The Houston Astros have one of the best lineups in baseball, and they showed it off during Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Astros went back-to-back-to-back in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday, doing so for the first time in 10 years. Their Nos. 1-3 hitters in the order all went deep in a row: George Springer, Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve. All three came off Rays pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, who remained in the game despite giving up the three homers. Amazingly, Eovaldi got three straight outs to end the sixth after the barrage of homers. It was Altuve’s second homer of the game as he also hit one off Eovaldi in the fourth.
Here’s video of the homers:
ALL OF THE HOMERS. #NeverSettle pic.twitter.com/8CBNSKsjuN
— Houston Astros (@astros) June 21, 2018
And some stats behind them:
#Astros go back-to-back-to-back
George Springer: 107 mph, 437 feet
Alex Bregman: 97 mph, 352 feet
Jose Altuve: 112 mph (!), 443 feet
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) June 21, 2018
Fans and reporters lit up on Twitter after the homers, as you could imagine. Here’s a look at the reactions:
Springer and Bregman go back-to-back! Astros up 3-1. Crowd now chanting MVP with Altuve at the plate.
— Lauren Blackwell (@Lo_Blackwell) June 21, 2018
Holy TOLEDO!!!! Are you watching the Astros?!!! Back to back homers followed by another from Altuve. Astros up 4-1. #NeverSettle
— Mia Gradney (@MiaGradneyKHOU) June 21, 2018
OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Back to Back to BACK!!! Springer, Bergman Altuve!! My goodness. #GoStros pic.twitter.com/LuchjL2jr7
— Kevin Randall Narro (@Narro88) June 21, 2018
Back to back to back MOONSHOTS for Springer, Bregman, Altuve. That’s what the Rays get for ending the win streak. #BackToBackToBack #Astros
— Adam Jasper (@ajasper15) June 21, 2018
BACK TO BACK TO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Springer-Bregman-Altuve. I can’t breathe. pic.twitter.com/UiwdDHtuWL— Corey Elliot (@CoreyElliot) June 21, 2018
Seeing Springer, Bregman, & Altuve hit back to back to back HRs was freaking stupid!! Hahaha never seen that happen #altuveMVP
— N1ck Ram5ey (@nchram15) June 21, 2018
DAMN IT #ASTROS…We can only type so fast!!! Altuve crushes one for back-to-back-to-back homers in the 6th…still no outs. Lead is 4-1.
— AstroBoxer (@AstroBoxer) June 21, 2018
Take it in, because that’s not something you see very often.
