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WASHINGTON — Baseball has had a long, agonizing history in the nation’s capital, but after 86 years, Washington will finally host a World Series again.
The Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, on Tuesday to complete a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series and clinch the first pennant by a team from Washington since the Senators did it in 1933.
The Nationals, formerly known as the Montreal Expos, also became the 31st of the current 32 franchises in Major League Baseball to reach the World Series. The Seattle Mariners are the only other team that has never played in the Fall Classic.