Astros' Peña caps ALDS sweep with HR in 18th

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Jeremy Peña's solo location tally to pb disconnected the apical of the 18th inning -- the archetypal tally of the crippled for either squad -- sent the Houston Astros to their sixth consecutive ALCS with a expanse of the Seattle Mariners connected Saturday.

The crippled tied a large league grounds for the longest crippled by inning successful MLB postseason history.

It besides featured 498 full pitches with a postseason-record 42 combined strikeouts thrown by 18 pitchers.

Peña had been 0-for-7 anterior to his blast disconnected Mariners reliever Penn Murfee.

Luis Garcia pitched 5 innings of relief, striking retired six, to gain the triumph for Houston.

Seattle was hosting its archetypal playoff crippled successful 21 years.

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