the last time the astros went to the world series was 2012.
when is the last time the astros went to the world series?
2012
kershaw and keuchel started game 5, in a rematch of the opening game of the series. forsythe singled in two runs off of keuchel in the first inning to put the dodgers up early. a third run scored on a throwing error by gurriel. barnes singled in the fourth to score forsythe. keuchel pitched only 3 innings for the astros, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned). this was his shortest home start of the season. the astros scored their first run with an rbi double by correa in the bottom of the fourth inning, followed by a three-run home run by gurriel to tie the game. bellinger hit a three-run home run off of collin mchugh in the top of the fifth to put the dodgers back on top only for altuve to hit his own three-run home run in the bottom of the inning off maeda to tie it back up. kershaw only pitched 4 innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks. a triple by bellinger on a line drive that springer missed on a dive in the seventh inning off of peacock scored hernández from first base. in the bottom of the seventh inning, springer hit a home run off the first pitch in the bottom of the inning off of morrow, who was pitching for the third consecutive day, to tie the game. bregman scored on a double by altuve to put the astros ahead for the first time in the game, and then correa hit a two-run home run to extend the lead. seager doubled in a run in the top of the eighth inning, but mccann hit a home run in the bottom of the inning. that was the 21st home run of the series, tying the record set in the 2002 world series. puig broke the record with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning. taylor drove in barnes to tie the game. with the teams combining to score 24 runs through the first nine innings, this was the highest scoring world series game since the florida marlins beat the cleveland indians 14–11 in game 3 of the 1997 world series. bregman singled in pinch runner derek fisher for the winning run in the tenth off of jansen. the astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a world series game. the other were the toronto blue jays in the 15–14 win during game 4 of the 1993 world series. this world series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the world series). the 2017 world series also set a record for the number of players who hit at least one home run game 5 lasted five hours and seventeen minutes, making it the second longest world series game in history, trailing only the 14 inning contest between the astros and the chicago white sox in game 3 of the 2005 world series and the six game tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any world series on record.
2017 los angeles dodgers season
the astros went to dodger stadium to play the los angeles dodgers, losing the first game 6–2. bud norris would get hit with six earned runs in the next game, as the astros lost 7–3 to conclude the short two-game series, with the astros getting swept for the second consecutive series. the astros came back home to face the colorado rockies for another two-game series, and won the first game 7–3, with a 4-run 8th involving a jeff keppinger 3-run double. in the next game, the astros only got three hits for the second time this month, with ubaldo jiménez starting and going seven innings, as the rockies won 4–0 for the series split. the astros kicked off interleague play against the tampa bay rays, winning 2–1 despite a complete game thrown by rays starter matt garza. the rays would win game two of the series 4–2, though, to tie the series at one each. in contrast to the first two games, which were low-scoring, the series finale was a high-scorer, with the rays winning 10–6. the astros went to miller park to play the milwaukee brewers, losing 6–1 against former astro randy wolf. the astros got a great start from oswalt, who pitched eight shutout innings, and won 5–0. the astros lost the series finale 4–3 in 10 innings, with rickie weeks drawing a walk-off walk against matt lindstrom to win the game, after lindstrom gave up the game-tying run in the bottom of the 9th. the astros traveled to great american ball park to face the reds, losing 15–6 against sam lecure, who was making his major league debut. the reds continued to score runs next game, scoring 12 runs as the reds won 12–2. in the next game, paulino did what wandy rodríguez and brian moehler, who started the first two games, failed to do: shut down the reds batters. paulino pitched eight shutout innings but did not get the win as the astros did not score until a berkman 2-rbi double in the top of the 10th, as the astros won 2–0. to finish may, the astros lost 14–4 to the washington nationals back home, with oswalt being ejected in the 3rd inning, though gustavo chacín hit his first career home run for his first career hit. the astros finished may with a 9–20 mark, and a 17–34 mark on the season overall.
2010 houston astros season