The Latest: Verlander first with 200 postseason strikeouts

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the World Series (all times local):
7:55 p.m.
Justin Verlander has become the first pitcher with 200 career strikeouts in the postseason.
The Houston Astros starter has four strikeouts through the first two innings against the Nationals, and the game is tied at 2-2.
After the first three Nationals in the game reached base, and two of them scored, Verlander struck out four of the next six.
John Smoltz, the big right-hander who was working the game on the Fox tel