It's crazy to think that if it wasn't for the MLB lockout, the memory of these two teams playing each other would be distant - six months distant.
Thursday, October 27, 2022 1:58AMMajor League Baseball has set a 7:03 p.m. CT first pitch for all seven scheduled games of the 2022 World Series between the Astros and the Phillies.It's crazy to think that if it wasn't for the MLB lockout, the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies facing off with each other during this past regular season would be a distant memory - a six-month-old memory to be exact.
Here come the fun facts between two teams who finished the regular season against each other and will finish the MLB season entirely when one of them wins four games.Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber celebrates with teammates after the Phillies won a baseball game against the Houston Astros to clinch a wild-card playoff spot, Oct. 3, 2022.If the same two teams had the 2021 playoff formatting, the Astros would definitely be in while the Phillies would be one spot short of the postseason.
The berth into the playoffs is their first in 11 years. This World Series is their first in 13 years. It remains to be seen if they'll win their first World Series in 14 years.Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, top, throws to first for a double play as Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper slides on Oct. 3, 2022, in Houston.Both teams are on fire heading into the Fall Classic, but both can claim each other as their last point of futility.
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