Alex Bregman’s walkoff homer vs. Dodgers has Astros fans absolutely stunned
What a game! The Houston Astros found themselves in a barn-burner with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. In a rematch of the 2017 World Series, both teams were tied at the bottom of the ninth inning. And then, Alex Bregman happened.
After Josh Hader preserved the tie at the top of the ninth, Bregman led off the bottom of the inning. His opponent was Dodgers close Blake Treinen. Astros fans dug in, expecting a fierce battle and potentially extra innings.
Bregman didn’t want extra innings, though. After looking off the first pitch, the Astros third baseman crushed a sinker that hung at the middle for a walk-off home run. Fans roared to life after the pitch, and Bregman was mobbed at the plate after hitting the home run.
Fans took to X to react to the home run. There was the usual trolling of the Dodgers by Astros fans.
Other Astros fans were pretty excited to say that their team was officially back. After struggling mightily to start the season, Houston is back as one of the top contenders in the MLB.
The win gave the Astros a 55-49 record for the season, taking control of the AL West. It was a comeback effort for Houston, as they clawed from a five-run deficit to take the win over their cross-league rivals.
Announcer forgets which team he’s calling on home run”20th of the year for Corey Seager and it gets the Astros out front early.”
The Texas Rangers hosted the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. But while the Red Sox won the game 11-6, they did not score the first run of the game.
And according to Dave Raymond’s call on Bally Sports Southwest, neither did the Rangers.
Raymond has been the primary play-by-play voice of the Rangers since 2017. In the bottom of the first inning on Friday, Texas shortstop Corey Seager drilled the first pitch he saw from Boston pitcher Kutter Crawford into the right field stands, giving the Rangers a 1-0 lead.
“He swings and smashes that one,” Raymond said. “A soaring drive out to right. It is — gone — 20th of the year for Corey Seager and it gets the Astros out front early.”
“20th of the year for Corey Seager. And it gets the Astros out front early.”
Dave Raymond on the call as Corey Seager staked the RANGERS to a 1-0 lead over the Red Sox in Friday’s game.
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— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 3, 2024
To be fair to Raymond, the Astros are one of the teams he called games for before eventually settling with the Rangers. So, it’s easy enough to understand how this mistake was made.
Still, mistaking the Rangers for the Houston Astros is something you might expect from the other team’s announcers. You definitely don’t expect to hear an announcer get his own team wrong, especially if it’s a team he’s been calling for several seasons.
[Photo Credit: Bally Sports Southwest]
