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Worth the wait! Gonzalez hits walk-off HR in 16th
- Updated: May 11, 2016
HOUSTON — Marwin Gonzalez lined the first pitch he saw from Indians pitcher Cody Anderson into the right-field seats for a two-out walk-off home run in the 16th inning that sent the Astros to a 5-3 marathon win Wednesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.
The Indians forced extra innings by tying the game in the ninth inning. Mike Napoli doubled with one out and scored the tying run on a Carlos Santana triple. Astros closer Luke Gregerson had converted his previous 16 save chances since Aug. 12 of last year.
The Astros squandered early scoring chances before coming through with a pair of clutch hits to take the lead. Carlos Correa tied the game with an RBI single in the sixth, and Preston Tucker’s two-out RBI single in the seventh put them ahead, 3-2.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDClutch hits come late: The Astros were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position before Correa shot a two-out single up the middle in the sixth to score Jose Altuve from second to tie the game. …
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