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The 2022 World Series was the championship series of
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's (MLB) 2022 season. The 118th edition of the World Series, it was a
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between the
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(AL) champion
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and the
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(NL) champion
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. The Astros defeated the Phillies in six games to earn their second World Series championship. The series was broadcast in the United States on Fox television and
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. The Houston Astros entered the 2022 MLB postseason as the AL West champions and the top-seeded AL team, while the Phillies won a wild card, earning the sixth and final NL playoff berth. The Phillies took a 2–1 lead after three games before the Astros won the final three games to win the series.
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won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the first position player to win the award as a rookie. The series was notable for being the first series to have a universal
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(DH), which had alternated in prior years, and also for the first World Series
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since Don Larsen's perfect game in the
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, when Astros pitchers Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero, and Ryan Pressly combined to leave the Phillies hitless in Game 4. It was also the third postseason no-hitter in MLB history, after
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's no-hitter (also at Citizens Bank Park) in Game 1 of the
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. MLB has sold sponsorships to various postseason series since 2017, with
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serving as the official presenting sponsor of the World Series from 2017 through 2019. The World Series did not have a presenting sponsor in 2020 or 2021, but resumed sponsorship in 2022. As a result of a new multi-year agreement with
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, this World Series was officially known as the ''2022 World Series presented by Capital One''.


Background

This was the second postseason meeting between the
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and the
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following their
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encounter, which was won by Philadelphia, 3–2, en route to winning the
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. Houston and Philadelphia met in the last series of the 2022 MLB season in Houston. Houston won two of the three games, although Philadelphia clinched their postseason berth in the first game with a win. The 19-game gap between the Astros and Phillies is the second largest in World Series history, trailing only the 23-game gap in between the 93-win Chicago White Sox and the 116-win Chicago Cubs.


Houston Astros

This is the fifth World Series appearance for the Astros, and the fourth as the American League team. The Astros qualified for the 2022 postseason as the
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(AL) West division winner. It was their fifth AL West championship in six years and their second straight championship. The Astros entered the postseason as the top seed in the American League. In the
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, they swept the fifth-seeded
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. In the
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, they swept the second-seeded
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to make it to the World Series for the fourth time in the previous six seasons (
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,
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) and the second consecutive season. Houston's pitching staff led the American League in 2022 with the fewest runs allowed, lowest opponent's batting average and
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, the most strikeouts, and posted an MLB-best 2.78 bullpen
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(ERA).
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, who had missed Houston's postseason runs in
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and
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, made his return from
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and led the AL in wins, ERA, and walks plus hits per inning pitched ratio.
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won the
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after batting 6-for-18 (.333) with two home runs and two doubles in the ALCS.
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, in his 25th season as a major league manager, was seeking his first World Series win as a manager (he won the
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as a player with the Dodgers). At 73 years of age, Baker was the oldest manager in World Series history.


Philadelphia Phillies

This was the eighth World Series appearance for the Phillies and the first since
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. The Phillies struggled at the start of the 2022 season. On June 3, with a record of , manager
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was fired, and Rob Thomson, their bench coach, was named their interim manager. From there, the Phillies went . They clinched a postseason berth on the third to last day of the season; they were the last postseason team of the 12 to clinch a berth. They qualified for the postseason as the sixth seed wild card entrant with an record. In the National League Wild Card Series, they swept the
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division winner
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, who were ranked third in the National League. In the
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, they defeated the defending World Series champion and National League East division winner
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in four games, the NL's second seed. In the
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(NLCS), they defeated the fifth-seeded
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in five games to clinch a World Series berth for the first time since 2009, which the Phillies lost in six games to the
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. Bryce Harper won the most valuable player award for the NLCS after batting 8-for-20 (.400) with two home runs and three doubles. The Phillies were the first team to finish third in their division and advance to a World Series since the 1981 New York Yankees. Dave Dombrowski, the Phillies' president of baseball operations, made his fifth World Series appearance. Dombrowski is the first lead executive to make World Series appearances with four different teams, having done so with the
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in
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in
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, and the
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in
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.


Summary

: Game 3 was postponed from October 31, due to rain; consequently, all subsequent games were postponed by one day from the original schedule.


