Astros Take Game 5 Behind Maldonado's 3 RBIs, Still Trail In World Series 3-2
The Houston Astros cut the Atlanta Braves World Series lead to one game after tonight's 9-5 victory.
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The Houston Astros cut the Atlanta Braves World Series lead to one game after tonight's 9-5 victory.
The Braves take a 3-1 lead over the Astros in the World Series, thanks to back-to-back homers late in the game, giving Atlanta just enough to win 3-2.
Powered by two early homers, the Braves jumped to an 1-0 World Series lead, following their Game 1 victory over the Houston Astros, 6-2.
Lance McCullers Jr. threw six strong innings, Kyle Tucker homered and the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Sunday.
Luis Rengifo homered with three RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.
Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 44th home run, but got tagged early by José Altuve, Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros in a 10-5 over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Reid Detmers pitched six innings of three-hit ball to earn his first major league victory, and the Los Angeles Angels avoided a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Rookie outfielder Jake Meyers hit the first two home runs of his career, including a grand slam, and the Houston Astros shook off Shohei Ohtani's major league-leading 39th homer Saturday night in an 8-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Kyle Tucker hit his first career grand slam, Zack Greinke pitched two-hit ball over seven scoreless innings and the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 Friday night.
Max Scherzer struck out 10 in his Dodgers debut and got plenty of offensive support as Los Angeles hit four home runs to defeat the Houston Astros 7-5 on Wednesday night, capping a contentious two-game series.
Lance McCullers Jr. threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and the Houston Astros withstood the raucous, heckling fans at Dodger Stadium to blank Los Angeles 3-0 Tuesday night.
Major League Baseball found in January 2020 that members of the Astros stole illegally used technology to steal signs of the opposing teams during 2017 and 2018 seasons.
There has been a hostility between the two teams since the sign-stealing scandal broke in January of 2020, when Major League Baseball revealed that the Astros cheated during their 2017 title run in which they beat the Dodgers in the World Series.
Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Aledmys Díaz homered, and the Houston Astros stopped a four-game slide by topping Trevor Bauer and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Angels take a 9-1 beating Wednesday night against the Astros in Houston.
Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 in an impressive duel with Lance McCullers Jr., and the Houston Astros broke loose against the Angels' bullpen to beat Los Angeles 5-1 Tuesday night.
Jared Walsh homered and matched a career high with four hits, Justin Upton also connected and the Los Angeles Angels rallied in the sixth inning to beat the Houston Astros 5-4 Monday night.
The Los Angeles Angels to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday to snap a four-game skid
Alex Bregman had three hits and three RBIs, Cristian Javier struck out a career-high nine in five scoreless innings and the Houston Astros snapped a three-game skid with an 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
Carlos Correa hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros split a short series against the AL West rival Los Angeles Angels with a 4-2 victory Tuesday.
Mike Trout hit his first home run of the season and Shohei Ohtani came off the bench to score the go-ahead run during an eighth-inning rally that sent the Los Angeles Angels past the Houston Astros 7-6 on Monday night.
The two teams are still scheduled to face off Tuesday at Minute Maid Park. Hurricane Laura is forecast to hit the Gulf Coast Wednesday evening.
The offseason has been eventful, but not in the way that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred would like.
Last week, Alex Cora resigned as manager of the Boston Red Sox due to being heavily involved in the sign-stealing scheme while a bench coach in 2017 with the Astros. Cora managed the Red Sox in 2018, when they also defeated the Dodgers in the World Series.
Beltran was heavily involved in the Astros discussions to cheat in 2017, the MLB determined.
