12:10 AM ET HOUSTON — With Max Scherzer facing Gerrit Cole in Game 1 of the World Series, we had grand visions of an epic pitching duel between the three-time Cy Young winner and the hottest pitcher on the planet. We didn’t get that. We got something better, a reminder that as much as we
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11:21 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Astros outfielder George Springer set a record when he homered in his fifth consecutive World Series game on Tuesday night, a seventh-inning blast off Washington Nationals reliever Tanner Rainey that sailed 428 feet to left-center field. Springer had homered in the final four games of the 2017 World Series
10:07 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Washington Nationals star Juan Soto became the second-youngest player in baseball history to hit a home run in his first World Series game, sending a titanic, 417-foot shot over the
8:00 AM ET The Washington Nationals stunned Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros, kicking off the World Series with a dramatic win in Game 1. If this is any indication of things to come, we should be in for a whale of a series. What’s on tap 8:07 p.m. ET: Nationals at Astros, Game 2
3:55 PM ET HOUSTON — Major League Baseball said in a statement Tuesday that the league will interview relevant parties regarding allegations published Monday night in a Sports Illustrated article. According to the report by SI’s Stephanie Apstein, during the celebration in the Houston Astros clubhouse after the team’s 6-4 win over the New York
11:44 PM ET HOUSTON — There were moments early in the American League Championship Series when it felt like the Houston Astros were one play away from stumbling into a serious hole against the Yankees. But the final moment belonged to Jose Altuve, and the Astros are AL champions. Altuve blasted a two-run, walk-off homer
9:50 AM ET The Houston Astros had baseball’s best record (107-55) and are looking for their second title in three years. The Washington Nationals rebounded from 12 games under .500 in late May and will try to win the first title for a Washington baseball team since 1924 when they were the Senators and played
11:41 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — The least-surprising thing about the Houston Astros isn’t that their assistant general manager stood in the clubhouse immediately after they clinched a World Series berth and taunted a group of
9:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” The 50 players on these two World Series rosters will be tested over the next seven games, they will be examined in minute detail, and the things they do will influence everything
7:00 AM ET The Houston Astros and Washington Nationals meet Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. Will Game 1 set the tone for the 2019 World Series? What’s on tap 8:08 p.m. ET: Nationals at Astros, Game 1 The view from inside the ballpark From the wild-card game through the World Series, we’ve got it