(Photo: David J. Phillip, Associated Press)
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.
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.
Adam Eaton and Soto hit solo homers off Justin Verlander in the fifth, Anthony Rendon also went deep and drove in five runs, and the Nationals beat the Astros, 7-2, Tuesday night to tie the Series at three games apiece.