Game summaries


Game 1

This was the first World Series since to start on a Friday, a change made in part to avoid playing on Sunday and therefore going head-to-head with ''
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''. Prior to Game 1, Eric Burton of the band Black Pumas sang "
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". Terry Puhl threw the ceremonial first pitch and
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called "play ball!".
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started for the Astros while Aaron Nola started for the Phillies. Kyle Tucker hit a solo home run off of Nola in the bottom of the second inning. Nola then gave up two singles to Yuli Gurriel and
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. With runners at the corners, Martín Maldonado hit a
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single scoring Gurriel. Jose Altuve grounded into a double play to end the inning.
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doubled to start the third for Houston and
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drew a
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. Tucker hit a three-run home run into the Astros bullpen to give Houston a 5–0 lead. Verlander took a no-hit bid into the top of the fourth inning when he gave up a single to Rhys Hoskins. Bryce Harper singled, moving Hoskins to third. Nick Castellanos drove in Hoskins with a single, and
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drove in Harper and Castellanos with a double down the left-field line to trim the lead to two. In the top of the fifth inning, Verlander gave up a leadoff double to Brandon Marsh, and walked Kyle Schwarber. J. T. Realmuto hit a double off the base of the wall to score both runners and tie the game at five. Realmuto advanced to third on a Harper groundout, but Verlander struck out Castellanos, ending the inning. At the top of the sixth, Nola was replaced by José Alvarado, who retired the side. The game remained tied through nine innings, and entered
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, becoming the first World Series game to be decided in extra innings since Game 3 of
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. In the top of the tenth inning, Realmuto hit a solo home run off Luis García to give the Phillies a one-run lead. After a Harper single and a Bryson Stott walk, García was taken out of the game and replaced with Ryne Stanek, who was able to get out of the inning. In the bottom of the tenth inning, David Robertson struck out Yordan Alvarez before giving up a double to Bregman. Tucker tipped off a fair ball that bounced in front of home plate and was thrown out at first. Robertson walked Gurriel, bringing pinch hitter Aledmys Díaz to the plate. Robertson threw a wild pitch to advance the runners to second and third. After working the count to 2–1, Díaz was hit on the elbow by Robertson and started toward first base. However, the home plate umpire ruled that Díaz had leaned into the pitch, resulting in ball three. On the next pitch, Díaz grounded out, ending the game. It was the first time since 2002 that a team had overcome a five-run deficit to win a World Series game, when the
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– also managed by
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– blew such a lead in Game 6.


Game 2

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performed the national anthem before Game 2.
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threw the ceremonial first pitch to Jeff Bagwell, and
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called "play ball!". Framber Valdez started for Houston and Zack Wheeler started for Philadelphia. In the first inning,
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hit an RBI double to score Jose Altuve for the first run. Yordan Alvarez followed with the third straight double to bring in the second run for the Astros. With that hit, Houston became the first World Series team to start a game with three straight extra-base hits. Alvarez scored the third run on an error. In the bottom of the fifth inning,
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hit a two-run home to left field to make the score 5–0. Nick Castellanos scored the first run for the Phillies on a sacrifice fly by Jean Segura in the seventh inning to make it 5–1. In the top of the eighth inning, Kyle Schwarber hit a foul ball that was initially ruled a two-run
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, which would have made the score 5–3. Schwarber ended up flying out deep to right on the next pitch, again just missing a home run. In the top of the ninth inning,
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scored on an error by first baseman Yuli Gurriel to make it 5–2, which proved to be the final score. Game 2 was also notable for umpire Pat Hoberg calling a "perfect game" with 129 of 129 pitches called correctly. Hoberg received widespread praise from both fans and the press for this accomplishment.


