HOUSTON — Stephen Strasburg took a gem into the ninth inning and Juan Soto ran all the way to first base with his bat following a go-ahead home run, the same way Houston slugger Alex Bregman did earlier.
Washington has matched the Astros pitch for pitch, hit for hit, win for win — even home run celebration for home run celebration.
Strasburg gutted through without his best fastball to throw five-hit ball for 8 1/3 innings, and now it’s onto a winner-take-all Game 7 to decide the first World Series in which the visiting team won the first six games.