Ian Anderson, Travis d’Arnaud and Braves resume post-season play, end World Series skating – The Athletic

He handled his manager’s unprecedented decision to knock him out of a World Series game after five unsuccessful innings with a maturity even surpassing his years, that’s unacceptable way Ian Anderson handle everything else seems in life.

And that probably goes a long way in explaining why the 23-year-old brave The rookie has been able to be more consistent and effective in the post-season than a lot of old pitchers who have fared better than him, including a lot of Hall of Famers.

Anderson played perfectly well the next two innings, even before Friday night when he threw five unsuccessful innings Atlanta’s 2-0 victory against Houston Astros in Game 3 of the World Series at Truist Park, where the Braves took home the eighth inning and led 2-1 in their first World Series since 1999.

“I told him and he said, ‘Are you sure? Are you sure? ‘” Brian Snitker. costs and allows three walks and one stroke. hitter but had no shots, had four hits and a few hard-hit balls.