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| Dates | October 26 – November 2 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Truist Park (Atlanta) Minute Maid Park (Houston) | |||||||||
| MVP | Jorge Soler (Atlanta) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Ted Barrett, Dan Bellino, Chris Conroy, Tom Hallion (crew chief), Ron Kulpa, Alfonso Márquez, Mike Muchlinski[1] | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States – English) Fox Deportes (United States – Spanish) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (Fox) Adrian Garcia Marquez, Edgar Gonzalez and Carlos Álvarez (Fox Deportes) Scott Braun and Dan Plesac (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN (United States – English) TUDN (United States – Spanish) WCNN (ATL – English) WAOS (ATL – Spanish) KBME (HOU – English) KLAT (HOU – Spanish) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman, Jessica Mendoza, Eduardo Pérez and Buster Olney (ESPN) Jesús Acostas, Alberto Ferreiro, José Luis Napoles and Luis Eduardo Quiñones (TUDN) Ben Ingram and Joe Simpson (WCNN) Daniel Cantú and Emanuel Zamarrón (WAOS) Robert Ford and Steve Sparks (KBME) Francisco Romero and Alex Treviño (KLAT) | |||||||||
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| ALCS | Houston Astros over Boston Red Sox (4–2) | |||||||||
| NLCS | Atlanta Braves over Los Angeles Dodgers (4–2) | |||||||||
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The 2021 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2021 season. The 117th World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series began on October 26 and concluded on November 2.
The Braves won the series four games to two. It was their fourth World Series title, their first since 1995, and their second in Atlanta—the first time they had won a second title in a city.
The Braves advanced to the World Series after winning the NL East division title. Atlanta then defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Division Series and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series. The Astros advanced to the World Series after winning the AL West. Houston then defeated the Chicago White Sox in the AL Division Series and the Boston Red Sox in the AL Championship Series.
The Astros had home-field advantage because they had a better regular-season record than the Braves. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Astros hosting Games 1, 2, and 6 (and 7 if it was necessary); and the Braves hosting Games 3, 4, and 5. The teams split the first two games, which were played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, and the Braves won Games 3 and 4 at Truist Park in Atlanta to take a 3–1 lead. The Astros won Game 5, returning the series to Houston. The Braves won Game 6 to win the World Series. Jorge Soler was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player Award after batting .300 in the series with home runs in three of the Braves victories, each time giving them a lead they would never surrender.
- ^ "Umpires for the 2021 World Series announced" (Press release). New York: MLB Advanced Media, L.P. October 25, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.