Philadelphia Phillies vs. Houston Astros Highlights | World Series Game

And welcome to Major League Baseball International special presentation of the 2022 World Series from Minute Maid Park in Houston. We're back in Texas for game six of this World Series. The Phillies up against it. The Astros one win away from a championship leading this series three to two. Kyle Schwarber's had good at bats up and down the series. Hoskins real Muto. Bryce Harper the DH once again in the cleanup spot. Castellanos look at his postseason numbers. How about that ERA one point strike thrower to twenty four strikeouts only six walks deadly curve ball. He's been on point brilliant in game to be the guy for game seven behind the plate. And that is no swing a ball off the plate inside of the Phillies get a big break a walk to Schwarber and from Bravado as I think he's still thinking about that to strike pitch. Yeah it's a really good pitch. Why not use it a little more. Hoskins first pitch swing grounded to third Bregman gets the out of second that's one at the double play on a turn by the Astros two down you know for a guy that throws so hard Valdez when he's on he's going to do a lot of ground balls. If you're Dusty Baker and a fan of the Astros you have to like what you see off the inside of that actually hit him hit him in his foot or his thigh. That's a base runner for the Phillies. Yeah one way to get out if you're a real Muto behind it to count one and two Harper on the ground and a nice play the shortstop playing on the shift. Jeremy Pena got to his feet and throws him out. And the Astros defense had a great start to this game. The first out to beat Jeremy Pena has had such a great World Series just made a terrific defensive play. Alvarez playing in left field for game six Bregman Tucker Christian Vasquez he's the D.H. Look at that E.R. Ray in the postseason to sixty seven he touched on it a little bit of a clunker and his first start here in the World Series. If Wheeler can get ahead with that heater and expand with that curveball it could be a good night one to two base strikes out swinging and that one at ninety eight miles an hour. Man for the Phillies what a great start for Wheeler on the ground is short coming in to field at that Sosa throws out Jeremy Pena out number two Alvarez with two down and nobody on he flies one to left center field Schwerber is there and he'll reach up and make the catch. So that's a seven pitch inning and for Zach Wheeler a totally different start to this game than in game two. Flanders throws in a fastball for strike three. Now that's what happens when you start to look for that curveball but you get it about the fifty one foot area you've got to cover the curveball that's about seventy nine miles an hour. Alec Bowe not waiting around a line drive back up the middle for a base hit. Alec Bowe has had himself a very nice series. That's the first hit for the Phillies. Segura takes a curve for strike three. Go ahead and turn him loose. I don't call the ball. So now this didn't squeeze just a little bit here. I mean those are borderline pitches not guaranteed strikes but Sosa hits a high fly ball left field Alvarez going back still going back in front of the wall. He will make the catch just to the right of three sixty six Sosa gave it a ride. Oh so close for the Phillies. Bregman been hitting high velocity in the playoffs. This time he gets tied up on the inside fastball Sosa Scott throws him out. Wheeler being very deliberate three to his low ball for I say low really more inside. Kyle Tucker draws the walk. He's the first Astros base runner of the game Vasquez on the ground a short Sosa over to his right has it a little bubble gets the out of second Segura the arm strength to turn the double play. Now Sosa had just a tiny bit of a hard time getting that ball out of his glove and it didn't matter the pitch from Valdez Schwerber takes strike three called Manny frozen with three straight fastballs after falling behind two oh you almost get the feeling that Schwerber was hunting a breaking ball that at best. Meanwhile he's just been ready to go. Curve strike three. Get locked Hoskins up there to two real Muto strikes out swinging on that curve. That's the first swinging strike three for from Valdez. He strikes out the side Schwerber Hoskins and J.T. real Muto to two Mancini line drive base hit right field. So he does take it the other way and Trey Mancini has got himself a World Series hit Mancini leads away from first not going three to another broken bat it's a comebacker Wheeler does a great job of feeling it got the out of second not in time. Segura's return to first man there was a lot going on the barrel of the bat was flying by Wheeler had to avoid that field the ball spin around he had two infielders converging the one one Aminato softly on the ground toward third going to be a tough play ball scoops it up and throws just in time to get the catcher running Maldonado. This might be a time to try that breaking ball that big sweeper down and away to two went with the fastball and struck him out. Well pitch ninety eight with a lot of down and in movement with the fastball right in under his hands now stands back up long at the top of the bat here three two is strike three called and Castellanos can't believe it. Yeah. Frambois