World Series

Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Bryce Harper celebrates with the trophy after winning the baseball NL Championship Series in Game 5 against the San ...

To the 59-year-old Thomson, it’s not such a surprise his team is in this position. Philadelphia lost to the Yankees in its last trip this far. Last season, they lost to Freddie Freeman and the underdog Atlanta Braves in six games. We knew our bullpen was good, rotation was good, we had great offense,” he said earlier in the playoffs. “And we had ups and downs during the season, just like any other club does. Louis in the wild-card round. Funny, the Phillies are also the most recent team to beat the Astros. 3, Philadelphia opened the final series of the regular season with a 3-0 win at Houston, with Schwarber homering twice as Aaron Nola outpitched Lance McCullers Jr. Weather won’t be an issue with the retractable roof in Houston. Plus a good piece of the past — remember, these teams have played each other nearly 600 times. Dial up something from “Rocky.” Want to party in Houston? A fired-up Harper and All-Stars J.T.

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With that knowledge in mind, it would be somewhat disingenuous to put the Phillies on a pedestal. They’ve earned their way here, they represent a legitimate threat to the Astros and would be deserving winners. Yes, they're a deserving World Series team, and in the view of many executives a better team than their 87-75 record would suggest. That might be overstating it, as the teams that win in October tend to share common traits. The first and most important step to winning the World Series is simply making the playoffs. In discussing the topic of October success with executives, there’s an acknowledgement that the sport’s incredibly unpredictable this time of year.

We were up 2-1 going into the bottom of the 9th, and Cito Gaston brought Tom Henke into the game. We had high hopes. Henke had pitched in 8 playoff games that ...

No one would watch the series and call him a genius, in the way folks watch a Tony LaRussa team and call him a genius, but Cito was the right guy for the time. Key also was the winner in relief in game 6. Morris had a good season, winning 21 games with a 4.04 ERA, and ended the season well, going 9-2 with a 3.26 ERA over the last two months. He had good series with the bat, hitting .450/.500/.750, with a home run and 3 RBI. - Key had 2 wins and a 1.00 ERA in 9 innings. It would have made it much harder to follow the game and a game thread simultaneously. I guess we paid more attention to the game then and didn’t need to have the score facing us every moment, and we had to follow the count for ourselves. He did manage to throw out 3 guys trying to steal, but it was a track meet out there. But Jeff had had a tough time in his two series appearances, giving up a game-winning home run to Ed Sprague in game 2 and a game-winning single to Maldonado in game 3. My parents would have never spent the money on a team jersey for me, but I’ve bought several jerseys for my kids. Key gave up a leadoff single, and then Alfredo Griffin made an error at short, putting the tying run on first. Unfortunately, Otis Nixon lined a single to left again, and Maldonado airmailed the throw into the plate over everyone, allowing the tying run to score and putting the winning run on third.

After recording the final three outs of the Phillies' playoff-clinching victory on Oct. 3 in Houston, Zach Eflin stood at the center of a wet and wild ...

In particular, he came up with pivotal doubles against Braves flamethrower Spencer Strider in Game 3 of the divisional round and tough Padres starter Joe Musgrove in Game 3 of the NLCS. After lefty Bailey Falter didn’t make it out of the first inning in Game 4 against San Diego, will the Phillies revert to Noah Syndergaard for a World Series start? Granted, the last two games of the season were meaningless to the Phillies after they clinched a wild card spot. It was the continuation of an impressive rookie season in which Peña hit 22 homers and replaced Carlos Correa. As long as the Phillies have Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola, they like their chances in a short series. Dusty Baker has managed for 25 years in the majors, and while he won a World Series as a player in 1981 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he has yet to win one as a manager. Héctor Neris signed with the Phillies as an amateur free agent for $17,000 in 2010, made his major league debut in 2014, and later ascended to the closer role. He also has a connection to Baker, having played for him in Washington in 2016 and 2017. It was impossible to watch their six-run ninth inning in Game 1 of the wild-card round in St. [The Phillies will be heavy underdogs](https://www.inquirer.com/sports/betting/mlb/astros-phillies-world-series-odds-mvp-betting-20221024.html), which is how they seem to like it. [NLCS MVP Bryce Harper’s homer lifts Phillies to the World Series vs. Astros, beginning Friday night deep in the heart of Texas — the prospect of celebratory symmetry is undeniable.

The Houston Astros, the American League's best team, are heading back to the World Series for the fourth time in six seasons. The Philadelphia Phillies, the ...

