the astros played against the st. louis cardinals in the world series.
the astros played against the st. louis cardinals in the world series.
who did the astros play in the world series?
st. louis cardinals
kershaw and keuchel started game 5, in a rematch of the opening game of the series. forsythe singled in two runs off of keuchel in the first inning to put the dodgers up early. a third run scored on a throwing error by gurriel. barnes singled in the fourth to score forsythe. keuchel pitched only 3 innings for the astros, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned). this was his shortest home start of the season. the astros scored their first run with an rbi double by correa in the bottom of the fourth inning, followed by a three-run home run by gurriel to tie the game. bellinger hit a three-run home run off of collin mchugh in the top of the fifth to put the dodgers back on top only for altuve to hit his own three-run home run in the bottom of the inning off maeda to tie it back up. kershaw only pitched 4 innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks. a triple by bellinger on a line drive that springer missed on a dive in the seventh inning off of peacock scored hernández from first base. in the bottom of the seventh inning, springer hit a home run off the first pitch in the bottom of the inning off of morrow, who was pitching for the third consecutive day, to tie the game. bregman scored on a double by altuve to put the astros ahead for the first time in the game, and then correa hit a two-run home run to extend the lead. seager doubled in a run in the top of the eighth inning, but mccann hit a home run in the bottom of the inning. that was the 21st home run of the series, tying the record set in the 2002 world series. puig broke the record with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning. taylor drove in barnes to tie the game. with the teams combining to score 24 runs through the first nine innings, this was the highest scoring world series game since the florida marlins beat the cleveland indians 14–11 in game 3 of the 1997 world series. bregman singled in pinch runner derek fisher for the winning run in the tenth off of jansen. the astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a world series game. the other were the toronto blue jays in the 15–14 win during game 4 of the 1993 world series. this world series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the world series). the 2017 world series also set a record for the number of players who hit at least one home run game 5 lasted five hours and seventeen minutes, making it the second longest world series game in history, trailing only the 14 inning contest between the astros and the chicago white sox in game 3 of the 2005 world series and the six game tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any world series on record.
2017 los angeles dodgers season
selig has made some decisions involving the houston astros that were unpopular with their supporters. he ordered the roof at minute maid park to be opened for games three and four of the 2005 world series, pre-empting the authority held by the astros. the roof was closed for all prior playoff games and similar weather conditions. for hurricane ike in 2008, selig mandated that the astros play two home games against the chicago cubs in his hometown of milwaukee despite proximity to the visiting cubs; the home ballparks for the texas rangers and atlanta braves were both available to host the games. the astros subsequently were victims of a no-hitter by carlos zambrano and recorded a single hit in the following game. in the midst of the playoff race, this decision and its impact deeply affected the playoff race and seedings with eight teams holding winning records at the moment. the milwaukee brewers benefited from these events by qualifying in the playoffs as a wild card team, only to lose in the nlds to the philadelphia phillies, the eventual world series winner. in 2011, selig also demanded that the astros move to the american league west as a condition of the sale of the franchise to businessman jim crane; the team switched leagues in 2013 in return for $70 million discount in the purchase price.
bud selig