SAN DIEGO — A few minutes before he gave the Astros a 4–3 win in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, Carlos Correa told manager Dusty Baker that he would do it.
“Walk-off,” said the shortstop, and then he swaggered to the plate.
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Baker, in his first year as Astros skipper, had heard that Correa occasionally called his shot in that way. He had done it a year before, when he walked off the Yankees in the 11th inning of Game 2 of the ALCS.