
Below are the highlights and results as the Astros clinched their second title in five years. The Sporting News tracked live updates from Saturday's Game 6. MORE: Watch MLB games live with fuboTV (free trial) The Astros embraced manager Dusty Baker and chanted "Dusty, Dusty" as soon as the final out hit right fielder Kyle Tucker's glove.ĭusty Baker: #WorldSeries-winning manager. It was only his third hit of the series, but it made all the difference. And Alvarez sent them home with a mammoth blast over the batter's eye in center field. Jeremy Pena, the World Series MVP, racked up yet another hit. Zack Wheeler, who had been faultless for much of the night, clanked Martin Maldonado with a pitch. For a moment, it seemed as if the Phils had done just enough to break through.īut that changed in the blink of an eye. One of those hits was a Kyle Schwarber home run, his third of the series.

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Phillies' Zack Wheeler reacts to Game 6 pitching change: 'Caught me off guard'Īstros fan who caught Alvarez's HR has no plans to give it up How Jeremy Peña led Astros to a championshipĭusty Baker's reaction to final out was as wholesome as it getsĭusty made sure his first championship celebration as a manager was memorable How a small moment from Martin Maldonado led to Yordan Alvarez's HR And Valdez sparkled under the lights, striking out nine and allowed just two hits over six innings. Houston put the ball in the hand of one of its litany of aces, Framber Valdez. Bolstered by that timely hitting and another impressive pitching display, the Astros captured their second World Series title with a 4-1 win. It was all Houston would need Saturday in Game 6. When the Astros needed a savior, they turned to Yordan Alvarez.Īnd for the first time since the ALDS, Alvarez delivered.Īlvarez took Jose Alvarado deep with a three-run, 450-foot moonshot in the bottom of the sixth inning.
