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The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season.The 113th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros.
The 1986 Red Sox were leading the heavily favored New York Mets 3 games to 2 in the 1986 World Series when Game 6 went into extra innings.For his part, Buckner was batting just .143 against Mets pitching, and he was 0-for-5 in Game 6.
The Dodgers convincingly took Game 1 in the shortest World Series game since 1992 at 2 hours and 28 minutes. Game 2 was an eleven-inning slugfest which the Astros won 7–6, as both teams had four different players hit home runs. Game 2 was the first World Series game won by the Astros in franchise history.
Corey Seager's sixth inning sacrifice fly helped the Dodgers eke out a 3-1 Game Six victory over the Astros on Tuesday to force a World Series decider.
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Time has not healed the anguish the Houston Astros caused by cheating the Dodgers out of a World Series title. They still deserve to be booed by fans. Plaschke: Give 'em hell, Dodgers fans.
The 1986 Red Sox were leading the heavily favored New York Mets three games to two in the 1986 World Series when Game 6 went into extra innings. For his part, Buckner was batting just .143 against Mets pitching, and he was 0–for–5 in Game 6.
The 1919 and 2017 World Series were both marred with cheating scandals: the Black Sox Scandal and the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. The most recent World Series champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers. The last team to repeat as champions were the Yankees in 2000.