HOUSTON -- Three more outs and the Indians could have called it a day. The Astros were up by five runs in the ninth inning, and this was only a late May contest. Jose Ramirez strutted to the plate, his hands wrapped in pink batting gloves to honor his mom and he did not intend on going through the motions.
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Stretched across his right forearm is a tattoo with his mother's name, Xiomara. Earlier on that Mother's Day morning, she asked her boy to hit a home run and help the Indians win.