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Oct 08, 2023

WATCH: Yordan Alvarez crushes go

The Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series on Saturday night, taking Game 6

The Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series on Saturday night, taking Game 6 from the Philadelphia Phillies by a 4-1 margin. The Astros can thank a clutch late-inning home run from left fielder Yordan Alvarez for securing their second title in the last six years.

Let's set the scene before hitting you with some beautiful home run footage. Alvarez came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning with runners on first and third and one out in the inning. The Phillies, who had taken a 1-0 lead in the top half of the frame on a Kyle Schwarber home run, elected to replace right-handed starter Zack Wheeler with left-handed reliever José Alvarado. Unfortunately for Phillies manager Rob Thomson and crew, that decision did not pay off.

Alvarado fell behind 2-1 to Alvarez before throwing a 99 mph sinker that caught far too much of the plate. Alvarez made Alvarado pay for the mistake, too, crushing a home run to dead center that left his bat traveling at 112.5 mph and carried some 450 feet, according to Statcast. The home run gave the Astros a 3-1 lead with just nine outs separating them from another title. Take a look:

YORDADDY TO THE MOON. pic.twitter.com/4BiiPpjcTM

The Astros' win expectancy swung from 50.5 percent prior to the home run to 84.3 percent afterward, per FanGraphs' calculations. (Win expectancy is derived from empirical data.)

Yordan Alvarez is the only player in postseason history with multiple go-ahead HR in the 6th or later with his team trailingIn a careerHe now has 3…ALL THIS POSTSEASON https://t.co/8fmgxz4XN1

Alvarez had a big postseason in one respect, as he showed a knack for delivering go-ahead home runs. According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs' research, he became the only player in Major League Baseball history to record three go-ahead home runs in the sixth inning or later of a postseason game. To be clear: that's on a career level, yet Alvarez did it all in this postseason alone. Remarkable.

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