Valdez has had about four or five pitches not go his way but he catches a break on that one right there I think home drives it to right field it's not a strikeout but it is out number three Kyle Tucker for the catch with a chance to clinch Jeremy Peña leads off the bottom of the fourth against Zach Wheeler first pitch swing and another base hit for Jeremy Peña. Trevor hustles over and scoops it up Peña as a board to start the bottom of the fourth man has he been good Alvarez a pop up shallow center Sosa his back one away Wheeler another oh two and he got him with the breaking ball through that curveball for strike three two down Kyle Tucker stands in Tucker had the best at bat the first time through this time though it's going to be a one pitch at bat charging Zagora got him at first that is out number three so Zach Wheeler works around that lead off single by Peña ground ball hard hit but to second Altuve throws out Zagora Bierling swings away 3 1 bounces it to second Altuve throws it out to Sosa goes down swinging man the curveball in the dirt Maldonado puts the tag on for strike three that's about what you're going to get the rest of the night Vasquez chopper over the mound. Zagora has got it. He throws out Christian Vasquez Phillies still only have the one hit Alec Bones single Astros have to Mancini goes down swinging went back to the curve. Talk about a game of inches that ball's a couple of inches higher. He doesn't make that play to McCormick strikes out swinging. What was that I was saying about Wheeler not getting the strikeouts. He just blew away both Mancini and McCormick and he had an 11 pitch inning. We go to the sixth two to four bird drives one to right field Kyle Tucker looking up it is gone. The first run of the night it's another Kyle Schwarzer home run his sixth of the playoffs and it puts the Phillies ahead one nothing. Well it seems like the bigger the stage it started in 2016 when he was wearing a cub uniform this virtually all the season came back for the postseason put the Cubs on his back and he's come up with some big hits for the Phillies and it almost feels like that's impossible. Frambois Valdez in the regular season against left handed hitters gave up one home run. Most lefties aren't that guy Hoskins swings away a little swinging but Bregman charges barehand Bregman got him what a play. I didn't think he had a great chance to make that play. J.T. real Muto to the change up for strike one. Muto to Bregman a little more routine goes off the speedy catcher two down Harper strikes out swinging curve ball got him ninth strikeout for Valdez who's just been brilliant tonight and yet one mistake pitch hammered by Kyle Schwarzer who would blink first. It really wasn't even a blink. It was just a blast. Don't have to give him up in a hurry. I would imagine it's Alvarado for that exact scenario. Now Maldonado gets hit and J.T. real Muto is arguing Maldonado. He leaned in to those calls in this World Series. Rob Thompson may also be arguing if maybe the ball hit the bat he wants to challenge it didn't hit the bat it definitely hit his elbow guard. I think that's exactly what Rob is arguing. And I know that that is reviewable part here with Maldonado Dave right as his ball was starting to get closer to me almost back away from it. We lose two to a ground ball one to second once a year and not it just wasn't hit hard enough. He was way closer to the plate this time up and he got hit Pena up the middle. Pena's got another base hit to base sprints around second heading for third. The throw is going to go to second. And Jeremy Pena has pushed the tying run to third here in the sixth inning with another hit. What do your point that fielder's choice being able to get Maldonado the lead runner out what a job by Zach Wheeler Phillies needed him to come up big and he has a performance by Zach Wheeler but in a do or die game even with the pitch count at seventy one Rob Thompson's feeling like he has to get his best match up here against Jordan Alvarez. And so the Phillies are going to the bullpen. He's been so good the month of October they need him to be good one more time to one. Perez to deep center field feeling all the monstrous home run from your down Astros ahead three to one Schwerber hit the homerun in the top of his sixth inning Jordan Alvarez a three run shot here in the bottom half Ness Bregman draws the walk and this one in the dirt kicks away from real Muto Alvarado is just coming apart now pitch moves Bregman into scoring position. Tucker strikes out swinging Sergio Anthony Dominguez now takes over the lead is gone it's three to one Astros Jose Alvarado gives up the three run homer plus a walk in a wild pitch that would pull him into the base hit Bregman coming around third Schwerber drops the ball. The score Christian Vasquez the designated hitter to makes it four to one Astros a base hit by Vasquez to drive in Bregman up the middle on the ground. Segura's got it on the backhand across the body throw and a great pick by Hoskins for round number three. But the Astros down one nothing off the mat. Jordan Alvarez with one of the great swings in the history of this franchise massive monstrous home run that put the Phillies behind three to one and then the Astros added another one after that Castellanos waiting for