It’s Game 7 of the World Series!
For just the 38th time in Major League Baseball history, two teams will play a winner-take-all Game 7.
Considering how thrilling the playoffs and World Series have been so far, it was only fitting that the world championship of baseball would be decided by a Game 7 between the two best teams in baseball this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros.
Below, we will track the big plays and big scenes from the game. These are the moments everybody will be talking about on Thursday, and for years to come.
Newest moments are at the top. Keep coming back. We’ll be updating throughout the game.
And that’s it! Charlie Morton completed the 4-inning save and the Houston Astros are World Series champs for the first time in franchise history!
Meanwhile, Jose Altuve was dancing in the dugout.
The @astros are THREE outs from a championship.
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— MLB (@MLB) November 2, 2017
Magic Johnson, still not smiling.
In the top of the ninth, Charlie Morton hit for himself even though he had already thrown three innings of relief. But at this point, he is going to get a chance to close out the World Series.
Through 8 innings, the score is still 5-1 Astros. The story at this point has become the relief pitchers, with the two teams combining to use eight relievers.
Charlie Morton held the Dodgers to just one run in the sixth inning, but was nearly impaled by a broken bat along the way.
The Dodgers finally broke through in the sixth inning with an Andre Ethier pinch-hit, RBI single.
Clayton Kershaw pitched four innings and did not allow a run. If Dave Roberts knew Kershaw was capable of that, he probably would have started.
Through five innings, the Dodgers have left eight runners on base, and hit into a double-play. Their win probability was all the way down to 3.3% to start the sixth inning.
Source: Fangraphs
After 13 of first 31 batters reached base (by both teams combined), pitchers settled down to retire nine in a row before a 2-out walk in the fifth for the Dodgers. But the Dodgers still trailed 5-0 into the 5th inning.
Kate Upton at the game wearing a jean jacket with Justin Verlander’s name on back.
Yasiel Puig thought he had a 3-run home run in the third, but came up short and took out his frustration on his bat.
In the bottom of the third, Lance McCullers hit Justin Turner for the second time. It was the fourth hit batter of the game for McCullers. He would be pulled one batter later, still leading 5-0.
In the third inning, it was Clayton Kershaw time, his first relief appearance since the NLDS in 2016.
Everything went right early on for the Astros. In the bottom of the second, Alex Bregman robbed Austin Barnes of a base hit.
The Dodgers turned to Brandon Morrow out of the bullpen, but Clayton Kershaw started warming up.
Astros fans packed Minute Maid Park back in Houston and went nuts in the second inning.
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Caught on #BallparkCam: The @Astros crowdat Minute Maid Park celebrates the 2nd inning #SpringerDinger! #EarnHistory pic.twitter.com/zGsFSJzkM3
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 2, 2017
Caught on #BallparkCam: The @Astros crowdat Minute Maid Park celebrates the 2nd inning #SpringerDinger! #EarnHistory pic.twitter.com/zGsFSJzkM3
#BallparkCam@Astros#SpringerDinger#EarnHistorypic.twitter.com/zGsFSJzkM3November 2, 2017
And that was it for Darvish, who got pulled after just 1.2 innings, trailing 5-0.
After the Astros scored another run in the second inning, George Springer broke the game open with a 2-out, 2-run home run. It was the fourth straight game in which he had homered in the series.
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It⬔s the biggest stage.George Springer owns it. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/VjSLocFNRI
— MLB (@MLB) November 2, 2017
It⬔s the biggest stage.George Springer owns it. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/VjSLocFNRI
In the bottom of the first, the Dodgers loaded the bases with a double and a pair of hit batters. But McCullers got out of it by getting Joc Pederson to ground out to second.
Yuli Gurriel tipped his helmet towards starting pitcher Yu Darvish prior to his first at bat after being caught making a “slant eyes” gesture the last time the two faced each other earlier in the series.
The Astros needed just two batters to take the lead with George Springer doubling to lead off and then scoring on the throwing error by Cody Bellinger. The Astros added a second run in the first inning on Jose Altuve’s groundout.
Some Dodgers legends threw out the first pitch, with Don Newcombe and Sandy Koufax throwing to Steve Garvey and Rick Monday.
Magic Johnson was caught not smiling before the game. That’s… unusual
The Astros came out in their orange alternate jerseys for the first time in the World Series.
David Ortiz was 0-6 predicting the winner of the first six games of the World Series, so prior to Game 7 he refused to make a pick.
As if there wasn’t enough pressure, they have the trophy on the field before Game 7.
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