Touched up by the Astros for six runs in a Game 2 start, the 27-year-old southpaw rebounded in dramatic fashion for Game 6, scattering four hits over six innings, striking out six Astros, and walking none while failing to allow a single run. Two frames later, shortstop Dansby Swanson followed with a 2-run shot of his own, staking Fried to a comfortable five-run cushion that he'd never relinquish. Paced by three home runs, and backed by six shutout innings from starter Max Fried, the Braves defeat the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6, in the process capturing the crown that had eluded them since 1995.ĭesignated hitter Jorge Soler, acquired from the Kansas City Royals on July 30, started the scoring off with a bang in the 3rd, launching a towering, 446-foot 3-run homer over the train tracks in left field.
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(Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)įor only the second time since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966, the Braves are World Series champions. Soler is the fourth Brave to have three home runs in a single World Series, joining Hank Aaron (1957), Lonnie Smith (1991) and Ryan Klesko (1995).ĭansby Swanson, left, and Ozzie Albies, right, of the Braves celebrate the team's victory against the Astros in Game 6 to win the 2021 World Series. While Statcast measured that the distance of Soler’s homer was 446 feet, his moonshot sailed out of the ballpark, reminding baseball fans of when Albert Pujols launched a similar-looking home run off Astros closer Brad Lidge in the 2005 National League Championship Series in the same stadium. Soler turned heads when he blasted a three-run home run in the top of the third inning of the decisive Game 6 off Astros starter Luis Garcia to give the Braves the lead. His first home run of the series came in the first at-bat of Game 1 - the first time that a player has ever led off a World Series Game 1 with a homer. Soler delivered three go-ahead home runs for his team during the World Series. Marlins pitcher Livan Hernandez won the award in 1997. Soler becomes just the second Cuban to win the World Series MVP. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)Ītlanta Braves Jorge Soler was named the MVP of the World Series. Jorge Soler of the Braves is named the MVP following the team's victory against the Astros in Game 6 to win the 2021 World Series on November 2 in Houston.
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