Game 3

Originally scheduled for October 31, Game 3 was postponed to November 1 due to rain. Every following game was pushed back one day.
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, and Brandon Graham threw ceremonial first pitches, and Chloe Bailey sang the national anthem. Ranger Suárez started for Philadelphia, taking the place of Noah Syndergaard, who would have started if it had not been postponed. Lance McCullers Jr. started for Houston. In the bottom of the first, Kyle Schwarber drew a walk, and Bryce Harper hit a two-run home run to right field.
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and Brandon Marsh hit solo home runs for the Phillies in the second. Bohm's solo home run to left field in the second inning marked the 1,000th home run in World Series history. When Marsh also homered in that inning, the Phillies became the first team to hit three home runs in the first two innings of a World Series game. In the bottom of the fifth, Schwarber hit a two-run home run to dead center, and Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run to left, making the Phillies the fourth team to hit a record five home runs in a single World Series game, joining the 1928 Yankees (Game 4 of the 1928 World Series), 1989 Athletics (Game 3 of the
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), and 2017 Astros (Game 5 of the 2017 World Series); they are also the only team of these four to go on to lose the World Series. Furthermore, McCullers became the first pitcher in history to surrender five home runs in a postseason game. Ryne Stanek relieved McCullers after Hoskins' home run. Suárez came out of the game after throwing five scoreless innings. Connor Brogdon, Kyle Gibson, Nick Nelson, and Andrew Bellatti each pitched a scoreless inning to complete the
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as the Phillies won 7–0. All seven runs were scored via a home run.


Game 4

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and Chase Utley threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 4 and ''
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'' contestant Madison Watkins sang the national anthem; Utley's pitch was caught by
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and Rollins' by Miles Teller. An additional first pitch was thrown out by a 19-year-old cancer survivor;
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was on hand to support
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in the middle of the fifth inning. Aaron Nola made his second start of the series for the Phillies, while Cristian Javier started for the Astros. The Astros and Phillies remained scoreless through four innings. The Astros loaded the bases in the top of the fifth inning against Nola. José Alvarado relieved Nola and hit Yordan Alvarez with a pitch, scoring the game's first run and breaking a 16-innings scoreless streak for Houston. The next batter,
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hit a two-run double, Kyle Tucker followed with a sacrifice fly, and then Yuli Gurriel singled to score Bregman. Javier pitched six innings on 97 pitches without allowing a hit, striking out nine batters, and walking two. He was relieved by Bryan Abreu, who struck out the side in the seventh inning. Rafael Montero pitched a hitless eighth inning for the Astros. Ryan Pressly, the Astros closer, pitched in the ninth inning for the Astros, only allowing a one-out walk to Kyle Schwarber, to complete the
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. It was the first combined no-hitter in postseason history and the second no-hitter in World Series history after Don Larsen's perfect game in . It was also the third no-hitter in postseason history, after
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threw a no-hitter for the Phillies in the
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against the
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. Coincidentally, both no-hitters took place at
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, and
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was involved as a manager in both as he had managed the Reds in 2010.


Game 5

Before Game 5,
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performed his song "Dreams and Nightmares" and rode with the
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on an ATV. Philadelphia native
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performed the national anthem and Brad Lidge threw the ceremonial first pitch to Carlos Ruiz. Noah Syndergaard started for the Phillies and
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started for the Astros. The Phillies donned powder blue throwback uniforms from the 1970s and 1980s while the Astros wore their orange jerseys. Jose Altuve led off the game with a double, advanced to third base on an error, and scored on a single by
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. Kyle Schwarber led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to tie it. Schwarber's home run was the tenth given up by Verlander in the World Series, passing
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for the most allowed in World Series history. In the bottom of the second inning, Verlander struck out Rhys Hoskins to escape the bases-loaded jam to keep the game tied 1–1 after giving up a single to Jean Segura and walking both Brandon Marsh and Kyle Schwarber with two outs. Peña hit a home run to put the Astros ahead at 2–1 in the fourth inning, becoming the first rookie shortstop to hit a home run in the World Series. The Phillies, who had put runners in scoring position throughout the next four innings, did not score another run off of Verlander, who finished his appearance with six strikeouts and four walks allowed in five innings. In the top of the eighth inning, Altuve scored from third base on a ground out by Yordan Alvarez, widening the Astros' lead to 3–1. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Nick Castellanos scored on an RBI single by Jean Segura, narrowing the Phillies' deficit and putting runners on the corners. Ryan Pressly entered to try for a five-out save, his fourth appearance in the series. He recorded a strikeout and a hard-hit groundout to Trey Mancini to end the eighth inning. In the ninth inning,
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made a leaping catch at the right-center wall on a flyball hit by J. T. Realmuto for the second out, preventing a likely extra-base hit. The next batter, Bryce Harper, was hit by a pitch, putting the tying run on first base, but Castellanos hit a groundball to short that led to the game-ending putout from Peña to Mancini to end the game. The victory was the first World Series pitching win of Verlander's career, who had gone 0–6 in his previous eight World Series starts, including Game 1. The change in the World Series schedule due to rain meant Game 5 went up directly against a ''
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'' game between the NFL franchises of both World Series cities, in which the
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defeated the
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, 29–17. Estimates from
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showed the baseball game drew an average of five million more viewers, with a share of at least 50 in both Philadelphia and Houston. Meanwhile, the football game, originally scheduled to air on the Fox affiliates in both markets per NFL rules, moved to the
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affiliates in both markets.


