This year's WORLD SERIES matches 2 high scoring teams.
The HOUSTON ASTROS were the highest scoring team in all of MLB with 896 runs, 5.53/game.
The LOS ANGELES DODGERS were the 12th scoring team with 770 runs, 4.75/game.
That has continued in the POST SEASON, as the DODGERS are 2nd with 6.0/game and the ASTROS are 3rd with 4.0/game.
And the DODGERS have hit 13 HOMERS in 8 games while the ASTROS have 12 HOMERS in 11 games.
As HOF pitcher Greg Maddux famously said, 'Chicks Dig the Long Ball!'
HOUSTON ASTROS
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- 5-2 O/U L7 playoff road games
- 5-1 O/U L6 interleague road games vs. left-hander
- 5-0 O/U L5 road vs. left-hander
- 7-1 O/U L8 vs. left-hander
- 8-3-1 O/U L12 interleague road games
- 13-6 O/U L19 road games
- 15-5-2 O/U L22 following off day
- 4-0-2 O/U Keuchels L6 starts with 5 days of rest
- 4-0 O/U Keuchels L4 interleague starts
- 4-0 O/U Keuchels L4 starts after ASTROS allowed < 2 runs
- 4-1 O/U Keuchels L5 starts vs. National League West
LOS ANGELES DODGERS
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- 4-1-1 O/U L6 playoff home games
- 5-1-1 O/U L7 home games
- 3-1-1 O/U L5 home games vs. left-hander
- 3-1-1 O/U L5 interleague home games
- 3-1-1 O/U Kershaws L5 home starts
- 6-2 O/U Kershaws L8 starts after DODGERS scored > 5 runs