Astros fans hail World Series champs at parade

HOUSTON -- An estimated assemblage of much than 1 cardinal fans celebrated the Houston Astros' World Series triumph with a downtown parade Monday.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner had encouraged fans coming to the triumph parade to "arrive early, deterioration Astros' colors, beryllium large and observe safely." The parade, which started astatine noon and lasted for a mates of hours, packed sidewalks with radical arsenic Astros players riding floats and buses waved astatine cheering fans.

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The parade took spot without immoderate superior incidents, but for the apprehension of a 33-year-old antheral who was accused by Houston constabulary of throwing a brew tin astatine U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who was riding successful the backmost of a motortruck that was portion of the parade. Police said the brew tin deed the Republican legislator from Texas successful the thorax and cervix country but helium did not necessitate immoderate aesculapian attention.

The antheral was arrested by police, but his sanction was not instantly released. He is expected to look battle charges, constabulary said.

Video from the parade showed radical on the way booing Cruz arsenic helium went by, including conscionable earlier helium was deed by the brew can.

Although a last tally of the fig of radical astatine the parade was not instantly available, it was expected to surpass the 1 cardinal individuals who attended the parade held aft the Astros won their archetypal World Series successful 2017, said Mary Benton, a spokeswoman for Turner.

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The Astros clinched their 2nd World Series rubric successful six seasons Saturday. Yordan Alvarez deed a towering three-run homer, helping the Astros bushed the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 successful Game 6.

Saturday's triumph gave 73-year-old manager Dusty Baker his archetypal rubric successful 25 seasons arsenic a manager, the past 3 successful Houston.