It wasn’t pretty — and it potentially came at a pretty steep cost, pending the prognoses of both Max Scherzer and Adolis Garcia — but the Texas Rangers put themselves back in the driver’s seat of this World Series with a 3-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 3. Now Texas will try and put the hammer down, while the D-backs look to even things back up in Game 4 on Tuesday night. First pitch from Chase Field is set for 8:03 p.m. ET. The pitching situation will be touch-and-go for both teams: After burning Jon Gray in relief last night, the Rangers will go with lefty Andrew Heaney (10-6, 4.15 ERA) to start (and likely Dane Dunning to follow) here, while lefty Joe Mantiply (2-2, 4.62) will lead what figures to be a full bullpen game for Arizona.
The D-backs enter as narrow -115 favorites on the moneyline at DraftKings Sportsbook, with Texas at -105. The run total is set at 9.5.
Arizona has submitted its starting nine for tonight’s game, so let’s see how they’ll line up against Heaney.
Diamondbacks starting lineup, World Series Game 4, Oct. 31
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2B Marte
RF Carroll
C Moreno
1B Walker
DH Pham
LF Gurriel
CF Thomas
3B Rivera
SS Perdomo
P Mantiply
Just a couple slight changes from Torrey Lovullo after mustering just one run in Game 3. Ketel Marte moves back to the leadoff spot with Corbin Carroll second, while Emmanuel Rivera gets the start at third base over Evan Longoria.
