Houston Astros eliminate Boston Red Sox in six games, return to World Series

by · UPI

Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The Houston Astros shut down the Boston Red Sox and earned a 5-0 win in Friday night's Game 6 of the American League Championship Series to reach the World Series for the second time in the past three years.

The Astros won the final three games of the best-of-seven ALCS to take the series 4-2, preventing the Red Sox from advancing to the Fall Classic for the first time since their championship run in 2018.

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