The Houston Astros and The Los Angeles Dodgers worked hard all season to make it to the World Series. Unfortunately only one team could come out victorious. Game 1 began October 24th at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers were favored to win the world series over the Houston Astros, and the first game showed it. The Dodgers won 3-1.

The Dodgers were very confident in how they were playing as they only allowed a single run that game, but in game 2 they looked like a completely different team same for the Astros. Game 2 started the day after game 1. Game 2 was an offensive explosion for both teams. The Astros won 7-6. Going into game 3 the Dodgers knew they had to contain the Astros offense from the devastating loss. They had a day to evaluate and make changes. These changes defensively still weren’t enough as the Astros won game 3 with a score of 5-3.

After the Dodgers have lost 2 straight games to the Astros game 4 was a must win if they wanted the momentum to head in their direction. Game 4 began on October 28th. The Dodgers fixed their defensive issues and beat the Astros 6-2. At this point in the world series both teams had records of 2-2. Game five would turn out to be an offensive shootout.

Game 5 began on October 29th. Both teams didn’t have a problem scoring runs as the Astros edged the Dodgers 13-12. The Astros at this point were 3-2 and the Dodgers were 2-3. The Dodgers would have to win game 6 in order to stay in it. On October 31st the Dodgers beat the Astros 3-1. Then a day after they played the game they played game 7 to decide the 2017 World Series Champions. The Dodgers offense just wasn’t up to par and the Astros brought home their 1st ever World Series title winning the game 5-1.