World Series Is Going to Game 7

Nats hammered Astros 7-2
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Oct 29, 2019 11:36 PM CDT
Updated Oct 30, 2019 12:03 AM CDT
World Series Is Going to Game 7
Houston Astros' Alex Bregman hits a home run during the first inning of Game 6 of the baseball World Series against the Washington Nationals Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in Houston.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Stephen Strasburg took a gem into the ninth inning and Juan Soto ran all the way to first base with his bat following a go-ahead home run, the same way Houston slugger Alex Bregman did earlier. Washington has matched the Astros pitch for pitch, hit for hit, win for win—even home run celebration for home run celebration. Now, it's onto a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday to decide the first World Series in which the visiting team won the first six. Adam Eaton and Soto hit solo homers off Justin Verlander in the fifth, Anthony Rendon also went deep and drove in five runs, and the Nationals beat the Astros 7-2 Tuesday night to tie the Series at three games apiece, the AP reports.

Fired up after a disputed call at first base went against them in the seventh, the Nationals padded their lead moments later when Rendon homered off Will Harris. Washington manager Dave Martinez, still enraged at umpires, was ejected during the seventh-inning stretch, screaming as a pair of his coaches held him back while the crowd sang along to "Deep in the Heart of Texas." Now the Nationals will attempt their ultimate comeback in a year in which they were written off time after time, hoping for the first title in the 51-season history of a franchise that started as the Montreal Expos and the first for Washington, DC, since the Senators in 1924. Visiting teams have won three straight Game 7s in the Series since the Cardinals defeated Texas at home in 2011.

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