It’s been an unconventional road to Game 7 of the World Series for Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals.
Seizing the October spotlight he missed out on as a youngster, Strasburg pitched another post-season gem into the ninth inning Tuesday night as the Nationals beat the Houston Astros 7-2 to tie this Fall Classic at 3-3.
Juan Soto ran all the way to first base with his bat following a go-ahead homer, the same way Houston slugger Alex Bregman did earlier.
Yep, these wild-card Nationals have matched the heavily favoured Astros swing for swing, hit for hit — even home run celebration for home run celebration.
Now, it’s onto a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday night to decide the only Series in which the visiting team won the first six.
As a Montreal Expos fan growing up, the Expos of course became the Washington Nationals, so I say GO NATS, show us some Natitude!
https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/10/30/nationals-beat-astros-force-world-series-game-7
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-world-series-nationals-astros-game-6-oct-29-1.5340139
-Ian
Credits: https://www.cbc.ca/sports & https://www.si.com
