It wouldn't be playoff baseball without some late-game drama.
After DJ LeMahieu sent a two-run bomb into the bleaches at Minute Maid Park to tie it up at 4-4 in the top of the ninth, Jose Altuve one-upped LeMahieu with a two-run shot of his own.
That blast sent the Astros to their second World Series appearance in three seasons, as they wrapped up Game 6 and the series with a 6-4 win.
Unsurprisingly, Altuve was named ALCS MVP. The Astros will host the Washington Nationals in Game 1 of the World Series starting on Tuesday, October 22nd.
Here's how the sports world reacted.
IT'S OFFICIAL.@Nationals vs. @astros. The Fall Classic is back π₯ pic.twitter.com/gAK6kJzgIy
β FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 20, 2019
I literally love @JoseAltuve27 !!!!!!!
β Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) October 20, 2019
Astros are headed back to the World Series! Hereβs how it looked from the radio booth. pic.twitter.com/kYX40ngaKN
β Robert Ford (@raford3) October 20, 2019
ASTROWORLD SERIES. pic.twitter.com/XOy94ut0HI
β Cut4 (@Cut4) October 20, 2019
Caption this. π¬
β BarDown (@BarDown) October 20, 2019
(πΈ: @MLBONFOX) pic.twitter.com/RAJUde3JeM
THE MAN OF THE HOUR!@astros 2B @JoseAltuve27 joins @Ken_Rosenthal after winning the AL Pennant with a walk-off home run! pic.twitter.com/Ue0uDyEd6j
β FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 20, 2019
Jose Altuve is now the greatest player in Houston Astros history. There is no debate anymore. Itβs him. #MVP #TakeItBack
β Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) October 20, 2019
The World Series is set. Astros vs. Nationals, starting Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
β Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 20, 2019
Game 1: Gerrit Cole vs. Max Scherzer
Game 2: Justin Verlander vs. Stephen Strasburg
Game 3: Zack Greinke vs. Patrick Corbin pic.twitter.com/sgjbJUDxB2
With the loss to the Astros, this will be the first decade in which the Yankees will not appear in the World Series since the 1910s. #SCFacts pic.twitter.com/I1hDqIyW6l
β SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 20, 2019
The @astros advance to the World Series for the 2nd time in the last 3 seasons.
β MLB Stats (@MLBStats) October 20, 2019
They did so just once in their 1st 55 seasons of franchise history. pic.twitter.com/Ipk5QKUjn8
The Astros-Nationals World Series features elite starting pitching:
β ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 20, 2019
- It's the first postseason series ever to feature 5 of the top 10 pitchers in strikeouts
- This is the 1st World Series since 1945 to feature 6 of the top 20 pitchers in ERA (via @EliasSports) https://t.co/c19HZj5r8V
Jose Altuve becomes the first player in postseason history to admit on national TV that he didn't want his shirt ripped off after hitting series-ending walk-off homer because that would make his wife mad
β Rob Bradford (@bradfo) October 20, 2019
Jose Altuve is a man of pure determination
β CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 20, 2019
β’ Attended a tryout in Venezuela at age 16
β’ Scouts told him he couldnβt participate because he was too short
β’ Signed as undrafted FA for $15K
β’ 6x All Star
β’ World Series champ
β’ 2019 ALCS MVP
(via @mlb) pic.twitter.com/54vcnHEaRg
Jose Altuve the moment he saw his daughter is just too much. pic.twitter.com/mqq3L4xEEF
β Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 20, 2019
Never forget how Jose Altuve got here pic.twitter.com/yPWhjj6qfj
β JB AuGHOSTπ» (@JB_August) October 20, 2019
What a homer. What a game. pic.twitter.com/Az262NzVuQ
β Cut4 (@Cut4) October 20, 2019
.@JHarden13 & @russwest44 having the time of their lives. π pic.twitter.com/s7XTv2ofnH
β Cut4 (@Cut4) October 20, 2019
The internet never fails to deliver #altuve pic.twitter.com/VnM9qluuVn
β Jesus Garay (@TheJesusGaray) October 20, 2019
Altuve walks off the Yankees. Nationals v. Astros in World Series, starting Tuesday:
β David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) October 20, 2019
G1: WAS at HOU, 8:08 p
G2 WAS at HOU, Wed, 8:07 p
G3 HOU at WAS, Fri, 8:07p
G4 HOU at WAS, Sat, 8:07p
G5 HOU at WAS, Sun, 8:07p
G6 WAS at HOU, 10/29, 8:07p
G7 WAS at HOU, 10/30, 8:08p
If you don't think Astros vs. Nationals is a compelling World Series you simply don't like baseball.
β Brenden Schaeffer (@bschaeffer12) October 20, 2019
When you literally love @JoseAltuve27. pic.twitter.com/NCSi5vqEOm
β MLB (@MLB) October 20, 2019
It's. About. To go. Down. pic.twitter.com/yfV66nOv04
β Cut4 (@Cut4) October 20, 2019
JOSE! JOSE! JOSE! JOSE! Fans chant the name of the ALCS MVP as they merrily depart Minute Maid Park. #Khou #HTownRush #Astros pic.twitter.com/wX6QdmpQUs
β The Bishop (@BillBishopKHOU) October 20, 2019
Altuve's pennant-winning, walk-off homer as called on FS1, Fox Deportes, Astros radio, ESPN radio, & Russian TV: pic.twitter.com/6mSzLWORc1
β Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 20, 2019
