This would be the first time the same teams met in the World Series twice in a three-year span since the Yankees played the Dodgers in both 1977 and 1978. ASTROS-NATIONALS (12.1%) Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer know each other well from their postseason runs with Detroit. Scherzer has won two Cy Young Awards with Washington since leaving the Tigers, but Verlander won a title in 2017 with Houston.