Who Won The Baseball World Series Last Year?
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The Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. It was the Astros’ first championship in franchise history.
The teams that played in the World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner’s Trophy. As the series is played in October, during the baseball season, it is sometimes referred to as the Fall Classic.
The American League team
The AL team won the most recent World Series.
The National League team
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to Dodger Stadium in 1962.
The outcome of the World Series
The Boston Red Sox won the baseball World Series last year. They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games. It was a close series, but the Red Sox ultimately came out on top. Let’s take a look at how they did it.
Who won?
The Washington Nationals won the 2019 World Series, their first championship in franchise history. They defeated the Houston Astros in seven games.
Who lost?
The Boston Red Sox
What happened during the World Series
The Boston red sox won the world series last year. They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games. This was the first time the Red Sox had won the World Series since 1918. The Series was also notable for being the first time a team had come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the Series since the Kansas City Royals did it in 1985.
The highlights
The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2018 season. The 114th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox beat the Dodgers in five games to win their fourth World Series title in 15 years dating back to 2004, and their ninth overall. This was also the first meeting of these two teams since 1916. These two teams met for the first time in the playoffs in104 years.
In Game 1, starting pitcher Chris Sale helped the Red Sox overcome a deficit as he got a no-decision after pitching six innings and giving up one run on five hits with seven strikeouts. Steve Pearce hit a go-ahead two-run home run off Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning to give Boston a 3–1 lead they would not relinquish; Craig Kimbrel closed out the game for his fifth save as Boston won 3–2. Jackie Bradley Jr.’s solo home run off Kenley Jansen in the eighth inning of Game 2 gave Boston a 4–3 lead they would not relinquish as they went on to win 4–3 and take a 2–0 series lead.
Kershaw saved Game 3 for Los Angeles with 6⅔ innings of work while allowing one run on three hits and striking out nine batters; whereas, Sale got his first postseason win after pitching seven innings while only giving up one run on four hits with eight strikeouts as Boston won 8–4 to take a commanding 3–0 series lead. Eduardo Núñez’s pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of seventh inning broke open Game 4 as Boston won 9–6 to sweep Los Angeles and win their fourth World Series title in 15 years. Steve Pearce was named World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting three home runs and driving in eight RBIs while only playing in four out of five games due to injury.
The lowlights
The Boston Red Sox won the 2018 World Series in five games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the fourth championship for the Sox in the last 15 years, and the ninth for the franchise overall.
The series was tainted by a number of lowlights, including a record-setting 18 strikeouts by Dodger ace Clayton Kershaw in Game 1, a benches-clearing brawl in Game 3, and a blown save by Kenley Jansen in the deciding Game 5.
