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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]
This series was known for its Game 3, which the Dodgers won after eighteen innings of play, 3–2. Game 3 became the longest World Series game ever played, and was longer than the entirety of the 1939 World Series. Game 4 was an offensive slugfest that was won by the Red Sox as Mitch Moreland and Steve Pearce hit home runs late to give Boston ...
The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2018 season.The 114th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers won Games 3 and 4 to even the Series, as Erskine set a then-record with 14 strikeouts in Game 3, but the Yankees never trailed while winning Games 5 and 6, winning the final game on ...
The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Astros hosting Games 1, 2, and 6 (and 7 if it was necessary); and the Braves hosting Games 3, 4, and 5. The teams split the first two games, which were played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, and the Braves won Games 3 and 4 at Truist Park in Atlanta to take a 3–1 lead. The Astros won Game ...
The Dodgers first baseman hit his third home run of this World Series in as many games and staked L.A. to a 2-0 lead in Game 3 before a sold-out crowd could even watch the Yankees bat in their ...
Nevertheless, the Braves swept the Athletics—the first unqualified sweep in the young history of the modern World Series (the 1907 World Series had one tied game)—to win the world championship. Meanwhile, former Chicago Cubs infielder Johnny Evers , in his second season with the Braves, won the Chalmers Award .
The Red Sox won the game in the bottom of the ninth to even the series. In Detroit for Game 3, the Red Sox prevailed in a 1–0 shutout to take the series lead. The Tigers responded with a 7–3 win in Game 4 to even the series at two. In Game 5, the Red Sox fended off a late Tigers rally to win 4–3, and regain the series lead headed back to ...