The Washington Nationals are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7
This is the first time in World Series history that the road team has won every game.Anthony Rendon and Howie Kendrick homered to power the Nationals, who had finished the regular season as a wild-card team.Starter Max Scherzer kept the Nationals in the game, throwing five innings and giving up two runs.
Patrick Corbin, a starter turned reliever for this game, pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win. Daniel Hudson pitched a perfect ninth to earn the save.Read MoreAstros reliever Will Harris, who gave up Kendrick's go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, took the loss. The Nats broke it open with a run in the eighth and two runs in the ninth.CNN's Madeline Holcombe contributed to this report.
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