The World Series got underway on Tuesday night down in Houston, and the Atlanta Braves wasted no time at all to announce their presence against the Astros and get this series off with a bang. Jorge Soler led off the game for Atlanta and smashed a leadoff homer to give the Braves the earliest possible 1-0 lead. It was the first time in the 117-year history of the World Series that the top of the first of Game One was started with a homer. The Braves never really looked back from there.
They got a great start from veteran Charlie Morton, though his outing would not last as long as they would have liked.