[a locked-in Bryce Harper](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-bryce-harper-home-run-world-series-20221023.html) and the Rhys Hoskins Redemption Tour. The Phillies were seventh in baseball in runs scored during the regular season while the Astros were eighth. the Padres, but this is the Astros. The Phillies, on the other hand, have needed lots of bullpen innings whenever Wheeler and Nola aren’t on the mound. Where the Astros have the big advantage is in their rotation and bullpen. They were (small) underdogs to advance out of the NLCS, but won three straight home games and [knocked of the Padres, 4-1](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-world-series-nlcs-bryce-harper-score-game-5-20221023.html). They were underdogs to advance out of the NLDS, but beat the Braves 3-1 in the best of-five-series. [Ranger Suárez played closer again to help get the Phillies to the World Series](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-ranger-suarez-seranthony-dominguez-world-series-padres-20221023.html) The Houston Astros, the American League’s best team, are heading back to the World Series for the fourth time in six seasons. [Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins and the 2022 Phillies have made themselves immortal](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/bryce-harper-home-run-phillies-world-series-clincher-20221023.html) They were underdogs to advance out of the wild card round in St. [Best Sports Betting Sites](https://www.inquirer.com/sports/betting/sportsbooks/best-sports-betting-sites.html)

We go over the odds on DraftKings Sportsbook to win the 2022 World Series.

The Astros claimed two of three in Houston in that series. It will surprise nobody that the 106-win Astros are the favorite to win the series. The Phillies were the last team in the playoffs, clinching a wild card berth with a 87-75 record. These two teams met for one series this season, fittingly on the final three days of the regular season. They rolled through the regular season and while the Yankees faltered in their bid for the top seed in the American League, the Astros chugged along and claimed it. Both teams punched their ticket to the Fall Classic on Sunday.

The Philadelphia Union are currently in the midst of a successful playoff run, while the Philadelphia Phillies are going further than they've been in over ten ...

Although the Phillies were the defending champions going for a second-straight title, the Yankees came out on top 4-2. Sixers players have shown tons of support to the Phillies throughout the playoff run. After barely cracking the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, the Phillies entered the first round of the postseason as underdogs against the St. With an opportunity to clinch a seat in the 2022 World Series, the Phillies needed a win on Sunday to get it done as early as possible. While it was a thriller, the Phillies won in the end. The Philadelphia Flyers got off to a solid start to their year, despite receiving tons of criticism in the offseason.

Houston and Philadelphia will face off in a matchup of teams that have caught fire in the postseason. Game 1 is set for Friday in Houston.

They have two of the game’s best starting pitchers in Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola, a The Astros are only the third team to sweep a division series and a league championship series in the same year — the 2014 Kansas City Royals and the 2007 Colorado Rockies are the others — yet they got past the Yankees with superb pitching and production from the rest of their lineup. A return to form by even one of the stars, who combined to go 8 for 43 against the Yankees, would make Houston even scarier. The Phillies, meanwhile, are at +138, so a $100 bet would win $138. [strong bullpen](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/22/sports/baseball/seranthony-dominguez-phillies-bullpen.html) and a clear-cut leader in [Bryce Harper](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/sports/baseball/bryce-harper-phillies-world-series-home-run.html), who was named the most valuable player of the N.L.C.S. Game 1 is set for Friday in Houston.

The 2022 Fall Classic pits a juggernaut in Houston against a team in Philadelphia that made this postseason with a berth that didn't exist last year.

Starter Zach Eflin became a part-time ninth-inning guy because he didn’t have enough time to recover from a knee injury to rejoin the rotation late in the year. Little was made when the Phillies shipped one of their best prospects, catcher Logan O’Hoppe, to the Los Angeles Angels for center fielder Brandon Marsh. “It makes a tremendous difference having the depth we have. He’s headed to back-to-back World Series, his third in a 25-year managerial career in which he hasn’t been fully appreciated until the twilight. “The starters make our jobs way easier by not overexposing us, by their ability to go deep into games and keeping games close,” says Stanek. That now includes Washington, where he played perhaps the biggest role in elevating a middling franchise to relevance. If this is it, a title would be one heck of a way to go out. The “Dusty! Meanwhile, NLCS MVP and $330 million man Bryce Harper has been the subject of boos since he was a teenager, simply because … After all, the Philadelphia Phillies gained entry to this postseason thanks to a playoff berth that did not exist a year ago. Thomson, who rightfully had the interim tag removed from his managerial title after the Phillies advanced out of the wild-card round against the St. “They, you know, really love the game.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The billionaire owner of the Philadelphia Phillies pounded his fists on Bryce Harper's chest and joked the Phillies slugger was almost ...

Harper hammered a 98.9 mph sinker to left-center, and minutes later, the Phillies had won the game and the pennant. The 2021 NL MVP slumped a bit late in the season as the Phillies made a run a the NL wild card. Padres manager Bob Melvin elected to stay with the right-handed Suarez against the lefty Harper rather than bring in Josh Hader, the hard-throwing lefty closer. The right fielder who bowed to Phillies fans each time he ran out to start the game was forced into a DH role in April because of a small tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of his throwing elbow. You just kind of expect it when he goes to the plate.” Harper delivered in the postseason, a place seen only in fits and spurts for a franchise that has two World Series championships in 140 years. He leads in the clubhouse, and from his Phillie Phanatic cleats and headband, to his novelty T-shirts to his shoutouts for Philly sports legends, he has embraced the fans and the pressure of playing in the city like few outsiders ever have in any sport. It was absurd to put a price tag on the moment for John Middleton as he pulled in Harper for a hug while the National League championship celebration swirled around them on the field. He got the help he needed once J.T. “As good as it gets,” Phillies manger Rob Thomson said. I think if I told him he had to play third base, he’d play third base.” “(It’s) $330 million later, mutual promises of being committed to winning and doing whatever it took to win.”

