The Astros rallied to clinch their third straight AL West title, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-1 on Sunday behind Christian Javier's six strong innings and Alex Bregman's two-run homer.
"A lot of people wanted to know what it's like if the Astros didn't win the division," Bregman said before popping the cork on a champagne bottle. "I guess we'll never know."
The Astros have a first-round bye in the AL playoffs while Arizona will play at Milwaukee in a best-of-three NL wild card series that starts Tuesday. "You definitely want to finish on a high note, but it's whatever and you've got to throw it away," Diamondbacks outfielder Alex Thomas said. "Now we've got October baseball to focus on."The Diamondbacks celebrated in the dugout when Cincinnati's 15-6 loss to St. Louis clinched their first playoff berth since 2017. They had a much more raucous celebration after the game, a party that spilled over into the pool behind Chase Field's right-center wall.
Tucker hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning and made it 6-0 in the fifth with a triple and head's up baserunning after Diamondbacks shortstop Jordan Lawlar held the relay throw.
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