Game 1 pitched seven innings with 11
strikeouts in winning Game 1. The temperature at the start of the game was , which made this the hottest World Series game ever recorded.
Clayton Kershaw started Game 1 for the Dodgers, while
Dallas Keuchel started for the Astros.
Chris Taylor hit a home run for the Dodgers on Keuchel's first pitch of the game. It was the third home run to lead off a game in Dodgers postseason history (following
Davey Lopes in
1978 World Series and
Carl Crawford in
2013 NLDS).
Alex Bregman hit a tying home run for the Astros in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning,
Justin Turner hit a go-ahead two-run home run for the Dodgers. Turner tied
Duke Snider for most career
runs batted in (RBIs) in Dodgers postseason history with 26. Kershaw
struck out 11 in seven
innings pitched with no walks and only three hits allowed while Keuchel allowed three runs on six hits in innings.
Brandon Morrow pitched a scoreless eighth and
Kenley Jansen earned the
save. The two-hour, 28-minute game was the shortest World Series contest since Game 4 in .
Game 2 drove in the game-winning run in Game 2. The starting pitchers for Game 2 were
Rich Hill for the Dodgers and
Justin Verlander for the Astros. The Astros scored first when Bregman drove in
Josh Reddick with a hit in the third inning. Hill struck out seven in four innings but was replaced by
Kenta Maeda in the fifth.
Joc Pederson tied the game with a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the Dodgers took the lead when
Corey Seager hit a two-run home run after Taylor walked in the bottom of the sixth inning. Verlander allowed two hits, both home runs, in his six innings pitched. In the top of the eighth, Bregman hit a ground-rule double just off of Dodger right fielder
Yasiel Puig’s glove (Puig threw his glove down in anger over just missing the catch), and
Carlos Correa drove in the Astros' second run of the game on a single. This ended the Dodgers bullpen's streak of 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason.
Marwin González hit a home run off Jansen in the ninth to tie the game. The game went into
extra innings.
Jose Altuve and Correa hit back-to-back home runs off
Josh Fields in the tenth inning to put the Astros in the lead.
Yuli Gurriel doubled after the home run, but Fields was replaced by
Tony Cingrani and Gurriel was stranded. In the bottom of the inning,
Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run off of
Ken Giles and
Enrique Hernández drove in
Logan Forsythe, who had walked and advanced on a wild pitch, to tie the game, with the latter being the Dodgers' first run that was not driven in by a home run. In the next inning, pinch-hitter
Cameron Maybin singled and stole second.
George Springer hit a two-run home run for the Astros off of
Brandon McCarthy to retake the lead. In the bottom of the 11th inning,
Charlie Culberson homered off of
Chris Devenski, who later struck out Puig to end the game. This was the first ever World Series game in which a team hit home runs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh inning. The teams set a new record for combined home runs in a single World Series game with eight and this was the first time in MLB history, regular season or postseason, that five home runs were hit in extra innings. The Astros won their first World Series game in franchise history as they had been swept in their previous appearance in
2005.
Game 3 earned the win in Game 3. The starting pitchers for Game 3 were
Yu Darvish for the Dodgers and
Lance McCullers Jr. for the Astros. The Astros scored four of their five runs in the bottom of the second inning.
Yuli Gurriel led off with a home run.
Josh Reddick followed with a double and
Evan Gattis walked. González and
Brian McCann then hit back-to-back RBI singles and Bregman hit a sacrifice fly for the final run. The Dodgers scored one run in the top of the third inning as Seager grounded into a double play after McCullers loaded the bases with three consecutive walks. The Astros added another run in the fifth off Dodger reliever
Tony Watson when Reddick singled and scored on an RBI single by
Evan Gattis, aided by a throwing error by Watson. The Dodgers scored two in the sixth to cut the lead to two on an RBI groundout by Puig and a
wild pitch. McCullers wound up pitching 5 innings and allowed three runs on four hits to earn the win.
Brad Peacock replaced McCullers, completing the final innings with no hits allowed and four strikeouts to earn his first major league save. It was the longest hitless World Series relief outing since
Ron Taylor's four innings in Game 4 of the
1964 Series, and tied
Ken Clay for the longest hitless postseason save, first accomplished in the
1978 ALCS. Gurriel made a racially insensitive gesture in the
dugout after his home run. He stretched the sides of his eyes and mouthing the Spanish word
chinito, which translates to "little Chinese Boy"; Darvish is from Japan. Gurriel apologized, and said that anyone from Asia is called a
chino in Cuba, although he acknowledged knowing that the term was offensive in Japan from having played there. As a result,
Rob Manfred, the
Commissioner of Baseball, suspended Gurriel for the first five games of the
2018 MLB season without pay, but allowed him to continue playing in the World Series.
Game 4 hit a three-run home run in Game 4. The starting pitchers for Game 4 were
Alex Wood for the Dodgers and
Charlie Morton for the Astros. Springer homered off Wood in the bottom of the sixth for the first run of the ballgame. It was the only hit Wood allowed in innings pitched in the game. The Dodgers tied it in the bottom of the seventh when
Cody Bellinger doubled with one out off Morton and
Logan Forsythe singled off reliever Will Harris to score Bellinger. Morton struck out seven and only allowed three hits and one run in 6 innings. The game stayed tied until the Astro bullpen fell apart in the top of the ninth.
Ken Giles allowed a single to Seager and hit
Justin Turner with a pitch. Bellinger then drove in the go-ahead run with a double.
