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George Springer Sets Record By Homering In Fifth Consecutive World Series Game

Houston Chronicle, October 23:

Some facts and figures from Game 1, courtesy of Andrew Simon and Sarah Langs of mlb.com:

Juan Soto is:

the fourth-youngest player in postseason history to homer in the World Series, after Miguel Cabrera, Andruw Jones and Mickey Mantle;

the second-youngest player to homer in his World Series debut, trailing only Jones;

the ninth player in World Series history with at least three hits, a home run and a stolen base in a game (the last player was Moises Alou of the Marlins, in Game 5 of the 1997 World Series);

the ninth player with at least 3 hits and 3 RBIs in his first World Series game (the only one before Soto to do it before his 21st birthday was Jones, who was 19 when he hit two home runs and a single and drove in five runs against the Yankees in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series); and

the youngest player in postseason history to homer and steal a base in the same game.