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- Updated: August 27, 2016
HOUSTON — With the American League Wild Card race especially tight, the Astros can thank Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis for helping to pull off a 5-4 win over the Rays on Friday night.
Houston moved to three games back of Baltimore in the Wild Card standings.
Trailing, 4-3, after Mikie Mahtook’s go-ahead blast in the top of the ninth, Correa and Gattis belted back-to-back jacks to give the Astros their first home win in five games and a Major League-best 10th walk-off win of the season.
“After that homer in the top of the ninth, you kind of felt the air go out of the stadium,” outfielder Jake Marisnick said. “It got a little flat in there. Correa was sure to wake everybody up, and Gattis sent everybody home happy.”
For Correa, coming up clutch has become almost ordinary for the 21-year-old shortstop. Friday was no exception as he belted a solo shot over the right-field wall on the first pitch he …
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