We present them here for purely educational purposes. team won the World Series.All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Of note if you like coincidences, the last occurrence also came against the Astros and the first occurrence came for the 1924 Washington Senators, the last time a D.C. Things didn't go so well for the previous three, as they lasted a combined two innings: Curly Ogden (1924 Nationals) got one out, Hank Borowy (1945 Cubs) didn't get even one while allowing three runs and Yu Darvish (2017 Dodgers) gave up five runs in 1⅔ innings. Greinke will be the fourth pitcher to start a winner-take-all World Series game after playing for a different team earlier in the season.It was hit by Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski against the Yankees in 1960. There has been only one walk-off home run in a winner-take-all World Series game.The team that scores the first run in winner-take-all World Series games is 25-14.Seven of the past eight teams to force a World Series Game 7 on the road - as the Nats did Tuesday night - went on to lose the series.Before that, the home team had won nine in a row. The home team is 19-20 in World Series winner-take-all games, including three straight losses.World Series superlatives: Biggest and best from Nationals-Astros.Astros a great team that fell short of true greatness.The seventh inning that shocked Houston and made the Nats champions.Miller: How will the Nationals be remembered? As giant slayers.Passan: Inside the Nationals' astonishing World Series run.The Washington Nationals are World Series champs! Here's everything you need to know about their run to the title. This will be the fifth World Series Game 7 this decade, the most in a decade since the 1970s - which also had five.The last World Series winner-take-all game also featured the Astros - Game 7 of Astros-Dodgers in 2017.Scherzer will join Joe Magrane (1987) as the only pitchers to start Game 1 and Game 7 of a World Series where those were his only appearances of the series.Max Scherzer will go for the Nats, and Zack Greinke for the Astros. This will be the first World Series Game 7 to feature former Cy Young winners as opposing starters.If the Nats win Game 7, they'll make American sports history, with road teams going 7-0 in a World Series for the first time. This is the first postseason series in MLB, NBA or NHL history in which the road team has won the first six games.Here are a few Game 7 facts for your next trivia night, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information and the Elias Sports Bureau:

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