KEY STORYLINES FOR ASTROS-PHILLIES WORLDWIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

The matchup for the 118th Worldwide championship is set

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With their Association Title Series triumphs Sunday, the Astros and Phillies will go head to head in the Fall Exemplary

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which opens Friday at Minute House keeper Park. For Philadelphia, this is a new area, the Phils haven't played in the Worldwide championship in 13 years

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For the Astros, who are hoping to turn into the main group of the Special case time to run the table in the Postseason,the domain is exceptionally natural.

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The Phillies won a spine chiller, 4-3, over the Padres in Game 5 of the NLCS because of an emotional eighth-inning homer by series MVP Bryce Harper at Residents Bank Park.

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A few hours later, the Astros polished off a sweep of the Yankees with a 6-5 win in the Bronx to reach the World Series for the fourth time in the last six years.

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Harper has been at the center of attention since he made the front of Sports Delineated as a 16-year-old phenom

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In the years since, he's satisfied the expectations all around with the exception of that his groups hadn't made progress in the postseason.

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Harper's notable go on homer in Sunday's flag cherry on top covered a NLCS where he hit .400 (8-for-20) with three duplicates

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two homers and five RBIs. For the postseason by and large, he's hitting .419 (18-for-43) with six duplicates, five homers and 11 RBIs

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