Houston Astros’ Jeremy Pena (3) commemorates as he rounds the bases after striking a crowning achievement versus the Seattle Mariners throughout the 18 th inning in Game 3 of an American League Division Series baseball video game Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear) The Associated Press By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP)– Jeremy Peña and the Houston Astros simply kept going. Scoreless inning after scoreless inning, as day became night in front of a crazy crowd in Seattle. They ultimately discovered a method. That’s how the Astros reached the AL Championship Series for the 6th straight year. It’s simply what they do. Peña homered in the 18 th inning, and the Astros beat the Mariners 1-0 on Saturday for a three-game sweep of their AL Division Series. Political Cartoons “These people, they understand not to panic,” Houston supervisor Dusty Baker stated. “They do not get too delighted. They do not get too down. It suggests a lot.” Peña drove a slider from Penn Murfee deep to left-center for the novice’s very first playoff homer, offering the only run in an afternoon loaded with dominant pitching and empty journeys to the plate. The 18 innings matched the longest video game in playoff history and the 6 hours, 22 minutes was the third-longest in time. Tiring for everybody? Definitely. Thrilling for the Astros. “Man, that was a long video game. You still got to lock in, attempt to put together great at-bats,” Peña stated. “I was simply attempting to remain inside the baseball, drove it in the space.” Ruining Seattle’s very first house playoff look because 2001, Houston continued its ALCS streak that started with its 2017 World Series title. Next up is the New York Yankees or Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of the ALCS on Wednesday. While Yordan Alvarez got the success in the very first 2 video games in Houston, it was Peña that set the table for Alvarez’s chances. As Game 3 made its method into its 6th hour, Peña provided another agonizing blow to the Mariners that ended their brief go back to the postseason. “We all understand that we belong here now and all of us understand what it requires to get here and get beyond this point,” Seattle shortstop J.P. Crawford stated. After 21 years, Seattle fans invited playoff baseball back inside T-Mobile Park. They got their cash’s worth, and after that some. 3 previous championship game reached the 18 th inning, one including Houston. The Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 in 18 innings in Game 4 of the 2005 NLDS on Chris Burke’s game-ending homer. Video game 2 of the 2014 NLDS in between San Francisco and Washington and Game 3 of the 2018 World Series in between Los Angeles and Boston likewise went 18 innings. Those video games had runs. This one stopped working to produce anything till Peña’s swing on a 3-2 pitch. “I seem like in the playoffs you can’t attempt and do excessive, particularly the later on the video game goes,” Peña stated. Seattle’s finest scoring opportunity was Julio
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