For the first time ever, the Washington Nationals are World Series champions.

The Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in Game seven of this year’s incredible World Series by a score of 6-2. The series is highlighted by the fact that no team won a matchup at home.

The Nats won Games one and two in Houston, where they looked unstoppable. Then, Washington scored three runs in three games at Nationals Park and lost each one before heading back to Houston while being down in the series 3-2. In an improbable turn of events, Washington “finished The Fight” and took Games six and seven on the road to win it all.

Nationals starter Max Scherzer started Game seven, allowed two runs and got in trouble almost every inning, as his best stuff was not there last night. His team couldn’t muster up any offense coming into the seventh inning. Astros starter Zack Greinke had allowed just one hit and two base-runners and looked like he would close the Nationals’ title hopes single-handedly.

Like many times this postseason, the Nats had to work late to see their magic shine through. It happened in the Wild-Card game, when they were down 3-1 in the eighth and won 4-3. It happened in the divisional series when they were down 3-1 in the eighth inning of Game five against the Dodgers and they won 7-3 in extras. That win in extras was through a grand slam by Howie Kendrick that gave Washington the lead for good. An Anthony Rendon solo homer followed by another lead-changing two-run homer by Kendrick in the seventh inning of Game seven suddenly turned the game in the Nats’ favor and they never looked back. They took the lead 3-2 and then scored three more runs in the eighth and ninth to finish the series with a 6-2 victory.

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The Nats faced adversity several times and never gave in. They capped off what might have been the most impressive World Series run in recent memory. The Nationals’ three opponents after they beat the Brewers in the Wild-Card game — the Dodgers, Cardinals and Astros — combined for 304 wins, the most a World Series winner faced since the expanded playoffs began in 1995.

Washington could not be stopped by any force, not even the superpower Astros, which has won ten-plus games for the past three years. They didn’t have superhero performances from players like Rendon, Kendrick and World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg. The Astros now get a long time to think about their performance while Washington celebrates.

“I don’t think I can handle this,” Houston’s Jose Altuve said. “It’s really hard to lose Game 7 of the World Series. What I can tell you is we did everything we could. … We did everything to make it happen. We couldn’t, but that’s baseball.”

The Nationals championship parade will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. EST.

Houston fans have something to cheer for this year, after the city was devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

Astros vs. Dodgers World Series Game 7 Score

The Astros raced to a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in Los Angeles in Game 7 on Wednesday night to capture their first-ever World Series title.

Houston jumped to an early lead, scoring five runs in the first two innings. Lance McCullers started for the visitors, although he lasted only 2 1/3 scoreless innings after hitting four batters, the most in a World Series.

Reliever Charlie Morton sealed the win after allowing one run with four strikeouts in four innings.

Dodgers starter Yu Darvish, meanwhile, left the game after 1 2/3 innings, having allowed five runs (four earned).

George Springer led the game with a double, and Alex Bregman then reached on an error to score Springer, and then Bregman himself scored on a Jose Altuve groundout to first. Springer then added a two-run homer in the second.

The Dodgers went 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position. Cody Bellinger struck out three times, surpassing Aaron Judge’s recently established record for most strikeouts in a single postseason.

Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts was criticized for not starting Clayton Kershaw. 

Another big moment came after the contest, when Astros shortstop Carlos Correa proposed to his girlfriend on the field. She said yes. The 23-year-old Puerto Rican said he didn’t have a backup plan regarding his proposal if his team lost the game.

“I’ve been thinking about it for months now, but I was waiting for the perfect opportunity, you know,” said Correa. “I knew we had a great team, we could accomplish this, and I wasn’t wrong.”

His fiancee is none other than 2016 Miss Texas USA Daniella Rodriguez. Correa said he asked one of the clubhouse attends for help late in the game.

“One of the clubbies, I talked to him in the ninth inning, and I’m like, ‘I don’t want to jinx anything, but if we get the three outs, please bring me the ring because I am going to get engaged in the ballpark.'”

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 01: Alex Bregman #2, Marwin Gonzalez #9, Carlos Correa #1, and Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros celebrate defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in game seven to win the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)