{"id":26163,"date":"2019-10-30T23:50:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T03:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=26163"},"modified":"2019-10-31T02:53:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T06:53:31","slug":"washington-nationals-win-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/10\/30\/washington-nationals-win-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals Win World Series Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Nationals<\/a> have won the World Series, defeating the Houston Astros<\/a> by a score of 6-2 in Game 7. It is the first World Series Championship in franchise history, and the first title for Washington DC since the 1924 Senators.<\/p>\n

The stage was set heading into Game 7 with the road team winning each of the first six games, a first in not only MLB history, but also in any sport that plays seven-game playoff series, including the NBA and NHL. This trend continued Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Scoring<\/h2>\n

Yuli Gurriel<\/a><\/strong> started the scoring with a home run off of Scherzer in the bottom of the second inning. He lined a 2-1 slider into the left field seats, the first of three consecutive hits by the Astros to start the inning.<\/p>\n

The Astros were unable to score more in that inning as George Springer<\/a><\/strong> hit a sinking line drive right at Juan Soto<\/a><\/strong>. Soto was able to make a nice catch on it as the Astros failed to capitalize.<\/p>\n

With two runners on in the fifth inning, Carlos Correa<\/a><\/strong> singled in the second run for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez<\/a><\/strong> slid into third base safely on the play which was upheld after a Nationals challenge. The Astros again failed to capitalize after that, but they held a 2-0 lead through four-and-a-half innings of World Series Game 7.<\/p>\n

Anthony Rendon<\/a><\/strong> put the Nationals on the board int he seventh inning home run. He hit a 1-0 changeup down the left field line, giving the Nationals only their third base runner of the game at the time.<\/p>\n

While the Astros failed to capitalize on some of their opportunities, the Nationals did not. After Rendon’s home run, Soto walked. That set up a two-run home run by Howie Kendrick<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to take the lead. Kendrick hit an 0-1 cutter off of the right field foul pole, and the Nationals had a 3-2 lead after seven innings while providing classic World Series drama.<\/p>\n

The Nationals added three more runs. One came in the eighth inning when Soto singled in Adam Eaton<\/a><\/strong>, and two more in the ninth thanks to Eaton.<\/p>\n

Pitching<\/h2>\n

Starting Pitching<\/h3>\n

The starting pitching featured a Max Scherzer<\/a><\/strong> vs. Zack<\/strong> Greinke<\/strong><\/a> matchup, the first Game 7 featuring two Cy Young<\/a><\/strong> Award winners in World Series history. Additionally, Scherzer is starting three days after he was unable to pitch in Sunday’s Game 5 with a nerve issue<\/a> in his neck.<\/p>\n

\n

Game 7 of the #WorldSeries<\/a> 2 hours away. The first Game 7 matchup of Cy Youngs (Max Scherzer vs. Zack Greinke) in World Series history. This is one of those moments in time that change lives, legacies and franchises. Bring it on! pic.twitter.com\/LBMPALExFe<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) October 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n