Edman and Will Smith homered to send Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.
Two home runs by the Nationals' Kendrick and Rendon in the seventh helped overcome a two-run deficit, to rock the Astros 6-2. Giving them their first World Series title.
On paper and live, the match up between the Astro and Nationals has been exciting. But, viewership on TV has been a snooze for the World Series, says Nielsen.
Gerrit Cole, who dominated baseball most of this season, bouncing back from a Game 1 clunker to pitch the Astros to a 7-1 win Sunday night and a 3-2 lead.
The Nats erupted for 10 runs over their last three at-bats and blasted the Astros 12-3. Kurt Suzuki’s solo homer broke a 2-2 tie off of Houston's Justin Verlander.
Juan Soto's homer hit the train tracks above the left field wall as the Nationals tagged Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros 5-4 in the World Series opener.