Astros stun M's as Alvarez walk-off caps wild rally

12.10.2022, 12:47 espn.com

The walk-off home run Houston Astros slugger Yordan Álvarez hit to cap a wild come-from-behind victory in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Tuesday called to mind great blasts of Octobers past. It left the bat with all the ferocity and velocity of another postseason home run at Minute Maid Park: Albert Pujols' laser off Brad Lidge in 2005. It was the first game-ending shot by a team that was trailing at the time since Joe Carter's homer that won Toronto the 1993 World Series. And though it won't register in the all-time annals because the Astros' 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners arrived so early in the postseason, the 41,125 in attendance and those in both clubhouses -- elated on one side, stunned silent on the other -- couldn't help but marvel at Álvarez's feat.

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