Philadelphia needs to win on the road in Houston in order to win the World Series, according to Ryan Howard. There is a time and a place for it.
The National League Cy Young Award runner-up will start in Game 2 of the World Series, while the right-handed pitcher will start in the first game.
The first game of the World Series is in Houston. The second game is Saturday.
In three starts in the playoffs, Nola has a 3.12 average and 18 strikeouts. He took a perfect game into the seventh in the Philadelphia's win over the Astros. Nola didn't allow a baserunner until Yordan Alvarez hit a single with two outs in the seventh.
Since that day, the Astros have won all seven of their playoff games.
Wheeler has a 1.78 earned run with 25 strikeouts and 3 walks in four starts in the playoffs. In Philadelphia's 4-3 win over San Diego in the fifth game of the NL Championship Series, he had a no-decision.
An extra day of rest is given to Wheeler.
"Anything we can do to give those guys an extra day, we do it," Thomson said.
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