2005 World Series

Series Information

The 2005 World Series, the 101st Major League Baseball championship series, saw the American League champion Chicago White Sox sweep the National League champion Houston Astros 4 games to 0 in the best-of-seven-games series, winning their third championship and first since 1917.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1
Chicago White Sox	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	5	10	0
W: Jose Contreras (1-0) L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1) Sv: Bobby Jenks (1)
HR: CWS – Jermaine Dye (1), Joe Crede (1) Hou – Mike Lamb (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	9	0
Chicago White Sox	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	7	12	0
W: Neal Cotts (1-0) L: Brad Lidge (0-1) Sv: None
HR: CWS – Paul Konerko (1), Scott Podsednik (1) HOU – Morgan Ensberg (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	R	H	E
Chicago White Sox	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	14	3
Houston Astros	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1
W: Damaso Marte (1-0) L: Ezequiel Astacio (0-1) Sv: Mark Buehrle (1)
HR: CWS – Joe Crede (2), Geoff Blum (1) HOU – Jason Lane (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	0
Houston Astros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
W: Freddy Garcia (1-0) L: Brad Lidge (0-2) Sv: Bobby Jenks (2)
HR: CWS – None HOU – None

Chicago manager Ozzie Guillén, a Venezuelan, became both the first manager born outside the United States, and the first Latino manager, to win the Series.
The last time the Red Sox and White Sox won back-to-back World Series was when the White Sox won the 1917 title, bookended by Red Sox titles in 1916 and 1918.
Mike Lamb became the first Astro ever to hit a home run during the World Series.
Scott Podsednik of the White Sox hit two home runs in the 2005 postseason in 49 at-bats, even though he hadn't hit a single home-run during the season in 507 at-bats.