Highlights from world series

The Astros got here after a dominant, regular seasonfeaturing some of the sport's best pitching and clinching the AL's No. On the other side, the Phillies snuck into the playoffs with an record and the NL's sixth seedthanks to the third wild card. After an up-and-down season, highlights from world series, they've found their stride when it matters most in October.

The Texas Rangers have done it. They entered Wednesday as the oldest team in Major League Baseball without a World Series to their name and left as World Series champions, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 to clinch their first title in the year history of their franchise. Nathan Eovaldi continued to live up to his big-name pitcher reputation, working into and out of jams over six scoreless innings. And the Rangers needed all six of those innings, as Arizona ace Zac Gallen threw six perfect innings before the Rangers finally got their first hit — and run — off him in the seventh. Aroldis Chapman and Josh Sborz then kept Arizona off the scoreboard over the final three innings and the Rangers taked on four more off Arizona closer Paul Sewald to seal the historic victory, which also capped off an unprecedented road record for the Rangers in the playoffs. Corey Seager won World Series MVP after three home runs in the five-game series, including a game-tying homer in the ninth inning of Game 1. Reggie Jackson — who Seager has been compared to during this series as this generation's "Mr.

Highlights from world series

The Houston Astros are your World Series champions! After going down to the Philadelphia Phillies in the series, the Astros capped off their playoff run with three straight wins that culminated in a victory in Game 6 at Minute Maid Park to capture their second title since The American League's No. The Phillies -- October's biggest underdog and the sixth seed in the National League, with the worst regular-season record of any team in the playoffs -- upset their way to their first World Series since We have all the latest -- schedules, results, analysis and more -- from the World Series, plus the newly formatted and thrilling postseason that got us here. Box score Highlights. Realmuto's HR in 10th caps Phils' G1 comeback. Passan: A game-saving catch Inside the Phillies' latest miracle. Verlander takes blame as WS record sits at Relax': How Framber Valdez learned to dominate on the mound. Phillies blast record-tying 5 home runs, take World Series lead. Javier, Astros bullpen combine to no-hit Phillies in Game 4. How Cristian Javier's fastball became the best pitch this postseason. McCormick's epic catch stuns Phils, saves Astros.

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For both of these teams, their paths of glory to the World Series were unexpected. The Diamondbacks made their first appearance in the World Series since The Rangers made their first appearances in the World Series since The Texas Rangers did that successfully and the Diamondbacks are nearing that. Eovaldi pitched six innings and struck out five batters. As Eovaldi tried to keep the Diamondbacks scoreless, the Rangers left fielder Evan Carter opened the scoring in the first inning by hitting a double to give the Rangers a lead. The Diamondbacks then tied the Rangers in the third inning when their right fielder, Corbin Caroll , hit a two-run triple, tying the game at two runs apiece.

After going down in the third inning, largely due to two home runs by Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker , the Phillies buckled down and clawed their way back, tying it up on a J. Realmuto double in the fifth. Neither team was able to score for the remaining four innings, although the Astros came close in the ninth with Jose Altuve in scoring position with two outs. Nick Castellanos made an incredible catch, however, to send the game into extra innings. Realmuto came through again in the 10th, hammering a home run to right field to put the Phillies ahead by one. Philadelphia held on after an Alex Bregman double in the 10th and took a Game 1 that looked like it was over early. They'll do it all again Saturday night for Game 2. For now, here are the best highlights and takeaways from an instant classic World Series opener. This is why you can't predict baseball -- let alone the World Series. Two things we wouldn't have foreseen about Game 1: the Phillies winning a battle of the bullpens, and Nick Castellanos making a game-saving catch for the Phillies in right field.

Highlights from world series

The World Series is now a best-of-five series. Right-hander Merrill Kelly was terrific in seven innings and the offense chipped away against Jordan Montgomery before blowing it against the bullpen. Kelly limited Texas to one solo homer in his seven innings. He struck out nine, joining who else? Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling as the only D-backs pitchers to strike out at least nine batters in a World Series game. Tommy Pham led the charge offensively with four hits, though eight different D-backs scored a run and six different D-backs had an RBI. It was a total team effort. Arizona's offense did not strike out until the eighth inning -- they struck out 14 times in Game 1, their most since Sept.

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The Rangers now lead the best-of-seven series by a margin.

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