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The Astros were the best team in baseball this year, posting a major league-high 107 victories during the regular season while wielding the best pitching, offense and defense in baseball. They may have been outplayed by the Washington Nationals in the first two games of the World Series, but the Astros possessed too much talent to be so easily brushed aside.
And after a convincing 8-1 win over the Nationals in Game 4 on Saturday, the Astros have come back from their early deficit to knot up the best-of-seven World Series at two game -apiece.