tag-framber","tag-game","tag-lhp","tag-starter","tag-valdez"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}