On Sunday, the Houston Astros completed the regular season of 2023 in first place in the American League West.
The Astros needed the Mariners to defeat the Rangers on the final day so that their title could be secured, and that is exactly what happened.
Space City rockets their way to another AL West Title. #CLINCHED 🚀 pic.twitter.com/hqUW9ijuQO
— MLB (@MLB) October 1, 2023
News spreads quickly. pic.twitter.com/x43tBj5q4C
— Houston Astros (@astros) October 1, 2023
The Houston Astros then defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-1 in the game’s final outing to win the American League West, which came to them for the sixth time in the period of seven years.
According to MLB, Chas McCormick, the team’s center fielder, said, “It feels good,”
“It feels good to get in the playoffs, especially to win the division. With how hard it was there at the end of the season, with our ups and downs, I think this says a lot about these guys. We never stopped fighting all the way to the finish line.”
Alex Bregman also mentioned, “We had an extremely tough division this year,”
“Texas had a great year, Seattle had a great year. To be able to prevail today on the last day of the season, it was a really good win for us. Now it’s time to go home and rest the bodies and get ready for October.”
The Astros are the 1st team in MLB history to finish a season below .500 at home and 20+ games above .500 on the road (39-42 at home, 51-30 on the road). pic.twitter.com/9N1RVPiubw
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 2, 2023
According to ESPN Stats and Info, “The Astros are the 1st team in MLB history to finish a season below .500 at home and 20+ games above .500 on the road (39-42 at home, 51-30 on the road).”
Houston’s third baseman had some choice words for naysayers and detractors as the team celebrated winning the AL West division.
"People were wondering what it was gonna be like if the 'Stros didn't win the division…
I guess we'll never know" 😎🍾
(via @astros)
pic.twitter.com/hxfIroWZOd— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 1, 2023
Alex Bregman said, “A lot of people were wondering what it was gonna be like if the ‘Stros didn’t win the division,”
“I guess we’ll never know.”
