2019 World Series Game 7 vs. Houston Astros
Down 2-0 in the seventh, the Nationals won 6-2 for the franchise's first championship.
Game 7 of the 2019 World Series was played at Minute Maid Park in Houston on October 30, 2019. The Washington Nationals came from 2-0 down to win 6-2, clinching the franchise's first World Series title in its 51st season.
Quick Facts
- Date
- October 30, 2019
- Venue
- Minute Maid Park, Houston
- Result
- Nationals 6-2
- Winning pitcher
- Patrick Corbin (3 scoreless innings in relief)
- Key hit
- Howie Kendrick two-run HR, 7th inning
- Series
- Nationals win 4-3
- Attendance
- 43,326
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Background
Max Scherzer and Zack Greinke started, the first World Series Game 7 between two former Cy Young winners. Yuli Gurriel homered in the second and Carlos Correa singled in a run in the fifth, and Greinke had allowed one hit through six innings. In the seventh Anthony Rendon homered, Greinke walked Juan Soto and was replaced by Will Harris, and Howie Kendrick's two-run homer off the right-field foul pole put Washington ahead 3-2. Soto singled in Adam Eaton in the eighth, and Eaton's bases-loaded single brought in two more in the ninth. Patrick Corbin threw three scoreless innings in relief for the win, and Daniel Hudson finished by striking out Michael Brantley. It was Washington's first World Series title since the Senators in 1924.
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