Game 6

Game 6 set the record for the latest date that a World Series game has been played. The latest a World Series game had previously been played was November 4, in both
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and
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. The Astros replaced Yuli Gurriel, who exited Game 5 with a knee injury, on their roster with Korey Lee. Gallery Furniture's Jim McIngvale threw the ceremonial first pitch, Andy Grammer sang the national anthem, and
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called "play ball!" In a rematch from Game 2, Framber Valdez started for the Astros, while Zack Wheeler started for the Phillies. The game was initially a pitchers' duel between Valdez and Wheeler, with the game remaining scoreless through five innings. This was eventually broken by Kyle Schwarber hitting a solo home run to right field for the Phillies off of Valdez in the top of the sixth inning. In the bottom of the sixth, Wheeler hit Martin Maldonado with a pitch, which he and J. T. Realmuto argued he leaned into akin to Aledmys Diaz's attempt in Game 1, though this time the umpire ruled in favor of the Astros. Maldonado was eventually thrown out on a
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hit by Jose Altuve, before
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hit a single to allow Altuve to reach third. With runners on the corners, Wheeler was relieved by José Alvarado in preparation for Yordan Alvarez. Alvarado then gave up a three-run go-ahead home run to Alvarez, which flew 450 feet to center field and over the batter's eye. After walking
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and striking out Kyle Tucker, Alvarado was relieved by Seranthony Dominguez. Bregman would steal second during Tucker's at-bat; he broke his finger after clipping it on second base in the steal but remained in the game. Christian Vázquez would then hit an RBI single off of Dominguez, allowing Bregman to score. Following the four-spot in the sixth inning, Valdez was relieved by Hector Neris and Bryan Abreu, who each pitched an inning without allowing a baserunner. In the ninth, Ryan Pressly came in to save the game. Although Realmuto hit a single off of Pressly, Rhys Hoskins, Bryce Harper, and Nick Castellanos each popped out to the outfield, with Castellanos flying out to Tucker in foul territory for the final out and World Series' conclusion, as well as Pressly's sixth save of the postseason. Manager
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won his first career Fall Classic victory as a manager (after 3,884 games managed, a record for a first-time winner) and Houston was the first team since the
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in
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to officially clinch the championship in their home stadium (the Dodgers won as the home team in 2020, but that was played at a neutral site due to the
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). Peña, who was 2-for-4 in Game 6, won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He batted 10-for-25 (.400) with one home run in the series. Peña became the first position player (and the third player overall) to win the award in his rookie season. In total for the postseason, the Houston bullpen allowed five total runs over innings for an ERA of 0.83, becoming the first team to throw at least 40 postseason innings of the bullpen with an ERA below 1.00 in major league history. The Astros became the sixth team since 1960 to win the World Series after losing the previous year, with the last having been the
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in 2015. With the win, the Astros finished 11–2 in the postseason, the fourth team to win a World Series while losing fewer than three games in the Wild Card era after the 1998 New York Yankees (11–2), the 1999 New York Yankees (11–1), and the 2005 Chicago White Sox (11–1).


Composite line score

2022 World Series (4–2):
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beat
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.


Broadcasting


Television

For the 23rd straight year, the World Series was televised in the United States by Fox, including the local affiliates
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in Philadelphia and KRIV in Houston.
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announcer
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called the event for the first time, succeeding
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following the latter's departure from the network after 25 years as its lead World Series voice. Davis was joined by Baseball Hall of Famer
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as
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, and Ken Rosenthal and
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as field reporters. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame and postgame shows, joined by analysts Frank Thomas,
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, and
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. Outside of the United States,
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produced an international feed through MLB International, which aired on
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in
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,
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in the
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, and
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in
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. Dave Flemming called the play-by-play of the games for Anglophone viewers, with Dan Plesac as color analyst.


