the last edition the astros went to the world series as a national league team was october 24 – november 1 2017.
the last edition the astros went to the world series as a national league team was october 24 – november 1 2017.
when is the last edition the astros went to the world series as a national league team?
october 24 – november 1 2017
the astros clinched their first division title as a member of the american league west division, and first division title overall since 2001. they also became the first team in major league history to win three different divisions: national league west in 1980 and 1986, national league central from 1997 to 1999 and 2001, and american league west in 2017. on september 29, the astros won their 100th game of the season, the second time the astros finished a season with over 100 wins, the first being in 1998. they finished 101–61, with a 21-game lead in the division, and faced the red sox in the first round of the al playoffs. the astros defeated the red sox three games to one, and advanced to the american league championship series against the new york yankees. the astros won the alcs four games to three, and advanced to the world series to play against the los angeles dodgers. the astros defeated the dodgers in the deciding seventh game of the world series, winning the first championship in franchise history.
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vizcaíno signed with the astros on november 20. in 2001, he hit .277 with 71 hits and 14 runs batted in. he appeared in three games in the 2001 national league division series, he was 1 for 6 as houston was defeated by the atlanta braves. in 2002, he hit .303 with five home runs and 37 runs batted in 125 games. in 2003, vizcaíno appeared in only 91 games, where he collected 26 runs batted in. in 2004, vizcaíno rebounded, hitting .274 and playing in 138 games at shortstop while adam everett was out with a broken wrist. in the 2005 national league division series, vizcaíno went 0-for-5 in two games. despite his lack of productivity, the astros defeated the braves in 5 games. in the 2005 national league championship series against the st. louis cardinals, vizcaíno did not fare better, again going hitless. in the 2005 world series, vizcaíno collected one hit, one walk, and two runs batted in. in game 2 of the 2005 world series, he came close to repeating his 2000 world series walk-off moment when he hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the game. following his game tying hit for the houston astros, vizcaíno stayed in the game at shortstop for the bottom of the ninth, and on the way out to his position, he realized he had forgotten his cap and had to return to the dugout to get it. after the game vizcaíno commented "it was crazy, i ran out there without [a cap], and when i realized it, i felt funny. more camera time for me, i guess." the astros went on to lose when scott podsednik homered in the bottom of the inning and overshadowed vizcaíno's heroics. in game 3 of that year's series, vizcaíno played the entire game, which broke the record for the longest game in world series history on october 25, 2005.
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