The matchup for the 118th World Series is set. With their League Championship Series victories Sunday, the Astros and Phillies will face off in the Fall ...

Baker, in his 25th season as a Major League manager, has led five clubs to the postseason -- the Giants, Cubs, Reds, Nationals and Astros. Yordan Alvarez, following his great start to the playoffs with two homers, including a walk-off in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Mariners, proceeded to go 2-for-19 before a delivering a game-tying single late in ALCS Game 4. And both enter the 2022 World Series without a ring. A few hours later, the Astros [polished off a sweep of the Yankees](https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-win-alcs-2022) with a 6-5 win in the Bronx to reach the World Series for the fourth time in the last six years. But the way Wheeler and Nola have pitched this postseason, aside from Nola’s rough outing in NLCS Game 2, it’s not a big stretch to imagine the Phils stealing two games in Houston. Will he continue to fuel the Phillies’ Cinderella run all the way to a World Series championship? Peña, who’s hitting .303 so far in the playoffs, was named ALCS MVP and appears to be as relaxed as someone who is in his third or fourth postseason, let alone his first. Schwarber will be playing in his second World Series after winning it all with the Cubs in 2016. It helps, of course, that Peña and others have stepped up, but even a club as good as this one will be hard-pressed to win it all with virtually no offensive contributions from Altuve. For Philadelphia, this is unfamiliar territory -- the Phils haven’t played in the World Series in 13 years. Harper has been in the spotlight ever since he made the cover of Sports Illustrated as a 16-year-old phenom. The matchup for the 118th World Series is set.

Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber breaking the Bank in Philly. Yordan Alvarez launching moonshots in H-Town. Dusty Baker trying for a most elusive win.

To the 59-year-old Thomson, it’s not such a surprise his team is in this position. Philadelphia lost to the Yankees in its last trip this far. Last season, they lost to Freddie Freeman and the underdog Atlanta Braves in six games. We knew our bullpen was good, rotation was good, we had great offense,” he said earlier in the playoffs. “And we had ups and downs during the season, just like any other club does. Louis in the wild-card round. Funny, the Phillies are also the most recent team to beat the Astros. 3, Philadelphia opened the final series of the regular season with a 3-0 win at Houston, with Schwarber homering twice as Aaron Nola outpitched Lance McCullers Jr. Weather won’t be an issue with the retractable roof in Houston. Plus a good piece of the past — remember, these teams have played each other nearly 600 times. Realmuto and Zack Wheeler, stepping onto baseball’s biggest platform for the first time. Dial up something from “Rocky.” Want to party in Houston?

SportsLine's model has revealed its MLB picks for Philadelphia Phillies vs. Houston Astros in Game 1 of the World Series 2022.

[Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Phillies vs. Here are the [MLB odds](https://www.sportsline.com/mlb/odds/) and World Series betting lines for Phillies vs. The night before, he was 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI to help the Phillies take command of the series. Houston is a -170 favorite (risk $170 to win $100) in Game 1 on the money line in the latest Phillies vs. He also has five homers in the playoffs. Phillies](https://www.sportsline.com/mlb/game-forecast/MLB_20221028_PHI@HOU/) and just revealed its coveted World Series 2022 picks and predictions. In the final regular-season series against Philadelphia, Alvarez was red hot, going 6-for-11 in the series, including 3-for-5 with three doubles in a 10-0 win on Oct. Louis Cardinals](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/STL/st-louis-cardinals/) 2-0 in the Wild Card round, before defeating the [Atlanta Braves](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/ATL/atlanta-braves/) 3-1 in the NL Division Series and the [San Diego Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) 4-1 in the NLCS. You can [visit SportsLine now to see the model's MLB picks](https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/phillies-vs-astros-odds-lines-advanced-computer-model-reveals-picks-for-fridays-world-series-game-1/#ttag=1024022_agg_cbssports_picks_baseball_mlb_model_WorldSeriesGame1). [Yordan Alvarez](/mlb/players/2507341/yordan-alvarez/) helped wrap up Houston's ALCS Game 4 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The Phillies lead the all-time series 297-293, including a 3-2 edge in the postseason. [Houston Astros](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/HOU/houston-astros/) look to remain perfect in the [MLB](/mlb/) playoffs as they take on the [Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/PHI/philadelphia-phillies/) in Game 1 of the 2022 World Series on Friday.