Carlos Correa Hits a Walk-off Home Run in the ALCS, a breakdown
What Happened
The Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays are locked in a tight Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, with the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Astros shortstop Carlos Correa (Carlos Correa) steps to the plate, facing Rays reliever Nick Anderson (Nick Anderson). With the outfield playing shallow and only three infielders, Anderson tries to get Correa to hit a ground ball. However, Correa fouls off a breaking ball before Anderson misses with a fastball. Correa then steps up and crushes a walk-off solo home run over the right field wall, sending the Astros bench into a frenzy. Astros center fielder George Springer (George Springer) is the first to greet Correa at home plate, followed by the rest of the Astros players. Bench coach Joe Espada (Joe Espada) emphatically points at another coach, seemingly celebrating the clutch hit, though the interaction between the two coaches is unclear. Astros manager Dusty Baker (Dusty Baker) quickly steps in to calm the situation. As Correa rounds the bases, he puts on an animated display, pointing to the sky, pounding his chest and giving a hand signal to the crowd. The Astros dugout erupts in celebration, with players jumping up and down and throwing their helmets onto the field. One Astros coach in particular looks exuberant, jumping up and down while another coach tries to rein him in. Correa's walk-off home run gives the Astros a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven ALCS. The victory is especially sweet for Houston, as they look to return to the World Series after being embroiled in a sign-stealing scandal in 2017. Correa has been one of the vocal leaders of the Astros throughout their playoff run and his game-winning blast only adds to his reputation as a big-time performer in high-pressure situations.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe astros walked off the rays in game
five of the alcs
nick anderson's into pitch and the rays
go to four outfielders and three
infielders
because they're absolute sickos tied
game in the ninth
and they don't care about ground balls
anderson doesn't get that
nice fastball comes right back in with
96
drops a little off speed little breaking
pitch fouled back then way outside
and now bregman are you just going to
hit a ground ball there's only
three infielders you're gonna take
advantage with what they're giving you
nah ploops one to right fielder slash
second baseman
brandon lau he makes the easy catch and
then walks to second base
because now he's going to go play the
infield because once again
the rays are sickos so anyway now we're
back to normal carlos chris steps up
the bad man the cocky [ __ ] talking
correa the victim
the hero the heel everything swings
through that breaking ball
next pitch from anderson fastball kind
of a really nice pitch and correa just
throws it
kier meyer jumps the wall because of
course kiermeier scales the wall and
that kid peeked out the bushes right in
time to see the home run and celebrate
first man up was springer astros bench
going crazy uli throws his helmet onto
the field
the worker dudes in the back high five i
really like this one kid just so
overcome with excitement
he kind of does a little fist pump all
but all by himself
real weird exchange between the coaches
here i can't figure it out
i need your guys help third base coach
on the right here
does an emphatic like you
and then immediately turns around to go
see correa at third base
is he saying like i told you [ __ ]
knew it
but then the coach that he's pointing at
on the left dusty's kind of holding him
back and he kind of raises his hand
right now like what's his problem why is
he yelling at me
and then the other coach 46 he punches
him a little bit and pushes him and like
told you
and then dusty kind of puts his arm
around him and has a little chat with
him
what the hell is that about when choi
tied it up do you think this guy was
grouchy crouch like oh
susan's over she goes next year and then
they're like [ __ ] you dude or
do you think they made a bet and now he
owes them all dinner
like i don't know what this interaction
is i'm intrigued by it
very emphatic point by the third base
coach dusty consoling happy i don't know
now we got some big old dusty hugs and
you can hate the astros because they
cheated in 2017 but you cannot
hate dusty baker his hugs
his dances dusty has a plan
and i love it now i seamlessly put
together carlos's trip around the bases
i mean such a pimp job
if you're going to be the dude who's
cutting wwe promos
you can act like this around the base as
long as you back it up i mean point to
the sky
after the big thing he pounds the chest
after he rounds
second goes straight into the hand over
the ear after he rounds third base
and then he takes that into the helmet
throw oh first he's gonna make some
faces oh
oh oh into the jump shot and he mean he
did it all
i mean he did it all as he rounded the
bases so hate him love him
whatever he knows it he doesn't care and
he's gonna do him
what the hell was this guy doing you
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