Five years after the Houston Astros won the World Series on the road, the team delivered a championship performance in front of a home crowd at Minute Maid Park Saturday night. The Astros won four runs to one.
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INNING BY INNING RECAP OF WORLD SERIES GAME 6
TOP OF THE FIRST
After starting the inning with a walk to Kyle Schwarber, Framber Valdez made up for it with just one pitch to Rhys Hoskins who hit into a double play.
J.T. Realmuto got hit by a pitch, but Bryce Harper couldn’t capitalize on having a runner on base.
Jeremy Peña snagged Harper’s hard ground ball and got it to first to get out of the top of the inning.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
BOTTOM OF THE FIRST
Zack Wheeler responded with seven pitches to get the top of the order out for the Astros.
José Altuve struck out swinging. Jeremy Peña grounded out. Yordan Alvarez hit a fly ball to left fielder Schwarber.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
TOP OF THE SECOND
Valdez got out of the second inning scoreless. In between striking out two Phillies batters, Alec Bohm got on base on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick. Valdez then walked Matt Vierling, but the inning ended with a deep fly ball hit by Edmundo Sosa that Yordan Alvarez was able to snag at the outfield wall.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
BOTTOM OF THE SECOND
Alex Bregman grounded out to get the Phillies their first out of the second inning. Kyle Tucker got on base immediately after with a walk, but Christian Vazquez grounded out into a double play.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
TOP OF THE THIRD
Framber Valdez struck out the side in the third with Kyle Schwarber, Rhys Hoskins, and J.T. Realmuto going down in order.
KPRC 2 sports anchor Ari Alexander notes Valdez has the curveball working. Sports director Randy McIlvoy says Valdez is starting to settle in and getting the Phillies to chase the ball. The fast ball’s hit 97 mph so far.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
BOTTOM OF THE THIRD
KPRC 2 sports anchor Chancellor Johnson writes: Welcome to the World Series (offensively), Trey Mancini. After going hitless the entire post-season, Mancini gets his first one, which also is the first one against Zack Wheeler.
Trey Mancini gets his first postseason hit with single to RF in 3rd. #Astros #LevelUp
— Randy McIlvoy (@KPRC2RandyMc) November 6, 2022
Trey Mancini got the start tonight in place of Yuli Gurriel.
Chas McCormick worked it to a full count before hitting a ground ball to second but beat the throw preventing a double play.
Maldonado hit a slow roller to third for an out and then Jose Altuve struck out swinging ending the inning.
KPRC 2 sports director Randy McIvoy writes: Zack Wheeler, even with arm fatigue, has been outstanding. Great movement on slider is jamming righthanded hitters. Two broken bats in that frame.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
TOP OF THE FOURTH
KPRC 2 sports anchor Ari Alexander: Framber Valdez threw the 2nd fastest pitch of his career, hitting 97.3 MPH in a strikeout of Bryce Harper. He got Nick Castellanos looking and a soft flyout from Alec Bohm for a harmless 4th. Valdez is at 66 pitches and should be able to go at least 6 if not more, as long as he continues this dominance.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH
Jeremy Peña led off the bottom of the inning with a single, to become the first rookie in history to have a hit in his first 6 World Series games.
The Astros go quietly after that and this one is still scoreless.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
TOP OF THE FIFTH
DeJa’Vu for the first two outs of the fifth as Jean Segura and Matt Vierling both grounded out to Altuve who got it to Mancini at first.
KPRC 2 sports anchor Chancellor Johnson wites: Framber Valdez continued his dominant stretch in the 5th. He picked up his 8th strikeout to end in the inning, much to the frustration of Edmundo Sosa.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH
Zach Wheeler matched Valdez with another scoreless inning of his own. Christian Vasquez grounded out and then Mancini and McCormick struck out.
The starting pitchers for both teams are still going strong heading into the sixth.
PHILLIES: 0 ASTROS: 0
TOP OF THE SIXTH
KPRC 2 sports director Randy McIlvoy: Entering the sixth, the Phillies had only one hit until Kyle Schwarber led off with HR to make it 1-0. It’s the first Minute Maid Park HR allowed by Valdez since July 3.
The first out of the inning was a great play by Bregman on a slow roller. He barehanded the ball and got it to first on time.
After a second ground out, Valdez ended with a strikeoutof Harper.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 0
BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH
KPRC 2 sports director Randy McIlvoy: Zack Wheeler came into this inning retiring 9 of last 10 Astros. He led off by hitting Martin Maldonado in the left elbow. The Phillies challenged but the call was confirmed. It was a dumb challenge by skipper Rob Thomson.
Altuve stepped up to the plate next and hit a grounder that the Phillies grabbed to get Maldonado out.
Jeremy Pena singled and with that Zach Wheeler was pulled. The pitching change didn’t phase Yordan Alvarez who is exactly who Astros fans wanted to be at the plate with two runners on.
Alvarez delivered a powerful swing, sending the ball deep into the center field stands and giving the Astros the lead for the first time in the game.
The 3-run homer went 451 feet with 113 mph exit velocity.
Bregman walked and then advanced to second base on a wild pitch before Tucker struck out. The Phillies made another pitching change and Christian Vasquez answered with a line drive that scored Bregman.
Mancini grounded out to end the inning, but the hits by Alvarez and Vasquez were enough to wake up the crowd at Minute Maid Park.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 4
TOP OF THE SEVENTH
KPRC 2 sports anchor Ari Alexander: The Astros make some slight bullpen changes going with Hector Neris in the 7th instead of what would usually be Bryan Abreu’s role. Neris was nails, shutting down the Phillies. With a 4-1 lead, the Astros just need to survive 6 more outs.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 4
BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH
KPRC 2 sports anchor Ari Alexander: Insurance runs would be nice, but with the best bullpen ERA since the 1990 Reds, Houston can probably coast on offense.
José Altuve gets a 2 out double but doesn’t score.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 4
TOP OF THE EIGHTH
Bryan Abreu was brought in to control the eighth and he did. A line out, a fly out, and a strikeout and the Astros find themselves just three outs away from a world championship.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 4
BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH
David Robertson came in to pitch for the Phillies as they looked to prevent any more runs from getting on the board. Alvarez struck out but then Bregman was called out on second after the Phillies challenged the initial ruling that Bregman beat the throw and was safe.
Tucker hit a fly ball to Schwarber for the Phillies third out.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 4
TOP OF THE NINTH
OUT # 1 - Rhys Hoskins hit a fly ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker.
J.T. Realmuto singled.
OUT # 2 - Bryce Harper pops up to Yordan Alvarez.
OUT #3 - Nick Castellanos flies out to Kyle Tucker in foul territory.
PHILLIES: 1 ASTROS: 4
The Astros win at home is the first time a team has clinched a title on its home field since 2013.