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Houston Astros 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0: Combining for history
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A career minor leaguer provided the spark the Astros needed to
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How the Astros Won World Series Game 7, Inning by Inning - The New
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Yuli Gurriel replaced by Korey Lee on Astros' World Series roster
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Yuli Gurriel, J.T. Realmuto among history makers this postseason
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Gurriel 8 RBIs, Cole wins 10th in row, Astros rout Rockies
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The Latest: Soto homers, doubles and Nats win Game 1
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Oops! All Astros: Yuli Gurriel - The Crawfish Boxes
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Anything Can Happen in Baseball, and Most of It Did in Game 5
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Yuli Gurriel comes up BIG, gets Astros on board first with 2-run