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The Houston Astros hosted the Philadelphia Phillies in each game of their final series during the regular season – Houston won two out of three.
Neither team probably had any thought that they would face each other in the World Series just three weeks later, but here they are.
Funny enough – the Phillies threw a champagne shower in the Minute Maid Park visiting clubhouse in that series, as they clinched their postseason berth there. Houston will do all it can to prevent the champagne going in that locker room (or the home clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park) again.
Here is everything you need to know about the 2022 World Series.
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Jose Altuve, #27 of the Houston Astros, turns a double play in the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 3, 2022 in Houston.
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THE MATCHUP
The 2022 World Series is truly a David vs. Goliath matchup: The Phillies were the sixth seed in the National League – Major League Baseball agreed to an expanded postseason before this season with 12 total teams – six from each league. Had it been any other year (aside from the 2020 season), Philadelphia’s 87-75 record would have forced them to plan golf trips after 162 regular season games.
Meanwhile, they will be going up against the cream of the crop in the American League – the top-seeded Houston Astros are 7-0 this postseason after winning 106 games – one shy of the franchise record 107 from 2019. Most games they have played have been close (they have only won by more than two runs just once in those seven games), but in typical Astros fashion, they are finding ways to get it done.
Houston is in its second consecutive World Series and their fourth in the last six years. Their only title in that span came in 2017, which has now become notorious, and arguably tainted, as they ran the largest sign-stealing scandal in baseball history. However, with a win, it will be manager…
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