Nationals Win Their First World Series With One Last Rally
All season long, the Washington Nationals refused to quit. They climbed back after a 19-31 start to make the postseason, then staved off elimination in both the National League wild card game and in Game 5 of their division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers before pushing the Astros to seven games in the World Series.
And in a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday, that perseverance paid off, as they captured the first World Series title in franchise history by beating the Houston Astros, 6-2.