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The Atlanta Braves are World Series champions!
First baseman Freddie Freeman hit a RBI in the fifth inning, taking the Braves' lead up to 6-0. The score stayed there until the seventh inning, when Freeman hit a home run to bump up the score once again.
The game ended 7-0 Braves, with six of their seven runs from home runs.
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Before Tuesday night’s game, the Braves were leading the Series 3-2 after their at-home loss on Sunday. The Astros won Game 5 with a score of 9-5. The Game 6 win secures the Braves' fourth World Series title and their first win since 1995. They last appeared in the World Series in 1999.
After kicking off the first inning of Game 5 with a Grand Slam, the Braves remained in the lead for most of the first half of the game. But in the fifth inning, the Astros pulled ahead, bringing in three runs to make the score 7-4. The franchise was victorious with another run each in the seventh and eighth innings.
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An investigation from late 2019 through 2020 determined then-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch, who have both since been fired, were accountable. The team was fined the maximum $5 million in penalties.
The Braves, who finished the regular season with 88 wins, became the fourth team to advance to the World Series after having a losing record at the All-Star break, according toESPN. The last time the team did so was in 1991.
It was the seventh time since 1995 that a team with the fewest wins reached the World Series.
source: people.com
