There were two outs when Michael Brantley singled, pumping his fist as he left the batter’s box to send another run home that made it 5-1. The Braves had a visit at the mound to try and regroup after that fiasco of a play but Fried threw a wild pitch soon afterward to send Maldonado to third. A fan in the lower deck displayed a sign that read: “Don’t Poke The Bear” as the Astros rediscovered their potent offense after Tuesday night’s dud of a 6-2 loss. The crowd, so quiet a night before, roared as Siri bounded toward the dugout. “I’ve never had fear,” Siri said through a translator. Before Wednesday he was most known for almost knocking over the 72-year-old Baker en route to celebrating a teammate’s postseason exploits. Stuck in the minors since 2013, the excitable 26-year-old outfielder is now a World Siri. “Vamos,” Spanish for ‘let’s go,’ he hollered again and again. Siri stood at the plate reveling in the spotlight. “We just kind of got caught in between a little bit.” “There’s so many baseball plays that don’t go like you want,” Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said.
Rosario threw to an unoccupied third base and the ball rolled into foul territory, allowing Siri to dash home on the error. The usually fundamentally sound Braves then misplayed things all around. Martín Maldonado grounded a single to left fielder Eddie Rosario that scored Gurriel. That made Siri the first player to debut in September or later and drive in a run in that year’s World Series. 3, then beat out an infield single to score Tucker and put the Astros on top. The speedy Siri, who made his major league debut Sept. The game was tied at 1 when Kyle Tucker got things going in the second with a one-out single before advancing to third on a single by Yuli Gurriel. The Astros jumped on Atlanta starter Max Fried for seven hits and six runs in five-plus innings. The best-of-seven series shifts to Atlanta for the first of three games Friday night, with Ian Anderson scheduled to pitch for the Braves against rookie Luis Garcia. “I was very focused,” said Urquidy, a rookie when he beat Washington in the 2019 Fall Classic. Cristian Javier, Phil Maton, Ryan Pressly and Kendall Graveman combined for one-hit ball over four scoreless innings. José Urquidy gave the Astros five solid innings for his second career World Series win and Houston’s bullpen - already so important this postseason - did the rest.
Siri and Altuve ignited an offense still waiting on a big swing from Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman and ALCS MVP Yordan Alvarez in this Series.
“But what about if you get the big hit? So that’s what playoffs is about.”
It was the 22nd career postseason homer for Altuve, tying Bernie Williams for second-most behind Manny Ramirez (29). Altuve hit a leadoff double and scored in the first inning before adding a solo homer in the seventh as the October-tested Astros rolled past the suddenly sloppy Braves.
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