Shortstop Jeremy Peña celebrates in the locker room after the Astros' 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series on Saturdasy in Houston. In the sixth, the Astros got two runners on base against Wheeler for the first time in the game, when Martín Maldonado was hit by a pitch, Jose Altuve grounded into a forceout and Peña singled. The bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout. “Obviously they threw a punch, and we did what we’ve done all year: We came right back and threw a haymaker,” said Astros ace Justin Verlander, the likely AL Cy Young winner who in his ninth career World Series start finally got his first victory in Game 5.īut by the time Schwarber batted in the eighth, the NL’s home run leader was reduced to bunting, trying for a hit to stir a dormant Phillies offense. Schwarber, who hit his third homer in the last four games, rounded the bases waving his raised empty hand in the same motion as the fans with their towels. He was in the dugout only a few minutes after throwing his 93rd and final pitch while striking out nine over six innings.īut the lefty walked off the mound with the wild-card Phillies up 1-0 on Kyle Schwarber’s solo homer leading off the sixth. Valdez earned his second win of the Series.
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