The Latest: Brantley finally gets chance to play in Series

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):

4:10 p.m.

Michael Brantley will finally get the chance to play in a World Series. The four-time All-Star outfielder could only watch three years ago.

After 10 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Brantley signed a two-year deal last offseason with the Houston Astros.

When the Indians went to the World Series in 2016, Brantley was limited to only 11 games early that season because of a right shoulder injury.

So Brantley took a moment to absorb what had just happened when the Astros clinched the American League pennant on Saturday night.

"This is not guaranteed to anybody," Brantley said Monday. "I didn't get to play in the last one. ... I'm just going to enjoy the experience. I don't take for granted how hard it is to get here, so I just really want to enjoy the moment and stay in the moment."

___

3:50 p.m.

Alan Porter will work home plate for Tuesday night's World Series opener as part of an umpiring crew headed by Gary Cederstrom.

Doug Eddings will be at first, Cederstrom at second, James Hoye at third, Lance Barksdale in left and Sam Holbrook in right.

Jim Wolf will be in the replay room in New York for the first two games, then join the crew in Washington for Game 3 as Porter moves to the replay room. That puts Porter in position to umpire behind home plate in a Game 7.

Jerry Meals will be the replay assistant throughout the Series.

Cederstrom is working the Series for the fourth time, Holbrook for the third, Wolf for the second, and Barksdale, Eddings, Hoye and Porter for the first.

The crew will wear a patch in memory of Eric Cooper, who died last weekend after developing a blood clot following knee surgery. Cooper had worked the Division Series...

source https://www.chron.com/sports/article/The-Latest-Cole-a-regular-at-World-Series-as-a-14550943.php