HOUSTON — The Astros won 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox in dramatic fashion on Monday night.
Houston won it on a Yainer Diaz solo shot in the bottom of the ninth inning. The score was tied at four runs apiece with one out when Diaz sent the Minute Maid Park crowd home happy.
It was a game that the Astros committed four errors and trailed throughout until tying it up in the eighth inning, then winning it in the ninth.
As for that ninth-inning walkoff game-winner Monday, It was the most exciting play of the game…or the most disappointing play of the game, depending on which broadcasters you were listening to.
First, the Red Sox broadcasters’ call of the game-winner….
And now the call from the Astros' broadcasters…
With the win and Seattle's loss to the Dodgers, Houston now has a five-game lead in the AL West.
