returns on the bases in the fifth, houston doubles the lead and scherzer is pulled before the sixth the astros starter greinke showed no signs of slowing until the seventh inning where he allows the game six hero anthony rendon to put washington on the board with the solo homerun and after walking the nextft batter, greinke exit the game. will harris who is usually reliable immediately gives up a two-run shot. and thattw puts the nationals u for good. one solo as an rbi single in the eighth. then a two-run single in the ninth with the nationals have a 6-2 victory in game seven and they are crowned the champions. and with two wins under his belt in this series, washington pitcher steven strasburg earns theen honors for mvp. you know the real reason i didn t stay up to watch the
about the nationals, they live to fight another day forcing a decisive game 7 in the world series. the gnats beating of astro 7-1 in houston. jillian joins us from minute maid park. a champion will be crowned for sure. reporter: julie: you have us yet? she doesn t have us yet but we do know reporter: i m just going to jump in and get to it. i apologize if i cut you off. this is the first time a world series is gone 6 games where the home team has lost all 6 games. it is sitting records at this point. let s go to highlights. the solo home run made it to-1 houston carries the back to first base, apologized after the
fact, people were angry about that. adam eaton blasts to right field tied up at two, top of the seventh, a home run to leftfield put the gnats up 5-2. got to tell you a highlight for the night, stephen strasburg going 81/3 innings to six straight. it was a huge night, a big comeback for the nationals, something they need after losing all three games at home. fans on both sides, we saw nationals fans, looking forward to game 7. we are the astros. if any squad can do it, bring home the pennant. game 7 all day. taking it back. reporter: astros fans think
happened before. to the highlights, let s show you what happened last night s game. the bottom of the first, alex redman s solo home run makes it to-1 houston and he ends up tearing the bat to first base. he later apologized. to right field, this one right here will tie it up. it is a tied game. got a little interesting. some drama dave martinez ejected over a controversial call for interference at first base, things got heated but a couple second later, anthony comes to the plate, blast the home run to left, puts the gnats up 5-2 and there was no looking back at that point. dominant on the mound going 8-1/3 innings. a huge game for the nationals, they come back to those lunches. out of the games in washington a man named jeff adams known as
civil rights champion who served mitch again and people for decades, died of natural causes in detroit, he was 90. now we will switch gears completely, houston astros one win away from second world series title, jillian mele outside in washington, d.c. with reaction from the disappointed hometown crowd, you can definite i will say disappointed, jillian? jillian: a lot of people were out of the game in eighth inning, some people say, look, we still have more games to go, let s show you what went down last night. álvarez, 2-hundred home run put astros up nothing, carlos pereria, juan soto, solo home run, only time that the nationals would get on the