HOUSTON — The Houston Astros started off their 2022 postseason campaign with a bang, coming back from a four-run deficit to defeat the Seattle Mariners, 8-7, with a three-run walk-off home run by Yordan Alvarez.
The Astros had been trailing from the first inning forward, and Seattle had called on last year’s American League Cy Young Award-winner, Robbie Ray, to get the final out in what the team hoped would be its third straight postseason win after 20 seasons of not making the playoffs. But Alvarez had other plans, hitting a 438-foot blast to right off Ray that scored three runs, turning a two-run deficit into a one-run victory.