CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The 2024 MLB World Series is fast approaching, and as always, featuring an impressive lineup of talented baseball players from across the country including two players from the Coastal Bend.
Corpus Christi native and Sinton graduate Anthony Banda will be playing for the LA Dodgers as a relief pitcher.
Anthony Banda strands the bases loaded with a big K! #NLCS pic.twitter.com/GC1LtN5vmr
— MLB (@MLB) October 21, 2024
Former Hooks outfielder Teoscar Hernandez and third baseman Enrique Hernandez will also be playing for the LA Dodgers as an outfielder.
Ben Bolt native and St. John Paul II graduate Jose Trevino will compete with the New York Yankees as a catcher. Trevino has won many accolades including MLB Golden Glove and Platinum Glove in 2022 and Players Trust Most Valuable Philanthropist in 2024.
In high school he tied the Texas state record with 25 home runs during his senior season and helped lead the Centurions to back-to-back State titles in 2010 and 2011. During the matchup against Tomball Concordia Lutheran, when he broke the home run record, Trevino also pitched a 5-inning perfect game. The Centurions won 18-0.
Jose Trevino gets the @Yankees on the board first 💪 #ALCS pic.twitter.com/xsKdmBVKvA
— MLB (@MLB) October 17, 2024
Many believe this will be the first time that two Coastal Bend high school alumni will go head-to-head in the World Series. The last time a few Coastal Bend natives played against each other was in 2011. Cardinals third baseman David Freese, who was born in Corpus Christi and later moved, won MVP. He helped defeat the Rangers in game 7 who had Mike Adams and Mike Gonzalez on their roster. Adams went to Sinton and Texas A&M-Kingsville and Gonzalez is from Robstown.
The LA Dodgers and NY Yankees will battle in a best-of-7 series.
The 2024 World Series schedule is as follows:
- Game 1 - Friday, Oct. 25 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
- Game 2 - Saturday, Oct, 26 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
- Game 3 - Monday, Oct, 28 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City
- Game 4 - Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City
- Game 5 (if needed) - Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City
- Game 6 (if needed) - Friday, Nov. 1 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
- Game 7 (if needed) - Friday, Nov. 2 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
First pitch is set at 8:08 p.m. Eastern Time for all games.
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