Joe Musgrove relieved Giles and intentionally walked Forsythe to load the bases and allowed a sacrifice fly to
Austin Barnes and a three-run homer to Joc Pederson. Alex Bregman hit a home run off of
Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the ninth inning to cut the lead to four, but the Dodgers won the game to even up the series. The Astros had two hits in the game; both were home runs. This was the first game in World Series history where both starting pitchers allowed four or fewer baserunners. After Game 4, both teams'
pitching coaches,
Rick Honeycutt for the Dodgers and
Brent Strom for the Astros, commented on how the baseball being used for the World Series is slicker than the baseball used during the regular season. Pitchers on both teams noted that this difference has made it more difficult for them to throw their
sliders. Two years after this game,
when MLB sanctioned the Astros for sign stealing during the 2017 season, Alex Wood said he and catcher Austin Barnes changed signs every ten pitches because the Dodgers had suspected the Astros of sign stealing. Wood also stated that the team tried to get
Clayton Kershaw, Game 5 starter, to follow the same method, but Kershaw did not think it was necessary and did not want to disrupt his routine.
Game 5 drove in the game-winning run in Game 5. 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 to put the Dodgers up. Keuchel pitched innings for the Astros, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned). 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
Kenta Maeda to tie it back up. Kershaw pitched innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks. Astros pitcher
Joe Musgrove pitched a scoreless top of the tenth inning before the Astros ended the game in the bottom half. McCann was
hit by a pitch by Jansen to put him on base with two outs. Subsequently, Springer walked on five pitches to move McCann to second base. McCann was then replaced by
pinch runner
Derek Fisher. On the next pitch, Bregman hit a walk-off single, scoring Fisher with the winning run. The Astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a World Series game, the other was the
Toronto Blue Jays in the 15–14 win during
Game 4 of the
1993 World Series. The six game-tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record. This World Series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the World Series). Game 5 lasted five hours and seventeen minutes, making it the third-longest World Series game in history by time.
Game 6 recorded a two-inning
save in Game 6. Game 6 featured the same starting pitchers as the second game: Verlander and Hill. Springer hit a home run off of Hill in the top of the third for the first run of the night. It was Springer's fourth homer of the series, tied for third all-time in a single series and joining
Gene Tenace, in
1972, as the only players with four game-tying or go-ahead home runs in a World Series. Springer also joined
Hank Bauer in the
1958 World Series and
Barry Bonds in the
2002 World Series with four home runs in a series. The Astros loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but did not score. Hill pitched innings, struck out five and allowed four hits and one run. Verlander pitched six innings with nine strikeouts and only three hits allowed. Pederson hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and Jansen pitched two scoreless innings for the save, forcing a winner-take-all game seven. Dodger reliver Tony Watson earned the win, and Joc Pederson tied a World Series record with his fifth consecutive game with an extra base hit.
Andre Ethier, who appeared in the game as a pinch hitter, set a new Dodgers franchise record with his 50th career postseason game.
Game 7 hit his fifth home run in Game 7, tying the World Series record. This was the first World Series Game 7 to be played at
Dodger Stadium (and the first Game 7 of any postseason series at the stadium since the
1988 NLCS, and the Dodgers' first World Series Game 7 since
1965 against the Minnesota Twins). It was also the first time since the
1931 World Series that a Game 7 occurred in a Series with both teams having won at least 100 games during the season. Besides, this was the first time since the
2001 World Series and
2002 World Series that back-to-back Fall Classics had a Game 7. The starting pitchers for this game were the same as in the third game: McCullers and Darvish. Springer doubled to open the game and scored the first run on an error by Bellinger, which allowed Bregman to reach second base. Bregman stole third base and scored on an Altuve groundout. In the second, McCann walked and Marwin Gonzalez doubled to put men on second and third. A groundout by Astros pitcher McCullers scored McCann and advanced Gonzalez to third. Springer then hit a two-run home run, his fifth of the series, tying
Reggie Jackson and
Chase Utley for most home runs in a single World Series and setting a new record with 29 total bases in any postseason series. Darvish was pulled after the home run, and as in Game 3, Darvish lasted only innings (tying the shortest outing of his career) and became the third pitcher with two starts of less than two innings in a World Series, and the first since
Art Ditmar in the World Series. Brandon Morrow relieved Darvish and escaped the inning. In the process, Morrow became only the second pitcher to pitch in all seven games of a single World Series, joining the Athletics'
Darold Knowles in the World Series. McCullers lasted only 2 innings himself but did not allow run; he allowed three hits and hit a World Series record four batters. This was the first Game 7 in World Series history where neither starting pitcher got past the third inning.
Andre Ethier hit a pinch-hit RBI single that scored Pederson in the sixth inning for the Dodgers' only run. They only had one hit in 13 chances with runners in scoring position in the game. Kershaw pitched four scoreless innings of relief in the game, and in the process, he broke
Orel Hershiser's Dodgers postseason record with his 33rd strikeout. Morton pitched four innings of relief to earn the win, as
Corey Seager grounded out to
Jose Altuve, who threw to
Yuli Gurriel to end the game, with the Astros winning their first championship in franchise history, and ending their 56-year drought. More than a month later, a
Sports Illustrated article revealed that the Astros had figured out how Darvish was tipping his pitches: "Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the catcher. Whether he re-grips or not as he brings the ball into his glove was the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball." This unnamed Astros player said the Astros had known about this going into Game 3 which they also won, but that they had an even better game plan for Game 7. After this revelation, 14-year veteran
Chase Utley watched the film and later reported to Dodgers president of baseball operations
Andrew Friedman that Darvish was not giving off any pitch-tipping cues.
Composite line score 2017 World Series
(4–3):
Houston Astros (AL) beat
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL). ==Broadcasting==