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Originally Posted by low
Scherzer not starting is huge. I think whoever wins this game wins the series.
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Agreed with this when it was written (before game 5) and definitely agree with it now that HOU is up 3 games to 2.
That said, the pitching matchups for games 6 and, if necessary, game 7...
Strassburg vs Verlander
Scherzer vs Grenke
... would seem to favor the Nats.
But in order for the Nats to win, this World Series would be - AFAIK - the first in major sports history where a seven game series had the road team winning every game. Other World Series' where HFA meant nearly nothing were in 1906, 1923, and 1996, where the home team won just one of six games.
In the NBA, the 1974 Finals saw each team winning at home just one time in a seven-gamer, and both the 1993 and 2019 NBA Finals were six-gamers with the home team winning just once.
At most, the home team in the 2019 WS will win one game in either a six or seven game series. Or a Nats' win will make seven-game history.