88, you say?
88, you say?
Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Braves captured their first championship since 1995 after a 7-0 win over the Astros in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston.
Max Fried had a historic effort on the mound and the trio of World Series MVP Jorge Soler, Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson each homered as the Braves completed their improbable postseason run and secured their second title in franchise history since relocating to Atlanta in 1966.
The Braves closed out the Astros four games to two in the best-of-seven series. Houston was attempting to win its second World Series crown in the past five seasons.
"We hit every problem, every bump you could possibly hit this year," Freeman said. "Injuries, every single kind of thing that could have happened, that could go wrong, went wrong. And we overcame every single one of those things."
God is great!
Winners of just 88 games in the regular season and stuck below .500 in August, the Braves overcame numerous hurdles en route to a World Series crown that included series wins over the Milwaukee Brewers and defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Braves' win total was the lowest for a World Series champion since the St. Louis Cardinals' 83 victories in 2006.
Undaunted by star outfielder and MVP candidate Ronald Acuna Jr.'s season-ending knee injury and the legal issues surrounding Marcell Ozuna, Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos rebuilt the club's outfield. The executive added NL Championship Series MVP Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall, Joc Pederson and Soler in a flurry of July trades.
Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Atlanta Braves captured their first championship since 1995 after a 7-0 win over the Astros in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston.
Max Fried had a historic effort on the mound and the trio of World Series MVP Jorge Soler, Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson each homered as the Braves completed their improbable postseason run and secured their second title in franchise history since relocating to Atlanta in 1966.
The Braves closed out the Astros four games to two in the best-of-seven series. Houston was attempting to win its second World Series crown in the past five seasons.
"We hit every problem, every bump you could possibly hit this year," Freeman said. "Injuries, every single kind of thing that could have happened, that could go wrong, went wrong. And we overcame every single one of those things."
>God is great!
Winners of just 88 games in the regular season and stuck below .500 in August, the Braves overcame numerous hurdles en route to a World Series crown that included series wins over the Milwaukee Brewers and defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Braves' win total was the lowest for a World Series champion since the St. Louis Cardinals' 83 victories in 2006.
Undaunted by star outfielder and MVP candidate Ronald Acuna Jr.'s season-ending knee injury and the legal issues surrounding Marcell Ozuna, Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos rebuilt the club's outfield. The executive added NL Championship Series MVP Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall, Joc Pederson and Soler in a flurry of July trades.
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