Since we resumed our Statis-Pro seasons in 2016, the Philadelphia Phillies had yet to make a World Series — until now.
In an epic duel of lefties, Cristopher Sánchez won the battle by facing only one batter above the minimum — 25 batters in eight innings. The only run he allowed came after the Rays put runners on first and third, when he induced a double-play grounder.
Trea Turner made that hold up with a two-run homer with two outs in the sixth inning to give the Phillies a 2-1 lead.
There were also a few platoon moves in the lineup to avoid having the two dominant left-handed starters able to record strikeouts on 11-13 against other lefties. In particular, Adolis García batted ninth because lefty Shane McClanahan was starting for Tampa Bay, and that may have made the difference in the game.
García would have been out to end the sixth inning with Tampa Bay still up 1-0, but instead the random number "88" was turned into a single because it was a lefty-vs.-righty matchup. That kept the inning alive for Turner's two-run homer. García then doubled in an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning for the final 3-1 margin.
For the Rays, the only run came after a leadoff double by Cedric Mullins in the top of the third inning, followed by a single by Nick Fortes and then the go-ahead run scoring on a double-play grounder.
See this years format and the past 10 Statis-Pro World Series champions below the box score of this epic pitchers duals.
| Pos | TBR | AB | R | H | RBI | Extra | Bats | Home Run! | SP | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Wander Franco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SP | 27 to 32 | A | 0.785 | |
| 3b | Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | RP | 26 to 34 | D | 0.85 | |
| 1b | Yandy Díaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RN | 32 to 33 | D | 0.78 | |
| RF | Justyn-Henry Malloy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RN | 23 to 24 | D | 0.704 | |
| RF | Jake Fraley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LN | 27 to 28 | A | 0.714 | |
| 1B | Liam Hicks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LN | 27 to 27 | D | 0.7 | |
| CF | Cedric Mullins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2b | SN | 24 to 26 | A | 0.683 |
| C | Nick Fortes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | RN | 26 to 27 | D | 0.66 | |
| 2B/be | Nick Madrigal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RN | 27 to 28 | B | 0.671 | |
| be/2b | Richie Palacios | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LN | 26 to 26 | B | 0.68 | |
| Batting Ave. 0.138 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.137931034 | |||||
| PB- | TBR | IP | H | R | ER | W | K | Strikeout! | Th | ERA |
| 2'-8 | Shane McClanahan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23 to 53 | Left | 3.35 |
| 2'-7 | Bryan Baker | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 to 53 | Right | 3.65 |
| Pos | PHI | AB | R | H | RBI | Extra | Bats | Home Run! | SP | OPS |
| SS | Trea Turner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | HR,SB | RN | 33 to 35 | A | 0.774 |
| 1b | Luis Arraez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LN | 41 to 42 | C | 0.828 | |
| LF | Brandon Marsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LN | 28 to 33 | B | 0.814 | |
| DH | Kyle Schwarber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LP | 17 to 25 | C | 0.852 | |
| RF | Bryce Harper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LP | 26 to 31 | C | 0.823 | |
| 3b | Alec Bohm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RN | 33 to 34 | D | 0.756 | |
| 2b | Bryson Stott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LN | 28 to 31 | A | 0.722 | |
| C | JT Realmuto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | RN | 27 to 31 | C | 0.704 | |
| RF | Adolis García | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2b | RP | 24 to 28 | B | 0.729 |
| Batting Ave. 0.179 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.178571429 | |||||
| PB- | PHI | IP | H | R | ER | W | K | Th | ERA | |
| 2'-9 | Cristopher Sánchez | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 23 to 47 | Left | 3.15 |
| 2'-9 | Jhoan Duran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 to 52 | Right | 2.78 |
New Format for Our First Three-Team World Series
We chose a slightly different format from the previous pool for this first-ever three-team World Series. The pool-play format used throughout this season will start the same way, with each of the three teams playing a home-and-home against the other two.
If one team wins all four initial pool games — as the Dodgers have done so far in both pools to get here — then that team is the World Series champion by a four-games-to-zero margin. The other two teams then play one more game, if necessary, to claim second place, with the winner recorded as the runner-up on our all-time World Series list.
If two teams finish 3-1 in pool play, the third team is eliminated and those two teams throw their aces against each other, with the winner declared the World Series champion by a four-games-to-three margin over the other team.
If all three teams go 2-2, they are seeded based on run differential and continue playing until one of the three reaches four wins, with the better seed having an advantage because the teams play in this order:
The #1 seed plays the #2 seed. The #1 team then plays the #3 seed. If the #1 seed wins both games to improve to 4-2, that team is declared World Series champion, while the other two teams play each other, with the winner recorded as the runner-up.
The same applies if the #2 or #3 seed reaches four wins first. If all three teams end up 3-3, the #3 seed is eliminated and #1 plays #2, with the winner becoming World Series champion by a four-games-to-three margin.
Here is the box score from Game 1. With the win, the Phillies will play the Dodgers next.
Here are the past champs:
2025 - LA Dodgers beat Seattle again
2023 Houston beat Chicago Cubs
2022 LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees
2020 LA Dodgers beat Tampa Rays
2017 Boston beat Chicago Cubs
2016 Houston beat Chicago Cubs
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