Seattle, Washington (KTRK) – In the words of the famous wordmaker Marshall Bruce Mathers III, “If you had one chance, or one chance, to seize all you wanted. One moment. Would you pick it up or let it slip by?”
For the Houston Astros, a golden, shining opportunity awaits in the dreary and cloud-covered Pacific Northwest, where the twice-but-but understandably battered Seattle Mariners stand for revenge between the Straus and their sixth straight berth for the AL Championship Series.
All they have to do is grab it, just once, ideally on the first of three attempts.
Houston’s first shot at achieving historic excellence comes at the AL Division Series 3 game at T-Mobile Park. The first pitch is scheduled for 3:07 p.m. PT.
Here’s what we know before the pivotal contest.
ALCS tickets for the Astros are on sale before the door closes on ALDS
Not that it should strike fear into the hearts of any superstitious Astros fans, but the club has already opened up sales for it. Home AL . Championship Series Tickets In Minute Maid Park.
Houston will have Homefield advantage if you apply, so sales links for games 1 And the 2as well as possible Matches 6 and 7, which are listed as “3 . home game” And the “4 . home gameActive on the Astros website.
Of course, if things go south in Seattle and the Astros drop the next two snatch opportunities, the Astros return to Minute Maid Park for a ALDS Game 5 winner take it all on Monday. and yes, Tickets are on sale For an afternoon issue.
Seattle hosts its first MLB post-season game in 21 years
Sailors have a long fan base. The drought they endured is old enough to buy a beer.
But the M’s are making the most of their post-season return, sweeping Toronto and now hosting a top-flight rival as the first opponent they hosted on October 21.
So the match-hungry crowd should be noisy enough to rival any match played by Mariners’ next-door neighbor, the Seahawks. The Astros realize this.
“It’s going to be electric (Mariners) fans,” said Ryan Presley, the closing player for the Astros. “To take two here, it takes a little more pressure than going up there, but you want to keep the pedal low and keep going.”
ALDS snatches history
If poise in competition makes you worry about whether the Astros can pull off a victory in hostile territory, perhaps we offer a history lesson.
The ESPN Stats and Info Twitter account posted a favorable stat for H-Town.
“Houston are 5-1 in best streak out of five when they go 2-0 up, winning every one of the last five,” he tweeted.
Do you want more history? Number 44 single-handedly breaks record books.
“Jordan Alvarez is the first player in MLB post-season history with the green light for multiple HRs in the sixth inning or later when his team was behind, every game in his last two games outside Robbie Ray (winner at AL Cy Young) and Luis Castillo. (All Stars Perpetual),” ESPN Stats and Info tweet.
If they want to make it sweep ALDS clean, the Astros will have to count on a solid outing in Game 3 by starting bowler Lance McCullers Jr. , who last featured in a post-season at the 2021 ALDS where he was pulled out in the middle of Game 4 with a wrist disease that sidelined him for much of 2022.
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Houston vs Seattle ALDS results and schedule
- 1 . game: Astros 8, Mariners 5
- 2 . game: Astros 4, Mariners 2
- 3 . game: In Seattle, Saturday, 3:07 p.m.
- 4* game: In Seattle, Sunday, 2:07 p.m.
- 5* game: In Houston, Monday, 4:07 p.m. or 6:07 p.m.
*If necessary
SEE ALSO: Astros may be challenged by tight transition between games 4 and 5
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