The Astros are one win away from making their sixth straight ALCS. GabeLacques on Game 2:
Whereas his Game 1 winner was a missile he yanked to right field, this time he stayed on the ball and spanked it to left field, knowing the short porch in left beckoned. The ball settled easily into the Crawford Boxes.Lead gone. Series nearly gone. Next time up, Mariners manager Scott Servais intentionally walked Alvarez, even with first base occupied.Imagine waiting 21 years for a playoff berth and only playing one game at home.
Well, that’s the reality facing the Mariners after they had to win a best-of-three series at Toronto, then head to Houston for Games 1 and 2 of this ALDS. Now, their hopes hinge on rookie right-hander George Kirby, fighting a 2-0 deficit and wondering if Castillo can possibly come back from a 104-pitch outing and start Game 5 on three days’ rest. The flight from Houston to Seattle will give them time to ponder the magnitude of their task.And trying to topple future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander, who they rocked in Game 1 but let off the hook with Alvarez’s blast, in Game 4.
None of this is possible without Peña’s two-out single in Game 1. Thursday, he had two hits and scored twice, including a daring dash home on Bregman’s hard-hit RBI single. Oh, and he’s been playing a near-flawless shortstop, continuing to fill the massive void left by the departure of Carlos Correa last winter.
“When you get to this point,” Baker said, “you can either be a wide-eyed rookie or you can be sometimes a wide-eyed veteran that doesn't do any more than a rookie does.”
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