Thus far, the American League Championship Series is living up to the billing between the New York Yankees and Houston Astros. After the Yankees beat up on Houston in game one of the series, Houston turned to Justin Verlander for game two.
Still, Aaron Judge homered off Verlander to make it 2-1. Then, George Springer tied the game with a home run of his own off those nifty train tracks in left-center at Minute Maid Park.
Until the bottom of the 11th inning, tense moment after tense moment took place. Indeed, this was a game the Houston Astros needed badly.
Undeniably, they needed a hero. Remember Carlos Correa? Now 25-years old, Correa was the first-overall pick in the 2012 MLB draft. At that point, he was viewed as a glove-first guy who could develop with the bat.
However at the end of Sunday night’s game, it was his bat that answered the bell for Houston. In the first pitch of the bottom of the 11th inning, he caught a J.A. Happ pitch that would meet it’s ending in the seats in right field.
SERIES TIED. #ALCS pic.twitter.com/b1MDAvWI5D
— MLB (@MLB) October 14, 2019
Obviously, hilarity ensued with the entire Houston club celebrating at home plate in a game that they had to have if they were going to take this series. Notably, the Astros head to the Bronx for the next three contests of the series. In a best of seven, you can’t drop the first two of home.
WHAT A GAME. #ALCS pic.twitter.com/xCIZiyRRz3
— MLB (@MLB) October 14, 2019
While the Astros had Mattress Mack sweating for a few hours, they delivered in the end. Of course the reward for all of us is we have a great series ongoing – possibly the best we will see in the entire MLB postseason in 2019.
There are many people who feel like the winner of this ALCS is your eventual world champion. With the way these two have went toe-to-toe, it’s understandable why they would believe that.
