70 Incredible Stats and Facts From the 2017 World Series

Game 4

The first eight innings of Game 4 proved to be a good old-fashioned pitcher's duel. Dodgers hurler Alex Wood made his World Series debut by starting the game with 5.2 no-hit frames. That's tied for the third-longest no-hit bid in a Fall Classic since Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956.

Charlie Morton was also rolling through opposing hitters, though. He didn't quite get to Kershaw's level of dominance in Game 1, but he struck out seven batters while allowing just three hits and no walks. This marked the first World Series since 2001 where each team had a hurler produce a start like that.

Morton and Wood didn't allow more than four base runners in their respective starts, which is the first time that's happened in history.

Wood exited the game once Springer took him deep in the bottom of the sixth, which made Springer just the second leadoff hitter to slug multiple go-ahead homers in a single series (Curtis Granderson is the other).

Dodgers reliever Brandon Morrow made an appearance, becoming the first pitcher since Bobby Jenks in 2005 to throw at least 0.2 innings in each of the first four games (more on him in a little).

Before Los Angeles pulled away, this game was tied 1-1 entering the ninth. The last time a World Series game was tied 1-1 or scoreless this late was Game 7 of the 1991 Fall Classic between the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins.

Bellinger came alive in this game and recorded the go-ahead hit, becoming the fifth Dodger to do so in World Series history. He joins Kirk Gibson (1988), Jackie Robinson (1956), Duke Snider (1952) and Cookie Lavagetto (1947).

The Astros never seriously threatened in the bottom of the ninth, but Alex Bregman did hit a homer with two outs before the loss became official. That swing allowed this to become the first World Series game to ever feature two-out homers in the ninth inning from both teams.

Through the first four games of this series, the home team alternated a win with a loss. That's only happened four other times (2013, 1975, 1964 and 1960).