Washington’s Nationals returned to Houston’s Minute Maid Park last night, for the first time since they beat the Astros in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, winning it all and bringing a World Series championship to D.C. for the first time since 1924.
“Including the 2019 Postseason - obviously,” the club noted somewhat cheekily in pregame notes for the series opener, “the Nationals have won five straight games and 12 of their last 13 games in Houston since the start of the 2012 season.”
Of course things are a lot different for the Nationals in 2023, with just their manager Davey Martinez and starter for the first of three with the Astros, Patrick Corbin, around right now, in terms of players who were part of the ‘19 roster and are currently active on their 26-man roster.