The 2021 World Series was the championship game of the 2021 season of Major League Baseball. The 117th World Series pitted the National League champion Atlanta Braves against the American League champion Houston Astros in a best-of-seven series. The series premiered on October 26 and ended on November 2. The Braves won the series by a score of four games to two. It was the franchise’s fourth World Series title, their first since 1995, and their second in Atlanta. After winning the NL East division, the Braves advanced to the World Series. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Division Series and the Los Angeles in the National League Championship Series.
About 2021 World Series:
After winning the AL West, the Astros advanced to the World Series. Houston then won the AL Division Series against the Chicago White Sox and the AL Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox. The Astros had the home-field advantage because they had a better regular-season record than the Braves. The first two games were split at Houston’s Minute Maid Park, and the Braves won Games 3 and 4 at Atlanta’s Trust Park. The Astros won Game 5 to send the series back to Houston. The Braves won the World Series in Game 6. After batting.300 in the series and hitting home runs in three of the Braves’ victories, Jorge Soler was named World Series Most Valuable Player.
Atlanta Braves of 2021 World Series:
Brian Snitker, who joined the Atlanta Braves in 1977 and became manager in 2016, managed the team. The Braves advanced to the postseason after winning the National League East for the fourth consecutive year. They went four months with a winning percentage of.500 or lower before finally breaking through on August 6, the point in a season that the league champion had a winning record. The third-seeded Braves defeated Milwaukee in four games in the best-of-five National League Division Series. The Braves won the best-of-seven National League Championship Series in six games over the defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers. After hitting, left fielder Eddie Rosario was named NLCS MVP.
Houston Braves of 2021 World Series:
The Houston Astros qualified for the postseason as the American League division winner under second-year Dusty Baker, having won the division for the fourth time in five seasons. The Astros defeated the Chicago White in four games in the best-of-five American League Division Series. The Astros defeated the Boston Red Sox in six games in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series (ALCS), with designated hitter Yordan lvarez named ALCS MVP after going 12-for-23 in the series. Lance McCullers Jr., who missed the ALCS due to a forearm strain, was left off Houston’s World Series roster due to that harm.
Streaming details of the 2021 World Series:
For the 22nd year in a row, Fox broadcast the World Series in the United States. Joe Buck handled play-by-play duties, with Hall of Famer and former Braves pitcher John Smoltz serving as color analyst and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci serving as field reporters. The pregame and postgame shows were hosted by Kevin Burkhardt, who was joined by analysts Frank Thomas, David Ortiz, and Dontrelle Willis. This would be Joe Buck’s final World Series for Fox, as he will leave the network for ESPN in March 2022. Buck had appeared in every World Series broadcast by Fox since the network began covering Major League Baseball in 1996. MLB International distributed the series to broadcasters in countries other than the United States.
The 2021 match of the World Series:
The 2021 Major League season started on April 1 and concluded on October 3. On October 5, the postseason began. The World Series started on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second championship since moving to Atlanta. Cross-border travel restrictions caused by the pandemic forced the Toronto Blue Jays to open their home schedule in the United States for the second year in a row, with stints in Dunedin, Florida, and Buffalo, New York. The Canadian government later granted an exemption, allowing the Blue Jays to return to Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on July 30.
Max Fried began for Atlanta, while José Urquidi began for Houston. José Altuve doubled in the bottom of the first inning, advanced to third on a flyout by Michael, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Alex, giving Houston a 1-0 lead. The Astros hit three consecutive one-out singles in the bottom of the second. Martn Maldonado drove in another run with a base hit to the outfield with runners on first and second. Braves left fielder Eddie Rosario attempted to throw out José Siri, who had advanced from first to third base, but no Braves player was on the ground, resulting in an error and Siri scoring.
