Sam Hinkie prepares to unload a fuego tweet. The Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series on Wednesday night, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 at Dodger Stadium to earn the first MLB world championship in their franchise's history. The towering achievement represented the apex of a remarkable turnaround for the Astros, who won fewer than 60 games in three straight seasons before making a steady climb up the standings over the past four years, fueled largely by the play of a core group of talented young players Houston landed with the high draft picks they received after the years in which they'd bombed out.