Houston won Game 5 of the American League Championship Series 5-4, taking a 3-2 edge in the series.
ARLINGTON, Texas — The bounded out of the dugout, leaping and screaming as the ball left the yard. This game was chaos, bedlam, pandemonium. Choose your adjective, encapsulated it once more when he sent a line drive screaming over the left field wall to put the Astros ahead 5-4 in the ninth inning when his blast marked another defining moment in this budding Astros-Rangers rivalry. And that hardly tells the whole tale of an instant classic.
Astros reliever drilled García with a 98.9 mph first pitch. García jawed with catcher . The benches cleared and chaos covered the field. When the dust finally settled, Abreu, García and Houston manager Dusty Baker were ejected. The most tense moment yet in the history of this Astros-Rangers rivalry led to long deliberations from umpires. It will surely lead to further discussions over potential suspensions. There will be more fallout to come.
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