Rounding Second, 'I Felt the Whole Stadium Moving'

Watch the big home run from Yordan Alvarez of the Astros to help his team win the World Series
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 6, 2022 6:41 AM CST

The Houston Astros are the new world champs, and a dramatic moment in the sixth inning of Saturday night's decisive World Series game is a big reason why. With the Astros trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the 6th, Yordan Alvarez crushed a three-run home run 450 feet to dead center in front of the hometown fans, per ESPN. Watch the moment here. The Astros would win the game over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 to take the Series in six games. "When I was rounding second base, I felt the whole stadium moving,” Alvarez said through a translator after the game, per the AP. (More World Series stories.)

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