“Hey, I’m going back to the World Series!” Baker told a cheering crowd at Minute Maid Park.įor Houston, it was a team victory featuring all facets of the game it used in taking the AL West title and beating the Chicago White Sox in the AL Division Series. As a player, he went three times with the Dodgers, winning it all in 1981. It will be Baker’s second trip to the Fall Classic as a manager and first since leading the San Francisco Giants to the NL pennant in 2002. He got nine hits in his last 13 at-bats.Ĭatcher Martín Maldonado made the defensive play of the game on a strikeout-throwout double play to end the seventh with Houston ahead 2-0. 522 (12 for 23) with one homer, three doubles, the triple and six RBIs in Houston’s six-game victory. He led a Game 5 win with three hits and three RBIs. The slugging designated hitter went 4 for 4, including a triple and two doubles. “I know I’m a rookie but I know what I can do and that’s what I did tonight,” García said.Īlvarez continued his scorching streak, a year after watching at home after surgery to both knees as the Astros came one game shy of reaching the World Series. It was an impressive bounce-back performance for García, who started Game 2 and gave up a grand slam in the first inning before leaving with no outs in the second because of discomfort in his right knee. García pitched no-hit ball into the sixth inning, leaving to a huge ovation with two outs after a triple by Kiké Hernández. They won the championship in 2017, a crown tainted by the team’s sign-stealing scandal, before losing to the Washington Nationals in seven games in 2019. The Astros advanced to the World Series for the third time in five seasons. “There’s four more wins you’ve got to get.” “There’s four more wins on the board out there,” Baker said.
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