FANTASTIC!
Fan-tastic! Astros fan Kate Upton cheers on her man, Justin Verlander, in big win
Clifford Pugh
Oct 21, 2017, 2:58 am
Originally appeared on Culture Map/Houston.
It was high-fives all around as Kate Upton celebrated the Astros' 7-1 win over the New York Yankees Friday night in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series.
Casually dress in denim jeans, trucker jacket, and red blouse, the model was ensconced in a luxury box at Minute Maid Park with friends and family of her fiancé, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, as she excitedly cheered on the team and her main man as the Astros triumphed in the "must-win" game to even the series at 3-3.
Afterward she posted this photo on her Instagram page:
The deciding game of the series will be played at Minute Maid Park tonight.
Upton, 25, and Verlander, 35, got engaged in 2016 after three years together. But they couple has not set a wedding date.
'"I'm really excited about the engagement and I'm really excited about getting married. It's just the wedding planning sucks," she told Extra at the premiere of her movie, The Layover, in August.
A one-time self-proclaimed Yankees fan before she met Verlander, Upton is leaving no doubt where her loyalties lie now. She has attended all three Astros games against the Yankees in Houston and boldly wore the Astros’ orange-and-blue colors while dining with a male friend at The Smith in New York's Flatiron District earlier this week, the New York Post reports.
And the newspaper dug out this quote: “I used to be a really big Yankees fan,” Upton said while serving as a guest host on Live! in 2014, a year into her relationship with Verlander, who was playing for the Detroit Tigers at the time. “But I’m sleeping with the enemy.”
The latest update from Astros GM Dana Brown on the club's flagship station did not ease anyone's concerns this week. Brown said he was optimistic that Kyle Tucker would be back before September. September?
Which made us wonder what type of injury Tucker is really dealing with? A bone bruise doesn't typically take this long to heal.
Be sure to watch the video above as ESPN Houston's Joel Blank and Barry Laminack share their thoughts on Tucker's health, the Astros' secrecy when it comes to injuries, and much more!