Bros Baker & Brantley Bring Astros Back To Life In ALCS | Stros Are Making The Haters Sick Right Now

In the moment where it seems the Houston Astros were ready to be delivered their last rites, they found a way to keep hope alive.  

Dusty Baker’s cool resolve was tested by Boston’s offense but he once again made sure his team’s confidence remained intact. The top of Dusty’s lineup — which had begun hibernating for the winter in the first three games of the series — woke up with a vengeance in Game 4 returning as the catalyst to their 9-2 win at Fenway Park. 

MLBbro Michael Brantley broke the game open in the ninth inning with a bases-clearing hit.

Brantley swatted two more hits and the Astros offense kept pounding on the Red Sox pitching again in Game 5, leaving them staggered and heading back to Houston after a 9-1 victory. 

Another Pennant For Dusty, Stros ?

The Astros are now in position to clinch their second pennant in three years on Friday at Minute Maid Park.

“That [game four] was a huge win,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “To tie that up, to guarantee us to go back home and have some more games at home.”

The Fabulous Baker Boys have erupted for 16 runs and 23 hits off a Boston staff that couldn’t get the final out of an inning for the last 10 in the bean. Houston’s 36 two-out runs were the most by a team through eight games in a single postseason. Fenway Park had been a house of horrors for the Astros until Tuesday night’s historic rally, but like their manager, they keep fighting back.

“I’m just glad that we didn’t quit,” Baker said. “Just a great job overall by the whole team.”