By: Jaiden Basinger, Jose Nazario, and Tyler Elzholz
October 26, 2021
As the Hurricanes Fall, athletics season comes to an end, the Fall Classic Series starts up tonight, October 26. The first two games of the MLB World Series will be held at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros who had a better regular season record than their opponent, the Atlanta Braves.
The first game in the best of seven series will be broadcasted tonight on FOX.
Here is a rundown of how these two teams got here:
The Houston Astros (95-67) made it to the World Series by beating the Chicago White Sox (3-1) in the ALDS and the Boston Red Sox (4-2) in the ALCS. The Astros come into this game scoring a total of 67 runs in ten playoff games. Six of their seven wins are by at least five runs. Key players for the Astros are Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, Micheal Brantley, Yordan Alvarez, and Yuli Gurriel.
The Atlanta Braves (88-73-1) made it all the way to the World Series by beating the Milwaukee Brewers (3-1) in the NLDS and the Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2) in the NLCS. This year marks the first World Series appearance for the Braves since 1999, and a key piece to their success revolves around former Cleveland Indians outfielder, Eddie Rosario. Key players are Max Fried, Ozzie Albies, Joc Pederson, Freddie Freeman, and Rozario.
The BHS Sports staff is pulling for the Atlanta Braves, and it appears that 99 percent of the country is, too.
Winter sports previews for the Hurricanes will be coming up soon. Until then, enjoy the World Series.
Go Braves!
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