Houston Astros star duo Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa down Red Sox with two homers in ALCS Game 1 win

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HOUSTON — Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker had the greatest of praise for his next baseman and shortstop immediately after Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa fueled a occur-from-at the rear of 5-4 victory more than the Boston Pink Sox in Sport 1 of the ALCS on Friday night.

“It’s variety of like Tom Brady and [Rob] Gronkowski,” Baker said right after the match. “They know how they think. They know likely what they take in for dinner, what they like and what their young ones like.”

Altuve’s two-operate residence run in the sixth inning tied the game at 3-3 though Correa’s solo shot in the seventh set the Astros in front for great.

It truly is the fourth time Altuve and Correa have homered in the identical postseason video game, the most by a pair of infield teammates in MLB historical past, according to Elias Sporting activities Bureau. The only pair of teammates who have attained the feat far more normally was Correa and previous teammate George Springer.

Carlos Correa & George Springer HOU 8
Jose Altuve & George Springer HOU 4
Jose Altuve & Carlos Correa HOU 4
Max Muncy & Joc Pederson LAD 4
Carlos Beltrán & Lance Berkman HOU 4
David Ortiz & Manny Ramirez BOS 4
Kenny Lofton & Jim Thome CLE 4
Source: Elias Sporting activities Bureau

“Two swings adjusted the study course of the sport,” Crimson Sox manager Alex Cora stated.

Altuve included a sacrifice fly in the eighth, which presented the last margin of victory for the residence team.

“He is just so unsafe,” Correa said of Altuve. “His keep track of report in the playoffs is insane, and he just evokes me. He conjures up me with out saying significantly.”

Altuve returned the praise. “He is awesome. He likes this variety of game. He needs to go out there and hit massive homers. It would seem like he expects to go out there and do it, so if you happen to be expecting some thing, ultimately you might be going to make it transpire, and which is him.”

In point, Correa said he visualizes his at-bats in the on-deck circle, however he could not have witnessed himself hitting a high transform-up from Red Sox reliever Hansel Robles into the Crawford Packing containers at Moment Maid Park. It ignited the crowd as Correa dropped his bat and pointed to his wrist right before starting his residence run jog.

“It’s to my teammates,” Correa spelled out. “When the playoffs start, they generally tell me ‘it’s your time now to go out there, strike homers.’ They advised me to strike the enjoy, when I strike the homer.

“I did it in Chicago [in the ALDS] the to start with time on my personal, and now they advised me ‘if you strike a homer, strike them with the, it truly is your time.'”

Correa’s blast was his 18th vocation postseason property run when Altuve strike his 20th, tying him with Derek Jeter for third all time.

“It signifies a lot,” Altuve mentioned. “Derek Jeter is a single of the greatest baseball players ever, greatest particular person to ever perform the sport, and just to strike as many homers as him, it implies a great deal to me.”

Correa added about Altuve: “When I stroll into that clubhouse in spring schooling and I see this male that has received MVPs, Silver Sluggers, batting titles, Gold Gloves, Hank Aaron Awards. Every one award you can consider, he has won it, and then he shows up to spring coaching seeking to do the job on different things to get even better.”

The two gamers were being virtually outshined by Pink Sox heart fielder Enrique Hernandez, who had four hits, which includes two house runs — the next of which arrived in the ninth inning to lower the guide to one. Hernandez has 29 whole bases about his previous 4 postseason video games. Only Reggie Jackson, a present-day Astros advisor, has accomplished that feat around 4 playoff games.

“Enrique is en fuego,” Cora mentioned.

Hernandez was about the lone shiny spot on offense for the Purple Sox, who experienced just four hits in the remaining 6.1 innings. While their offense was stalling, Altuve and Correa went to do the job on the comeback for Houston.

“I was hoping it would be them,” Baker stated. “It is a enjoyment to be observing them up shut and particular. Those are some clutch fellas.”

Game 2 of the ALCS will just take put on Saturday afternoon in Houston.