Houston Astros to face Atlanta Braves in 2021 World Series
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Both the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves won their respective championships last weekend, and will face off against each other at the 2021 Major League Baseball World Series. The first World Series game is set for Tuesday in Houston, Texas.
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On Friday afternoon, the Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 5–0 in game 6 of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston, securing the American League pennant. On Saturday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, the Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in their final game of the National League Championship Series, with a lead of four games to two. Both the American League and National League series are best of seven.
This is the third time that the Astros have won the American League pennant and have advanced to the World Series in the last five years, while it is the Braves' first entry into World Series since 1999. Last year's World Series trophy went to the Dodgers.
Like the two league series, the 117th World Series is a best-of-seven playoff. The Astros will have home-field advantage for the first two games, and then the next three games would be held at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The two games after that would be back in Houston.
Sources
- "2021 World Series Records, Games, Matchups, and Preview" — Baseball Reference, October 24, 2021 (date of access)
- Matt Snyder and Dayn Perry. "Braves vs. Dodgers score: Atlanta reaches first World Series since 1999, knocks out defending champs in Game 6" — CBS Sports, October 24, 2021
- Matt Snyder and R.J. Anderson. "Astros vs. Red Sox final score: Houston advances to World Series by shutting out Boston in ALCS Game 6" — CBS Sports, October 23, 2021
- "Complete 2021 MLB postseason schedule" — MLB, October 23, 2021
- Jesse Rogers. "Luis Garcia, Yordan Alvarez send Houston Astros to third World Series in five years" — ESPN, October 23, 2021
