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WASHINGTON —  Yordan Alvarez smashed a three-run homer, and the Houston Astros captured their second World Series in six seasons on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia. The Cuban slugger's sixth-inning blast off Phillies relief…

HOUSTON —  For now and forever, Dusty Baker, the epic storyteller, first-class name-dropper, toothpick chewer and baseball lifer will bear a most distinguished title: World Series champion manager. The man who can weave a tale like few…

HOUSTON  —  No sooner had the players finished dancing than the fans started singing. The game still had three innings to go, and in fact this was the middle of an inning, but no matter.The dynasty would not wait.The chant from the stands…

The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 Saturday night in front of a raucous home crowd at Minute Maid Park to clinch the World Series and avoid what would have been a decisive Game 7 on Sunday. It marks the second…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - AP Sports Writer Scott and Mike preview MLB's World 6 matchup.  HOUSTON (AP) — Dusty Baker has been here…

PHILADELPHIA —  What defines a legacy?Justin Verlander’s legacy surely could not have rested on this one game, could it? He is favored to win his third Cy Young award this year, and the list of three-time winners is eminently…

Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros delivers a pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies during the second inning in Game Five of the 2022 World Series at Citizens Bank Park on November 03, 2022 in Philadelphia.…

PHILADELPHIA  —  Back in the day …No, not that argument, not this time.Back in the day before pitch counts and 13-man pitching staffs and third-time-through-the-order concerns — and, frankly, before Tommy John surgery — pitching was…

Hammered the night before, Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros desperately needed to figure how to keep Bryce Harper and the Phillies in the ballpark How about a no-hitter, would that do? Javier and Houston's bullpen combined on…

Bryce Harper hammered his sixth postseason home run, whispered an assist to Alec Bohm before his solo shot and the Philadelphia Phillies tied a World Series record with five homers to rout the Houston Astros 7-0 Tuesday night and…