70 Incredible Stats and Facts From the 2017 World Series
Game 7
This was only the third time we had a winner-take-all game in the World Series between two 100-win teams. It's the first time it happened since 1931.
The Astros opened the scoring immediately with two runs in the first, and George Springer broke it wide open early with a two-run homer to make it 5-0 after two innings. This was his fourth straight game with a homer, the longest single-series streak ever in a Fall Classic.
That's not all he's done, though. Springer holds records for extra-base hits and total bases in a World Series, along with tying the record for most homers. He's done a good job of making us forget about his golden sombrero in Game 1.
After failing to complete two innings in Game 3, there was no way Yu Darvish would fall that short again, right? Well, wrong. He's just the second pitcher ever (and first since 1960) to not get that far in two different starts in a single World Series.
Heck, he even gave up an RBI groundout to opposing pitcher Lance McCullers, making him the first American League pitcher ever to drive in a run in a Game 7.
McCullers didn't give up any runs, but he didn't have his best stuff. He lasted just 2.1 innings and ended up hitting 4 batters. Of the 1,547 playoff games in baseball history, that's never happened before.
Starters not getting deep into games is one of the themes for this series -- the 65.2 innings pitched by starters is the third-fewest frames in a World Series lasting seven games (1947 and 2002 are the others).
Charlie Morton's four-inning relief appearance to finish off the series put him in some cool company. Only he and Madison Bumgarner have done this in a Game 7 since 1958.
The 2017 Astros join the 1985 Royals as the only teams to win two Game 7s in one postseason.
They're also the third consecutive team to break a championship drought of at least 29 years (theirs was 55 years).
And most importantly, the Astros can call themselves World Series champions for the first time in franchise history.
