Alex Bregman broke out of a postseason slump in about the biggest way possible.
Bregman blew open Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night with a grand slam to put Houston up 8-1 in the 7th inning against the Washington Nationals. He pimped his grand slam with gusto:
BREGMAN!!! IT'S GONE!
Grand slam for the Stros! pic.twitter.com/rj6OqKfiRX
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 27, 2019
Prior to Game 4, Bregman had been 1-for-13 in the World Series with a 2-run home run. Then he went 3-for-5 with 5 RBIs in Game 4. While he was slumping, he got tons of feedback via Twitter. He decided to zing those Twitter coaches during a postgame interview Saturday night.
I literally love Alex Bregman #TakeItBack Calling our all the Twitter hitting coaches pic.twitter.com/igljnLod7w
— Wesley (@wasteph_wes) October 27, 2019
“I’d like to thank all the people on Twitter. They’re my hitting coach — I got about 500 million tweets the last few days, so I appreciate that,” Bregman said.
Bregman’s grand slam was the second in Astros postseason history and first by a third baseman in the World Series since 1964.
Alex Bregman with the 2nd grand slam in Astros postseason history (Lance Berkman, 2005) pic.twitter.com/zMgEnEIfce
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 27, 2019
Alex Bregman is the first 3B to hit a grand slam in a World Series game since Ken Boyer in 1964.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 27, 2019
Bregman also has been homering off nothing but the best pitchers in baseball during the postseason.
Alex Bregman with ANOTHER postseason home run off ANOTHER All-Star — Rodney is a 3x All-Star.
Here are the players he's homered off in the postseason:
Fernando Rodney (tonight)
Stephen Strasburg
Chris Sale (2)
Clayton Kershaw
Blake Snell
Trevor Bauer
Kenley Jansen
Corey Kluber— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 27, 2019
This is exactly what the Astros needed, and it came at the right time.
