World Series Predictions

Following a dramatic GameTwo and with the series tied1-1, Houston will take the titleAlex Stewart The Santa Clara October 26, 2017The greatest two words in sports: GameSeven. As the 2017 World Series is underway,fans have an enormous amount to beexcited for. This is a Goliath versus Goliathaffair as both teams have overpoweringstarting pitching, elite hitting and aboveaverage bullpens.In a previous article, I laid out my predictionsfor the MLB postseason, and interms of which teams advanced to whichlevel, I have been one hundred percentcorrect. I don’t plan on ending my streaknow, so here are my down-to-the- very-lastdetailpredictions for the remaining fivegames—and yes, this series will go all seven.Game ThreeFollowing their impressive victory inGame Two, all systems go for the Astrosas they try to build on the Game Two momentum.Lance McCullers Jr. will toe the rubberfor Houston, and his counterpart will be YuDarvish. That 87 mile-per-hour curveball,combined with stellar location of his fastballwill turn in six strong innings of onerun ball against the Dodgers, as the Astroscrowd gets louder with every strike thrown.In terms of offense, the Astros’ power batswill catch fire, and turn in six solid runs.Brad Peacock will finish the job for the Astrosas they take this game six to one tomake the series Astros two, Dodgers one.Game FourAstros fans will call for Charlie Morton’sresignation after this game. The Dodgerswill feed off that 85 mile-per-hour powerslider, as they saw him throw it in Game Sixof the ALCS to help eliminate the Yankees.Corey Seager will make his name knownin this one with a three-run homerun todeep right field off a hanging slider. Afterthat, Chris Taylor will pad the lead with aRBI double.In the end, that will be enough for Dodger’sstarter Alex Wood, as he, Brandon Morrowand Kenley Jansen lock it down to tiethe series two games to two in the serieswith this four to one win.Game FiveThe Astros will turn to Dallas Keuchelto keep their World Series hopes rolling.Astros fans will know that Clayton Kershawlooms in the opposing dugout, though.This game will be very scrappy, as somecontroversial calls, along with clutch hittingfrom Jose Altuve, will give the Astros thetwo to one win.Kershaw will take too much of the blamefor this one in the media as the series headsback to Los Angeles with the Dodgers trailingtwo games to three.Game SixDodgers fans will pour into the stadiumhoping to tie the series up. Justin Verlanderwill have something to say about that.Verlander will look like the Verlanderin Game Two of the ALCS when he wentnine innings with only giving up one run.Astros super utility player Marwin Gonzalezwill drive in scrappy outfielder JoshReddick for the first run of this game.Josh Turner will find the same magic hehad against the Cubs in the NLCS to keepthe Dodger’s hopes alive.He will hit a two-run walkoff home runto tie the series at three games apiece. Itwill all come down to the best two wordsin sports: Game Seven.Game SevenGame Seven will be one for the recordbooks. Both teams will empty their bullpens,as both the Astros Charlie Mortonand Dodgers Yu Darvish will be run out ofthe game early. Both offenses will be on fireand it will seem like no pitcher can buy anout. This game will go into extra inningsand both teams will have to dip into theirstarters for bullpen help.In the top of the tenth, the five-foot-sixJose Altuve will flip a hanging Josh Fieldsslider over the left field fence. With theAstros ahead eight to seven, Dallas Keuchelwill enter the game.He will flirt with a few baserunners onbase, but ultimately become the World SeriesMVP when he secures the Game Sevenwin for the Astros. The greatest experimentin baseball will have pulled off in a big wayas the Astros, who had multiple hundredlossseasons just a few years ago, will raisethe famed World Series trophy for the firsttime in franchise history.Contact Alex Stewart at astewart@scu.eduor call (408) 554-4852.