Breaking: The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7 of the World Series. It is the franchise’s first championship.
For the last five months, the Washington Nationals, baseball’s greatest underachievers at their nadir in late May, thrived when left for dead. They roared back from 12 games under .500 to claim a postseason berth. They won the National League Wild Card game on a fluky late-inning hit and error. They stunned the 106-win Dodgers in the NLDS and they plowed through the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS.
Two pitches later, Howie Kendrick, the man who ended the Dodgers’ season with a grand slam before being named NLCS MVP, slashed a two-run home run off the screen attached to the foul pole down the right-field line, under a Chick-fil-A advertisement to complete the Nationals’ final, and greatest, comeback en route to a 6-2 victory and the first World Series title in franchise history.
But Scherzer wasn’t supposed to start Wednesday. He was originally slated to pitch in Game 5 on Sunday, but neck spasms left him unable to lift his right arm. He was scratched, the Nationals started Joe Ross, and the Astros won the game.Scherzer received a cortisone injection Sunday morning hoping the discomfort would subside over the next 48 hours with rigorous treatment. The plan worked.
Scherzer began his tightrope escapade in the second inning. Yuli Gurriel led it off with a home run over the short porch in left field to set off the sold-out crowd. The next two batters singled, but the Astros stranded them. The trend continue over the next two innings without an Astros run. Scherzer was bending but not breaking. He wasn’t missing many bats. His performance was gutsy — and Martinez’s faith was risky.
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