HOUSTON – It took 11 innings and nearly five hours, but the Houston Astros evened up their American League Championship Series with the New York Yankees at a win apiece.
Carlos Correa sent J.A. Happ's first pitch of the bottom of the 11th inning over the fence in right field and it set off a wild celebration on the field with Correa and his teammates and in the stands with fans who'd created the fantastic atmosphere all night long.
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Here are some of the statistical highlights from ALCS Game 2:
- Carlos Correa's walk-off HR was the 9th walk-off win in Astros history (previous, Game 5 of the
2017 WS vs. LAD).
- It's the 4th walk-off HR in Astros postseason history. (previous, Chris Burke in Game 4 of the NLDS in 2005 vs. ATL).
- It was Correa's 2nd career postseason walk-off hit, both of which have been in game 2 of ALCS play vs. NYY (2017, 2019). He is the 2nd player in club history with multiple walk-off RBI in the postseason, joining Denny Walling (single in Game 2 of the NLDS in 1981 vs. LAD and a sac fly in Game 3 of the 1980 NLCS vs. PHI).
- With the HR, Correa also now has 27 career postseason RBI, which are the most in club history, surpassing Lance Berkman (26).
- Justin Verlander struck out 7 batters in the game and has now recorded 187 career postseason strikeouts, which is the 2nd most in MLB history, surpassing Andy Pettitte (183).
- In Verlander's 7 career postseason starts at Minute Maid Park, he has gone 5-1 with a 2.11 ERA (11ER/47IP) and has a Minute Maid Park record 50 strikeouts.
- George Springer HR was his 1st HR of the 2019 postseason and gave him 12 career postseason HR which are an Astros club record.
- Springer's 10 career postseason HR out of the leadoff spot are the most in major league history.
- 2B Jose Altuve went 2-for-4 for his 13th multi-hit postseason game, which is tied with Lance Berkman and George Springer for the club record.