the one to pitch. He pops it up by second Altuve going back. He wants it to go with one for two. One of two Phillies hits Boehm strikes out swinging to got it. He threw the splitter and Hector Neri's against his old team. All the emotion pouring out the Astros are six outs away from a World Series championship. They could taste the World Series title now. Zach Eflin takes over for the tenth time in these playoffs about your bullpen usage. You've got a guy in Wheeler that was throwing the ball so well Eflin strikes out McCormick not that I was not quite as close to the plate in this. Funny how that works in this plate appearance he flies one to left move to down to two pulled into left field Altuve is going to get himself a hit. He had decided to stop and then Schwarzer dropped the ball hurt himself for what I was sure he was going to go for second. I guess he's all right. Oh two got him with the curve ball. So not this time for Jeremy Pena. He goes down swinging and now they give the ball to a guy who has just turned into the ultimate weapon in their bullpen. Look at those playoff numbers about that. He Ray he doesn't have one. They could get on base. Bryson Stock lines one to third and it's caught by Bregman who was playing in I bounce to go. Yeah a couple of things that show up every day with the Astros the bullpen and their defense Bregman has had a terrific series not only with the bat with the glove Mars to the right center field. Big part of the ball park the one to Schwarzer goes to but with two strikes he pops it up and it's strike three. And the Phillies are retired in the eighth inning and during this bottom of the eighth inning Ryan Presley is going to start to get ready in the Astros pen David Robertson's had a nice postseason for the most part for the Phillies. Her ball struck out Alvarez. Yeah that's the car he struck him out three times in his world series on that same pitch. Bregman pulls that one into left field so Alex Bregman gets himself a one out hit. Borders throw to second the time he is safe. See he goes in head first. Segura places that tag. Did he get the finger before any other part of the hand got to the base. Maybe I think he did by like a fraction of an inch. I think Bregman's out. And maybe the leader of this whole Astros team Alex Bregman. Yeah he's had a great postseason. For a pop up left center. Schwarzer makes a call and the catch. So here we go. Three outs of life left in the season for the Philadelphia Phillies three outs away from a championship for the Houston Astros on to the ninth here in Houston. Here the Astros are three outs away from their franchise's second world championship. Hoskins a fly ball shallow right. Kyle Tucker two outs to go. That's the first here in the ninth. Muto line drive center field and that's going to get down base hit. Those two at least get the tying run to the plate here in the ninth inning. He swings at the first pitch and pops it up. Jordan Alvarez waiting for it to come down. Number two and the Astros are one out away. Muto runs Castellanos is it playable Tucker coming in Kyle Tucker is going to get there make the catch the Houston Astros are the twenty twenty two World Series champions field celebrating in the dugout. One guy who's getting all the hugs. There he is at that see there in that dugout in Dusty week trustee Dusty Baker the second World Series title in Astros history one that for all these players coaches front office members they feel is a validating championship and the magical run for the Phillies has come to an end. There is a lot of people around the Astros feel that by winning this World Series and help vindicate the World Series Championship of 2017 with all the controversy with the trash and the backhand gate. A.J. Hinch losing his job Jeffrey Luneau losing his job as the general manager. They were the best team in the American League and they proved they they're the best team in baseball in twenty twenty two and that man Dusty Baker all those wins two thousand and ninety three of them nine division championships three pennant wins for Dusty and now at long last as a manager a World Series title. We talk a lot about that big swing from Yordan Alvarez but kudos for Amber Valdez was brilliant himself six innings of one run baseball two walks nine strikeouts went toe to toe he and Zach Wheeler put on a pitching display for six innings for most of these players they were not here in 2017 only five holdovers from that championship team to this one the Astros celebrate and I hope that Dusty celebrates forever and ever look at that Justin Verlander you know there's a call we had a chance to meet with Dusty the managers meeting this afternoon Dave around four fifteen and there was just a calm over Dusty a little bit more business like than he had been through the first five games usually when we walk in we sit down he's ready to crack some jokes but he was a little bit more serious this afternoon 106 regular season wins for Dusty's team and now a World Series title and he was not he's been a part of a lot of great teams but he was not on the twenty seventeen champion team Dusty wanted to finish it off by writing down the final out got to take care of every last detail yeah hopefully dusty that toothpick didn't swallow that toothpick getting pounded on there.