let's go live to minute maid park — and our reporter seth bennett. hi seth. what has been going on. midway through the second inning and we are tied at two apiece here. washington is starting remember we talked so much about this being a great matchup of two fantastic pictures but it has been the bats that have been swinging and making the noise so far. washington taken a 2-0 the noise so far. washington taken a 2—0 weed in that first inning. trea turner walked, adam eaton then got on base before anthony rendon smashed a ball to centre field wall scoring two runs. justin verlander struck out a couple to end any for something on the other side of things for sub gorges figures struck out, jose altuve got on base and then was thrown out trying to steal and michael brantley got himself on base with a base it and then alex bregman who has had all kinds of problems with the bat in the postseason said last night that he was sending us back home and sleeping with it to try changing his office on his luck changed remotely as he had a two run home run. and that brings

our sports reporter seth bennett is there for us. seth, what has happened so far in the match?houston and it is the home team the astros who wheat to— the home team the astros who wheat to — one. we are in the bottom of the second inning and there has been plenty of action so far with houston taking a 2—0 lead early on. there was a walk followed by a hit from jose all too vague and yuli gurriel drove the ball to centre field. but scored two runs and put the astros and a strong position but there was and a strong position but there was a bit of fairy tale dust sprinkled over the washington nationals as it seems to have been throughout the back half of this season. a home run that came through the width of the man they drafted. he made his debut backin man they drafted. he made his debut back in 2005, ryan zimmerman. splashing —— smashing about the centrefield. it hit and eventually went over the fence and that cut the deficit in two. a great game here, great amateur, a wall of orange noise as the astros lead here to— one. set bennett, think you very much indeed he was in houston

it's a 7 game series. and our reporter seth bennett is in houston for game one. the astros — a dynastyo look beyond them. remarkable run from this nationals side to get here. they are an incredible team that has great backing from fans here in houston. they really are the superstars of this town in the organisation have said they want them to go orange, orange shirts absolutely everywhere around. they've got some great starting pitches and they are started up by two of the very best in the game and from there, they rely on their great backs, the likes who have just been an absolute superstar it is only five foot six. a tiny guy but he does it and they won the world series two years ago there looking to win at least the second world series, they really are the favourites coming into this. so eve ryo ne favourites coming into this. so everyone will want the underdog to win and the washington nationals, a remarkable run from them and no one thought they would get this far and suddenly they find themselves in the world series. it is an incredible story,

let's go live to minute maid park — and our reporter seth bennett. hi seth. tied at two apiece here. washington is starting remember we talked so much about this being a great matchup of two fantastic pictures but it has been the bats that have been swinging and making the noise so far. washington taken a

the bbc‘s seth bennett was there. calm and relaxed.of being one nothing down in the series. that zen state did not last long. washington took a first innings lead as anthony rendon drove in two runs. the astros response was swift. alex brackman‘s home run and levelling the game. the third baseman had been so out of form, he threatened to take his back to bed with them. anything for a change of luck. with pitcher stephen strasburg and justin verlander trading scoreless innings it was a question of who would blink first. it was for lander. nationals kurt suzuki blessing his team back in front and with houston wobbling, washington went for the knockout blow with a six run seventh—inning. victor reassured. but the pain wasn't over for houston. adam eaton wash one into the stands as the nationals reach double jewel —— double digits. so, washington head east with a two—game series lead. knowing other halfway to winning a world series for the first time. what i believe in is hard work, being consistent in what we do, and sticking to our proce

let's head live to houston now and speak to our reporter seth bennett, we're a few hours away from gamenationals who are making their debut in the world series and recent history has shown that whoever wins game one usually goes on to win it. who stood out from game one? absolutely crucial to get that first victory on the board if you like and that's exactly what washington did. they had over the week while houston we re they had over the week while houston were busy fighting with the new york yankees to reach the world series, washington were already there, they can washington were already there, they ca n wrestle washington were already there, they can wrestle their parents and get them ready but it was not the perfect start. it was a problem for washington in the first innings they found themselves behind yuri coryell hitting a fine shot to the tent —— centre field and that gave the opportunity for a couple of runs to score and is exactly to start the study would have wanted. it was an orange stadium and allowed stadium as well and it gave that opportunity to really move forward but

seth with our countdown. at 5, former green party leader natalie bennett has been sworn into the lords.eaker eleanor laing gives snp mp angus macneil language lessons in the commons. it isn't you, it's they. that's so much better. at 3, the prime minister wins his first vote against the opposition in the house of commons. cheering i realise this is a unique moment... laughter at 2, shadow equalities minister carolyn harris has stars in her eyes. today, mr speaker, i'm going to be bonnie tyler. and at 1, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, wants to say his peace. hey! jean—claude's the boss here! selina seth. now, have you everfancied putting a question to the governor of the bank of england? the commons treasury committee invited members of the public to do just that this week. questions submitted via email and social media were among those asked by mps when they quizzed mark carney. we caught up with the interim chair of the committee, labour's catherine mckinnell. so, we received about 150 questions submitted by the public. they came in via twitter, they cam