Ratings

Audience includes Fox and
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''Figures are per cited sourcing and subject to revision.''


Radio

For the 25th consecutive year,
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aired the series in the United States.
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called the play-by-play, with Jessica Mendoza and Eduardo Pérez as color analysts and Buster Olney as field reporter. Kevin Winter and Doug Glanville hosted the pregame coverage. This was Shulman's 12th and final World Series broadcast for ESPN Radio, with Jon Sciambi succeeding him in 2023.
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broadcast the series in
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, with an announcing crew including Jesús Acosta, Enrique Burak, Alberto Ferreiro, José Luis Nápoles, Luis Eduardo Quiñones and Antonio de Valdes. The
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radio stations for both teams broadcast the series locally. In Philadelphia,
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and WTTM aired the games in English and Spanish respectively, while KBME and KLAT did so in Houston. During the Phillies-Eagles conflict for Game 5, WIP-FM aired the Eagles game while the Phillies aired on KYW and
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.


Sponsorship

The 2022 World Series was sponsored by
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, the credit card provider, as part of a new multi-year agreement. This sponsorship included logo branding in-stadium and on official digital properties on the field, as well as commercial inventory during Fox's telecasts of the games.


Aftermath

This was the last World Series before expanded
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. Starting in
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, MLB began scheduling all 30 teams to play each other throughout the season. As such, the Phillies defeated the Astros in two of three games in Houston from April 28–30, 2023 in a rematch of the World Series. Going forward, every World Series would be a rematch of a regular season series from earlier in the season. This was in opposite of World Series pre-1997 (the first year of Interleague play), which was the first time an
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team played a
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team in a season.


Houston

Shortly after his contract expired after the 2022 World Series, James Click rejected a one-year contract offer from the Astros and the team announced that they would move on without Click. Click became the first GM since 1947 to leave an MLB franchise this quickly after winning the World Series. ESPN's Jeff Passan covered the shocking departure, characterizing owner
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as extremely hands-on and at odds with Click's management style. “Sometimes I wonder if ranethinks he’s
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,” one Astros employee told Passan. The Astros hired Atlanta Braves scout Dana Brown as their general manager on January 26, 2023. A few week later, the
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hired James Click to be the vice president of baseball strategy. Additionally, with Click's departure, former Astros star Jeff Bagwell gained more power within the organization. The Astros won the AL West in 2023, but they did not do so in dominant fashion like their teams from 2017 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022. Injuries and poor performance to their rotation saw the team trade young prospects for
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at the trade deadline, who had signed a two-year deal with the
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in the off-season. Overall, they finished tied with the Texas Rangers in first place in the AL West, but won the tie-breaker thus giving them the division. However, in the postseason, the Astros were beaten by the Rangers in the 2023 ALCS, with the visitor winning all seven games, similar to the
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. After the season,
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retired as manager and the team promoted long-time bench Joe Espada to manager. Although he was not on the Astros' World Series roster, closer Will Smith continued his unlikely streak of winning consecutive World Series with separate teams (he won with the Atlanta Braves in 2021, and would win his third consecutive title with the Rangers the following year).


Philadelphia

The Union lost the
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to the
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on the same day the Phillies lost Game 6, making Philadelphia the first city to ever lose two championship games on the same day. Three months later, the
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lost in
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to the
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, suffering the third championship defeat of a Philadelphia sports team in as many months following the Union and the Phillies' losses. Coincidentally, Philadelphia achieved this dubious feat in 1980 when the 76ers, Flyers, and
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all lost in their respective championship games; in addition, the Phillies won the
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that year. After the season, Bryce Harper underwent Tommy John surgery for his ligament tear. Despite big free agent signings such as
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and Taijuan Walker, the Phillies started off similarly in 2023 as they did in 2022, particularly without Harper until May, sitting at a sub .500 record at the start of June. They would then get hot and go 65–42 from June until the rest of the season and finish as the first wildcard. They would again defeat the NL East-winning
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in the NLDS before being upset by the
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in the
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by losing the team's first-ever game seven at home. With the Diamondbacks win, it was the second year in a row the sixth seed in the NL made the World Series, following the 2022 Phillies, and the third straight season a sub 90-win team made the World Series in the NL, following the 2022 Phillies and 2021 Braves.


See also

*
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* 2022 Korean Series


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