astros have won a world series 1 time.
astros have won a world series 1 time.
how many times have astros won a world series?
1
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
rookie phillies pitcher marty bystrom was sent out by manager dallas green to face veteran nolan ryan. the rookie gave up a run in the first inning but then held the astros at bay until the sixth inning. the astros lead did not last long as bob boone hit a two-out single giving the phillies the lead in the second. the astros tied the game in the sixth with an alan ashby single that brought home denny walling. houston took a 5 – 2 lead in the seventh, but the phillies came back in the eighth with a single by larry bowa, a ground ball that ryan was not able to handle thus killing a chance for a double play, then a textbook but by greg gross to load the bases. ryan had pitch great ball in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings striking out six and holding the phillies to just the two runs they had scored in the second. now it was ryan versus rose. with the count 3–2, rose fouled on off. ryan then threw a costly ball four that allowed bowa to score. rose had won the battle and ryan was pulled for joe sambito. the phillies scored on a force at second leaving men on the corners and one out. ken forsch was brought in by astros manager bill virdon to face schmidt. forsch struck out schmidt for the second out of the inning. forsch gave up a single letting another run score to tie the game 5–5. manny trillo the shocked the astros and their fans when he tripled to left scoring two runs and giving the phillies a 7–5 lead. the astros came back in the eighth to rough up tug mcgraw for four single and two runs that were scored with two-outs. with the game tied 7–7 the two teams went to extra innings for the fourth straight game. the winner would advance to the world series. garry maddox had the hit of his career when he doubled in del unser with one out to give the phillies an 8–7 lead. that would be all they needed as the astros failed to score in the bottom of the tenth.
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