HOT SEATS
How Houston Astros fans cans score highly coveted playoff tickets
Sep 21, 2022, 1:16 pm
The playoffs are right around the corner! Composite image by Brandon Strange.
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As orange-and-blue-blooded Houston Astros fans know, the team clinched its fifth American League West Division title in the past six seasons on Monday, September 19 with a 4-0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays.
So, as the Astros look to the postseason, fans are in turn looking for playoff tickets. Those individual tickets for Astros ALDS home games go on sale on Wednesday, September 28. Diehards can visit the team’s official postseason site to score a chance to grab playoff tickets early.
Of course, the easiest way to guarantee postseason access, the Astros note, is by buying 2023 season tickets. These are on sale now; call 1-877-9ASTROS or visit the aforementioned postseason site for more information and availability.
Postseason power means postseason swag, and so fans can now deck out in AL West Division Champion and postseason now available at the Astros Union Station Team Store (501 Crawford St.) at Minute Maid Park.
The team store is open until midnight Tuesday, September 20, and will then move to extended hours: 9 am-7 pm Monday through Friday, and 9 am-2 pm on Saturdays (on non-game days).
This postseason offers plenty of buzz for fans. Pitching has rarely looked better, with hometown hero Lance McCullers, Jr. back and Justin Verlander — a Cy Young Award favorite — just returning from an injury. Slugger Alex Bregman has been bringing the fire (much like his salsa), as are stalwarts like José Altuve, Yordan Alvarez, and Kyle Tucker.
In short, serious fans should scoop up those tickets now, as World Series run whispers whirl.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.