HOUSTON – It's been one year.
It has been one full year since the Astros won the 2017 World Series in Los Angeles over the Dodgers.
One year since the city of Houston was on top of the baseball world.
Even though the team wasn't able to repeat as champions this year, the memories from the magical 2017 season will always be close to the hearts of die-hard 'Stros fans.
On Nov. 1, 2017, the Houston Astros were in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers in a winner-take-all Game 7.
Lance McCullers Jr. started the game for Houston and Yu Darvish started for the Dodgers. McCullers pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless ball, although it came with a few scares. He allowed three hits and also hit four batters. That's seven base runners and seven outs. McCullers also helped his own cause with an RBI groundout in the second inning.
The Astros did all their damage in the first two frames, tacking on 5 runs and putting the Dodgers on the ropes.
Darvish was pulled in the second in favor of Brandon Morrow, who struck out Alex Bregman to end the inning.
After McCullers gave up a single and hit his fourth batter of the game, Brad Peacock cleaned up the mess and got out of the third unscathed. Peacock pitched a perfect fourth inning and into the fifth, helping to bridge the gap to the Astros' secret weapon, CFM.
From there, Charlie Morton put the world on notice and let them know the Astros were bringing home a championship to Houston.
For the city.
The city that had just endured one of the worst natural disasters in recent history. The city that banded together to help each other out of the water. The city that the team represented with a Houston Strong patch on their jersey. The city of Houston would be celebrating its first World Series win, thanks to the sheer determination of the Houston Astros.
Morton entered in the bottom of the sixth inning. He promptly gave up a single to the first batter he faced and walked the second. He got a pop fly and then Andre Ethier singled to put the Dodgers on the board, although they still trailed 5-1. After the Ethier single, Morton took over the game.
Strikeout, groundout, pop fly, strikeout, groundout, strikeout, flyout, line out, strikeout, groundout, groundout.
Game over.
Eleven straight outs and the Astros celebrated at Dodger Stadium.