Trea Turner, Nationals Win 2019 World Series
10/30/2019 11:59:00 PM | Baseball
HOUSTON, Tx. – Former NC State baseball player Trea Turner and the Washington Nationals are World Series champions. It is the first championship in 95 years for the city of Washington, as it defeated the Houston Astros, 3-2, in a seven-game series (last was the Senators in 1924).
Washington won the first two games, 5-4 and 12-3, in Houston on Oct. 22-23, but suffered three consecutive losses Oct. 25-27 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Nationals earned a 7-2 come-from-behind win on Tuesday to force a game seven, then battled back from a 2-0 deficit to take the finale, 6-2, on Wednesday.
He is the eighth former Wolfpack player to compete in the Fall Classic, and the fifth to win a World Series. Turner is the first since Tracy Woodson and the 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the postseason, Turner tallied 17 hits, including a home run and four doubles, batted in three runs and scored 10 of his own.
Former NC State Baseball Players To Play In The World Series
Dave Robertson (1910-12) – OF
*attended NC State but did not play baseball for the university
Washington won the first two games, 5-4 and 12-3, in Houston on Oct. 22-23, but suffered three consecutive losses Oct. 25-27 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Nationals earned a 7-2 come-from-behind win on Tuesday to force a game seven, then battled back from a 2-0 deficit to take the finale, 6-2, on Wednesday.
He is the eighth former Wolfpack player to compete in the Fall Classic, and the fifth to win a World Series. Turner is the first since Tracy Woodson and the 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the postseason, Turner tallied 17 hits, including a home run and four doubles, batted in three runs and scored 10 of his own.
Former NC State Baseball Players To Play In The World Series
Dave Robertson (1910-12) – OF
- 1917 – New York Giants
- 1937 – New York Yankees (World Series Champion)
- 1942 – St. Louis Cardinals (World Series Champion)
- 1955 – Brooklyn Dodgers (World Series Champion)
- 1956 – Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1959 – Los Angeles Dodgers (World Series Champion)
- 1964 – St. Louis Cardinals (World Series Champion)
- 1979 – Baltimore Orioles
- 1982 – Milwaukee Brewers
- 1988 – Los Angeles Dodgers (World Series Champion)
- 2019 – Washington Nationals (World Series Champion)
*attended NC State but did not play baseball for the university
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