This World Series opened up with most spectators conflicted on who should be the favorite to win it all — the Astros were in some perspectives the slight favorite, but Atlanta has proven throughout this postseason that they’re up to the challenge of taking on favored opponents. Thus far we’ve gotten results that back up the divide: Atlanta swiped home field advantage away with a Game 1 victory in spite of losing Charlie Morton to injury early in the outing, and then Houston answered back with a relatively comfortable win of their own.
The Morton injury has been the biggest impact on the series to date, as his postseason is over with a fractured right fibula.