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The 2022 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2022 season. The 118th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros and the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Astros defeated the Phillies in six games to earn their ...
The Toronto Blue Jays are the only franchise from outside the United States to appear in and win a World Series, winning in 1992 and 1993. The Houston Astros are the only franchise to have represented both the NL (2005) and the AL (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022), winning the Series in 2017 and 2022. The 1919 and 2017 World Series were both marred with ...
The Houston Astros entered the 2022 MLB season as runners-up in the 2021 World Series championship, falling to the Atlanta Braves in six games. It was the Astros' third World Series appearance in five years, including a route to their fifth consecutive American League (AL) Championship Series .
That time, the lead didn't last. The Yankees rallied for an 11-4 win to stave off a sweep and force Game 5.But Freeman's home run did make history.With his sixth straight World Series game with a ...
The Astros became the first team to win the World Series at home since the Boston Red Sox did so in 2013. (The Dodgers won as the home team in 2020, but that was played at a neutral site due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The Phillies' record in the World Series fell to 2–6 after the loss. Rookie Jeremy Peña was named World
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The team's roster announced Friday did not include reliever Evan Phillips, whose outing in the clinching Game 6 of the National League Championship Series was cut short over injury concerns.
Aaron was also honored in the design of the team's World Series championship ring, which includes 755 total diamonds to commemorate Aaron's career home runs, and 44 emerald-cut diamonds to represent Aaron's jersey number with the Braves. [84] This was the start of three straight National League teams making the World Series with a sub-90 win total.