The Astros overcame a 2-1 deficit, winning the final three games of the series to earn their second ever World Series title, the first since their 2017 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Yordan Alvarez hit a towering go-ahead homer and the Houston Astros clinched their second World Series title in six seasons and got Dusty Baker his first crown as a manager with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 on Saturday night.
The 73-year-old Baker, who had been to the World Series twice before as a skipper, is the oldest championship manager. But the lefty had walked off the mound with the wild-card Phillies up 1-0 on Kyle Schwarber's solo homer leading off the sixth. In the sixth, Houston got two runners on base against starter Zack Wheeler for the first time in the game, with Jose Altuve reaching on a forceout after a hit batter and rookie Jeremy Peña singling.
Alvarez hadn't homered since Game 2 of the AL Division Series against Seattle, when his two-run shot in the sixth inning put them up to stay. That came after his game-ending, three-run shot in Game 1 for an 8-7 win.
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