In the 6th round of the Major League Baseball and American League championship series, the Astros defeated the Red Sox to which pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura belongs, and decided to advance to the World Series for the first time in two years with a match record of 4 wins and 2 losses.
Round 6 of the American League championship series took place on the 22nd in Houston, home of the Astros, where the Astros took the lead once with a timely two-base of No. 4 Alvarez.
In the 8th inning, the Astros, who added 1 point to the 6th inning, pushed out the Red Sox with Tucker's three-run.
In the Astros, starting pitcher Garcia kept the opponent's hit line to only 2 hits with 5 pitchers, such as 1 hit in the middle of the 6th inning and a good throw with no runs, and won 5-0 to score 4 wins and 2 losses. , Decided to advance to the 4th World Series for the first time in 2 years.
Red Sox pitcher Sawamura did not participate.