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The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season. The 115th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Washington Nationals. The series was played from October 22 to October 30. [2]
The postseason began on October 1, and ended on October 30, with the Nationals upsetting the heavily-favored Astros in seven games in the 2019 World Series. It was the first title in franchise history for the Nationals, and the first World Series title won by a team from Washington, D.C. since 1924.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
How will this year's World Series play out? ... the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 13-9 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of USA TODAY Sports' annual Simulated World Series. BOX SCORE: ...
Simulated World Series: Freeman's clutch blast leads Dodgers over Yankees in Game 1 ... BOX SCORE: Dodgers 13, ... 2019: Washington Nationals. 2018: Boston Red Sox. 2017: Houston Astros. 2016 ...
The team clinched a playoff berth for the third time in four seasons on September 24. The Nationals won their first ever National League pennant on October 15, and eventually won their first World Series in franchise history on October 30, becoming the seventh Wild Card team to win the World Series. The Nationals also set all-time franchise ...
That included wins in Games 2 and 6 of the World Series in Houston. He signed a $245 million, seven-year contract in December 2019 but threw only 528 pitches over 31 1/3 innings in the majors ...
Strasburg was credited with the win, making him 4–0 in the 2019 postseason, [66] while Verlander's career World Series record fell to 0–5. [66] Winners of eight games in a row and 18 of their last 20, [66] the Nationals won to take a 2–0 lead in the World Series with the next game scheduled for two nights later at Nationals Park. [66]