How the Astros Won World Series Game 7, Inning by Inning
With runners on second and third and no outs, Darvish got the first out of the inning on a soft grounder to second from Josh Reddick, but
that brought up McCullers and the American League pitcher was swinging away rather than trying to bunt the slow-footed McCann home, and that strategy worked just fine as he hit a soft grounder to second that gave his battery-mate plenty of time to score.
This is what you dream of as a kid and for that to happen is indescribable.”
Here’s how the Astros won World Series Game 7, inning by inning:
Game 7 was underway at 8:22 p.m. Eastern when Yu Darvish threw a first pitch ball to George Springer of the Astros.
McCullers reacted to the base-runner by hitting Justin Turner with a pitch for a second time — it was McCullers’ World Series record-setting fourth hit batter —
but he got some help from Cody Bellinger when the rookie struck out on five pitches.
Altuve got Houston’s second stolen base of the Series by taking second on a first-pitch ball to Carlos Correa,
but he was left there when Correa popped out to short
He got Logan Forsythe to ground out to third, Austin Barnes to pop out to third,
and then struck out Clayton Kershaw, who was allowed to bat because there were two outs.