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How will this year’s World Series play out? Using the Dynasty League Baseball online simulation, USA TODAY Sports‘ Steve Gardner and DLB designer Mike Cieslinski will pre-play each game to provide some insight into the key matchups and strategy fans can expect to see in the Fall Classic.
Sim Series Game 2: Pressly slams the door in Houston
In another tense, close game, the Philadelphia Phillies‘ hopes for a comeback victory died at the warning track as the Houston Astros held on for a 6-5 victory in Game 2 of USA TODAY Sports‘ annual Siulated World Series.
Houston jumped out to a 5-1 lead against Phillies starter Zack Wheeler (0-1) on an RBI single by Alex Bregman, a two-run homer by Chas McCormick and a two-run double by Yordan Alvarez.
Philadelphia came back with three runs in the fifth, all of them with two outs, to cut the deficit to one run. But they could get no closer as several potential game-changing deep drives landed in the gloves of Houston outfielders just short of the wall.
BOX SCORE: Astros 6, Phillies 5
FULL PLAY-BY-PLAY: McCormick, Alvarez lift Astros with key hitsHow it happened
After Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins narrowly missed a home run in the top of the first inning, the Astros took the early lead in the bottom of the frame when Bregman’s two-out double scored Jose Altuve from first base.
Houston padded its lead in the second when Chas McCormick hit a Wheeler fastball to deep left-center and above the yellow line on the archway for a two-run homer.
