We have our first walk-off of the 2022 postseason, courtesy of Yordan Alvarez.
The Houston Astros slugger completed a Game 1 comeback by crushing a ball deep into the right field seats at Minute Maid Park for a walk-off, three-run home run to give Houston an 8-7 victory and 1-0 ALDS lead.
The walk-off blast came with the Astros down to their final out, marking just the second time in MLB history a player hit a walk-off home run down to its final out in the game, joining Dodgers’ Kirk Gibson as the only other one.
The Mariners had led all game, jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning on Justin Verlander and were up 7-3 heading into the eighth inning.
Alex Bregman hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth to pull within 7-5. In the ninth, David Hensley was hit by a pitch with one out by Paul Sewald, who came back to strikeout Jose Altuve before allowing a two-out single to Jeremy Pena.
Mariners manager Scott Servais called on left-handed pitcher Robbie Ray to face Alvarez, who drilled an 0-1 sinker 116.7 mph off the bat to give the Astros the win.
Naturally, fans and media on Twitter loved the dramatic ending.
Of course, there are a lot of fans who do not like the Astros who reacted quite differently to. It.
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