George Springer won the MVP award. Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
The entire World Series changed when George Springer got hot. And he stayed hot long enough to win MVP of the Series.
In Game 7, Springer went 2-for-5 with a home run and two big RBIs as the Astros won 5-1. He tied for the most HRs in World Series history with five. He hit homers in four straight games to end the Series. He set a record for most total bases in the Series. He hit .379 with five homers and seven RBIs.
Springer’s huge series followed a breakout regular season, where he hit .283 with 34 homers -- nine leadoff homers -- and 85 RBIs. He tailed off in the second half, and did not do much for the Astros in the ALCS victory over the Yankees, hitting just .115.
The World Series did not start off well, as Springer was 0 for 4 with four strikeouts. But after that, he was on fire. In Game 2, he went 3 for 5 with a key 11th-inning HR. He stayed hot from there, and was at his best in Game 7.
One of the Astros core young stars, Springer came up huge when he was needed most. And the Astros are champions because of it.
And Springer is the MVP.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.