The Astros win Game 1 after Yordan Alvarez hits a three-run walk-off

Houston Astros baseball player Yordan lvarez hit the game-winning walk-off home run in Opening match of the American League.

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It left the bat with the exact same intensity and acceleration as Albert Pujols' laser off Brad Lidge in the 2005 title game.

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It was the first game-ending shot by a squad that was spanning since Joe Carter's solo home run to win the World Series for Toronto in 1993.

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And, while the Astros' 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners won't go down in history because it came so earlier than usual in the postseason, the 41,125 in attendance will.

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The Mariners, who are in the playoffs for the first time in twenty years, kept blowing a lead related to the one they overcame in there own wild card-clinching win over Toronto on Saturday.

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As energetic as the Astros and the rest of the audience were, one 93 mph sinker over the heart of the plate shifted the course of Seattle's day.

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lvarez is not your average conflagration. The 25-year-old is one of baseball's best batsmen, batting third in Houston's destructive squad.

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The Astros' appearance in October is nothing different. They've been to five straight ALCS and have won an AL-best 106 games this year.

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Kevin Durant’s message to Ben Simmons on aggressiveness

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