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Atlanta Braves claim MLB's World Series after beating Houston Astros 7-0 in game six

Ozzie Albies, right, is congratulated by Atlanta Braves third-base coach Ron Washington during their win in game six. (Getty: Elsa)

The Atlanta Braves are World Series champions, winning the seven-game series 4-2 after smashing the Houston Astros 7-0 in game six.

Closer Will Smith got the final three outs of the game to record the save, sparking wild scenes among the players amid stunned silence in Houston's Minute Maid Park.

Jorga Soler's three-run, two-out homer gave the Braves the lead at the top of the third, ending starting pitcher Luis García's night. 

Dansby Sawnson hit a two-run homer and Freddy Freeman added an RBI double in the fifth to make the score 6-0.

Freeman added a solo shot in the seventh to extend the lead to 7-0.

The Astros stranded runners at second and third in the first, off starting pitcher Max Fried, but struggled thereafter, with Solder retiring 17-straight batters in a no-run, four-hit performance in which he struck out six to earn the win.

It is the most-lopsided series clinching match since Kansas beat St Louis 11-0 in game seven of the 1985 series.

More to come.

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