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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]
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. When the series moved to Houston, the Astros took a 2–1 series lead with a two-run victory in Game 3.
In what is widely considered to be one of the greatest World Series ever played, the Mets overcame a two games to none series deficit to defeat the Red Sox in seven games, winning their first title since 1969. Bruce Hurst pitched eight solid innings as the Red Sox shutout the Mets, 1–0, in Game 1. They then blew out the Mets in Game 2 to go ...
The World Series got off to a good start for Fox on Friday as the game that ended in a dramatic walk-off 6-3 win for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees delivered the largest Game 1 ...
The Astros advanced to their first World Series in 12 years, becoming the first team to win pennants in both leagues. Houston's victory made this just the fifth best-of-seven series (following the 1987, 1991, and 2001 World Series, and the 2004 National League Championship Series which the Astros played in), and the first ALCS, in which the ...
Oct 25, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (45) looks on from the dugout before game one against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 MLB World Series at ...
Game 7*: Phillies at Astros - 8:03 p.m., FOX National League Championship Series MVP Bryce Harper has the Phillies back in the World Series for the first time since 2009. (Photo by Eric Hartline ...
The Astros would not return to the postseason again until 1986, where they fell to the eventual World Series champion New York Mets in six games in the NLCS. In 2017, after joining the American League, the Astros would meet the Dodgers again in the 2017 World Series, which the Astros won in seven games for their first World Series title.