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Howie Kendrick and Anthony Rendon homered in the seventh inning as the Nationals overcame a two-run deficit, rocking the Houston Astros 6-2 Wednesday night to win the first title in franchise history.
The loss in Game 6 has apparently hit Astros fans hard enough that tickets for tonight's game are cheaper than one would expect for Game 7.
Now, it's onto a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday night to decide the only Series in which the visiting team won the first six.
The World Series moves to Game 6 in Houston, where the Astros, coming off of three strong wins, look to clinch over the Nationals.
The Houston Astros are just one win from another crown after beating the Nationals 7-1 Sunday night and taking a 3-2 lead in the World Series.
Alex Bregman busted out of his slump with a go-ahead single in the first inning and a grand slam in the seventh, and the resurgent Houston Astros routed the Nationals 8-1 Saturday night to pull even at two games apiece in an unpredictable World Series that's been one big road show.
The team released a statement Thursday that said Taubman's conduct did not reflect the organization's values "and we believe this is the most appropriate course of action."
By definition an astro is a combining form, but there was nothing celestial about the Houston team as they went to the plate in Game 2 of the World Series.
A 20-year-old prodigy lifted the Washington Nationals over the Houston Astros 5-4 Tuesday night in game one of the World Series.
The 2019 World Series features the AL champion Houston Astros and the NL champion Washington Nationals in a historic pitching matchup.
Altuve homered off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning and Houston outlasted the New York Yankees 6-4 Saturday night to advance to the World Series for the second time in three years.
The Yankees and Astros scored all of the runs in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in the first inning.
George Springer and Carlos Correa each hit three-run homers and the Astros got another wild ace off the hook to beat the disheveled New York Yankees 8-3 Thursday night.
Game 4 of the AL Championship Series scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed because of heavy rain in the forecast.
Gerrit Cole held the New York Yankees scoreless without his sharpest stuff, Jose Altuve sparked Houston at the plate and the Astros locked down a 4-1 victory Tuesday.
A man, later identified as a paramedic, in the Astros dugout was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Houston's Michael Brantley during Game 2 of the AL Championship Series and exited with a towel over his head.
Carlos Correa hit a leadoff home run in the 11th inning that lifted the Houston Astros over the New York Yankees 3-2 Sunday night, tying the AL Championship Series at one game apiece.
Gerrit Cole and the Astros defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 Thursday night at Minute Maid Park to win their American League Divisional Series three games to two.
Verlander allowed just a soft single in seven shutout innings. He struck out eight and improved to 8-0 in 12 career ALDS appearances.
Jim McIngvale is in the process of betting $10 million on the Astros winning the World Series with the help of two high-level Las Vegas gamblers, according to ESPN.
Astros starting pitcher Gerrit Cole also picked up his 300th strikeout on the season.
Houston's ace Justin Verlander picked up his major league-leading 19th win to help the Astros to a 4-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
Justin Verlander is just the 6th pitcher in history to pitch three no-hitters.
The new netting run farther down the left-field and right-field lines to better protect fans from foul balls and bats that fly out of hitters' hands.
The Astros recorded the franchise's 12th no-hitter and second combined no-hitter on Saturday night in Houston against the Seattle Mariners.
