World Series

Houston's Kyle Tucker homered twice, putting Houston up 5-0, but Philadelphia has fought back to tie the game.

The 2014 Royals lost the World Series in seven games to the Giants. Joe Davis, who is the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers and But one big reason there is a sense of destiny about the Astros this season is their impressive sweep of the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. There won’t be a 16th different champion this year, though — the Phillies won in 2008 and the Astros in 2017. rosters in 1991, that percentage had dwindled to 7.2 percent at the start of the 2022 season. “The challenge we’re seeing on the field isn’t in the best interests of the game. It’s always your goal to get to this moment and have the chance to win the World Series.” For a pitcher with a 15-5 record in the other postseason rounds, he is 0-6 in the World Series — with the highest E.R.A. They did it in the first season after Bryce Harper left the team to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent. And Aaron Nola is back out there to start the bottom of the fifth for Philadelphia. You’ve got to be a great pitcher to have the chance to make eight World Series starts, and Verlander obviously is great; he’s now started World Series games in three different decades. It was not the prettiest of singles, but the Phillies have a runner on base.

The Phillies meet the Astros for Game 1 in Houston on Friday night. Follow along for live updates.

Grammy-nominated singer Eric Burton lost track of the lyrics during "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Friday night's World Series opener between Houston and ...

He sang: “What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last streaming” instead of “gleaming.” He continued correctly with: “Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight." But then, instead of “O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?” he backtracked to “What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last” before again singing “streaming” instead of “gleaming."

The Houston Astros are strong favorites to win the World Series, which starts Friday, and one of the team's most famous fans is going all in on oddsmakers' ...

“And I say, thanks to the Houston Astros for bringing Houston together. “Baseball brings joy to the city. “The excitement is very real in Houston. “When Yordan Álvarez hit the home run to beat the Seattle Mariners in Game 1 (of the American League Division Series), there were seven million people running around giving each other hugs. “Winning the bet is important but what’s more important is giving money back to our customers who bought around $75 million worth of furniture,” said McIngvale. The Houston Astros are strong favorites to win the

Mattress Mack, aka Jim McIngvale, has bet $10 million on the Houston Astros to win the World Series.

"And if the Phillies win, then I'm out the $10 million, so I have a vested interest in this either way, but my real interest in making sure the customers win," he added. Mack placed the largest of his World Series bets, $3 million, on May 13 with Caesars at 10-1 on the Astros to win. But right now going to Louisiana is not that much of an imposition, flying to Iowa and then find the Las Vegas all night long, that's a little different story," he said. Earlier this year, he [lost more than $9 million](https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/33288572/mattress-mack-vows-keep-going-95-million-super-bowl-loss) when the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl. This time, If you spend $3,000 or more on a mattress, your purchase is free – if the Astros win. And if he wins, the payout would be a historic $75 million.

HOUSTON -- Considering the quality and depth of this Astros pitching staff, Houston has been nearly impossible to beat when given a lead of multiple runs.

Brantley had also been the last Astros player to go deep in consecutive innings of a postseason game. Tucker’s four early RBIs loomed large when the Phillies rallied for three runs off Verlander in the top of the fourth inning. Tucker’s first home run swing off Aaron Nola in the second inning of Game 1 sent a frenetic, hanky-waving Houston crowd into delirium.

The Phillies overcame an early 5-0 deficit, capped by J.T. Realmuto's 10th-inning homer in a stunning 6-5 win over the Astros in Game 1 of the World Series.

[Jose Altuve](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31662/jose-altuve) put the winning run on second in the bottom of the ninth. After the Phillies tied the score at 5-5 on a two-run double by Realmuto in the fifth, Thomson managed the rest of the night with urgency, beginning with his decision to bring in reliever [Jose Alvarado](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/36063/jose-alvarado) in the fifth inning. "Honestly, my head wasn't the problem," Realmuto said. We really respect all 27 outs and we take that seriously, and we take it personal." He stayed in the game. "I just thought he had a better chance of trying to bloop something in there than torching something over my head," Castellanos said. "I probably had 7,000 at-bats in that situation growing up." [Philadelphia Phillies](/mlb/team/_/name/phi/philadelphia-phillies) catcher [J.T. And that's really why I went to Alvarado in the fifth inning, which I haven't done all year, because I thought that the momentum changed there. "I think the second time [through] you've seen it once," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said of Verlander's pitches. The Phillies scored six runs after trailing 5-0 early in the game, becoming the sixth team all time to overcome a five-run deficit to win a World Series game. Verlander was perfect through the first three innings.

Of the 88 teams that have taken a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven postseason series, just 14 have gone on to lose.

[These former players won’t get rings](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-astros-world-series-rings-2022-20221028.html), but the Phillies might not be here without them. [Jimmy Rollins says he will throw out the first pitch](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-astros-world-series-first-pitch-rollins-schmidt-20221028.html)before Game 4 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park. [will take the mound in Game 2](https://www.inquirer.com/wires/ap/astros-valdez-vs-phillies-wheeler-world-series-game-2-20221028.html) on an extra days rest, something he benefited from during the seasons. They’ll all return for Phillies Postgame Live following the game. “What the fans bring to the game, that’s the love I bring to our broadcast. The Phillies currently lead the series 1-0. The Phillies became just the sixth team in the 118-year history of the World Series to overcome a five run lead (or greater) to win. Realmuto’s solo homerun in the 10th inning](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-astros-world-series-score-game-1-realmuto-20221029.html), made possible by Nick Castellanos’ diving catch to send the game into extra innings. Game 2 of the World Series between the Phillies and Astros is scheduled to begin at 8:03 p.m. Tom McCarthy, the television voice for the Phillies on NBC Sports Philadelphia, will once again join the radio broadcast in the fifth and sixth innings. Of the 88 teams that have taken a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven postseason series, In the history of postseason play, teams that have gone up by five runs were 589-18 before Realmuto’s homer.

Thomson managed like it was a must-win... and he should have.

"I talk to a lot of the coaches about a lot of the situations. Thomson has been doing this all season and all postseason, so it shouldn't be a huge surprise, but to see him step up like this in his first-ever World Series game in charge was such a thing of beauty. "First of all, I get a lot of help on the bench," he said. In the other, it was Nola who blew a four-run lead. Thomson was just extending the game as best he could until there were no pitchers left, if it came to that. The Phillies' preference surely would've been to close with Alvarado and/or Domínguez, but neither was left for the 10th inning. As Thomson noted after the game, it would've been a side bullpen session day for Suárez anyway. He said, 'the momentum is on our side right now, so we gotta bring our best guy in and keep the momentum on our side.' I don't think that necessarily every manager would bring him in in that spot." Instead, he left him in and the Phillies went walk, single, double to tie the game. Thomson managed this game almost like it was a Game 7. Verlander was clearly slipping when he allowed three runs in the fourth inning, but Baker ran Verlander back out there for the fifth inning. A big reason the Phillies won this ballgame was the work of first-year manager Rob Thomson.