With another win each and every, the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies will meet within the World Series for the second one directly season. It will be the first World Series rematch for the reason that Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978. The Astros have a 3-2 lead over the Texas Rangers within the Championship Series. The Phillies are up 3-2 at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In the development the Astros and Phillies once more win the pennant, the World Series would start Friday, Oct. 27, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Yes, the Phillies, a wild-card staff, would host the World Series in opposition to the AL West-winning Astros. Houston used to be the No. 2 seed and had a Wild Card Series bye within the AL. The Phillies have been a wild-card staff and the No. 4 seed within the NL.
Don’t get mad at me, Astros enthusiasts, I’m simply the messenger. You can blame MLB’s tiebreaker regulations. The Astros and Phillies completed with similar 90-72 data, and the Phillies went to the Minute Maid Park and gained two of 3 in April. They gained the season collection and thus have the tiebreaker, and get home-field benefit within the World Series. Here is that April collection:
The Phillies gained that April 29 sport and clinched the season collection and tiebreaker over the Astros thank you to 6 terrific innings from Zack Wheeler, and residential runs by means of Nick Castellanos and Kody Clemens. Yep, Kody Clemens, who isn’t at the postseason roster. His two-run homer in opposition to Phil Maton broke the sport open within the 6th inning.
Regardless of report, wild-card groups can not have home-field benefit in opposition to a department winner within the Wild Card Series, Division Series, or Championship Series. A wild-card staff will have home-field benefit over a department winner within the World Series despite the fact that. That quirky little rule may come into play within the tournament we get an Astros vs. Phillies World Series rematch.
Of direction, the Championship Series aren’t over but. The D-backs and Rangers are totally in a position to successful two directly video games (each have previous this spherical) to damage the Astros vs. Phillies rematch. And, if they do, Texas would have house box benefit over the D-backs as a result of that they had the simpler common season report. No tiebreaker situation to fret about there.