The Astros and Yankees are currently battling in Game One of the American League Championship Series.
In the fourth inning, Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel gave the Astros a 2-0 lead. In the following frame, however, the Yankees threatened to get right back into it.
With a man in scoring position, Aaron Judge drilled a sharp line drive to left field. Greg Bird charged toward home.
Houston leftfielder Marwin Gonzalez came up huge, though, and gunned Bird out at the plate.
What a throw by Marwin Gonzalez! https://t.co/BfEr0Mosuv
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 14, 2017
Marwin Gonzalez throws out a runner at the plate from LF for the second game in a row, but Yanks are challenging. Big one here.
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) October 14, 2017
Marwin Gonzalez had a 4.1 fWAR this season. Cody Bellinger and Anthony Rizzo each had a 4.0. He might be baseball's most underrated player.
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) October 14, 2017
The throw kept Houston up by two runs, and in the bottom of the sixth, the score remains the same. The Astros are three innings from a 1-0 series lead.
