These are the 10 greatest moments at Daikin Park

HOUSTON -- When a team makes the postseason eight years in a row, winning four American League pennants and two World Series titles, there's going to be no shortage of memorable moments played in the home ballpark.

From thrilling World Series wins to unforgettable accomplishments by some of the best players in the game, Daikin Park (formerly Minute Maid Park) has packed a ton of history into its first 26 seasons. Here are the top 10 moments in the ballpark’s history:

1) ‎Astros clinch 2022 World Series
Nov. 5, 2022

The Astros won their second World Series title in six seasons by beating the Phillies in six games, with closer Ryan Pressly getting Nick Castellanos to fly out into foul territory in right field for the clinching out in Game 6. That sparked a huge celebration in Houston, where the Astros became the first team to clinch a World Series at home since the 2013 Red Sox. In Houston's dugout, the coaching staff mobbed manager Dusty Baker, who finally got his elusive World Series ring.

2) Alvarez's 450-foot HR in Game 6
Nov. 5, 2022

Yordan Alvarez turned the 2022 World Series around when he hit a mammoth three-run homer 450 feet to straightaway center field in the sixth inning of Game 6, putting the Astros ahead, 3-1. Houston eventually won, 4-1, to clinch the championship. The homer came on a 98.9 mph sinker from Phillies lefty José Alvarado. At the time, it was the second-longest World Series homer, per Statcast, which started tracking in 2015. Only then-Brave Freddie Freeman’s 460-footer in 2021 was longer.

3) Alvarez's 3-run walk-off HR in Game 1 of 2022 ALDS
Oct. 11, 2022

Down to their final out and trailing by two runs, the Astros stunned the Mariners in Game 1 of the 2022 ALDS when Alvarez hit a walk-off three-run homer off lefty Robbie Ray. It was the first walk-off homer in postseason history by a team that trailed by multiple runs. Houston went on to sweep the best-of-five series, igniting its run to an 11-2 postseason and a World Series championship.

4) Walk-off win in Game 5 of 2017 World Series
Oct. 29, 2017

In one of the wildest games in World Series history, Alex Bregman’s walk-off single to left field off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Derek Fisher from second base and sent the Astros to a 13-12 win and 3-2 lead in the Fall Classic.

"It's an unbelievable moment," Bregman said. "You dream about it as a little kid. To be living a dream, one win away from the World Series, is really special."

Neither Astros starter Dallas Keuchel nor Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw, a pair of Cy Young Award winners, made it through the fifth inning. Kershaw allowed six runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings, and Keuchel allowed four runs (three earned) and five hits in 3 2/3 frames. Both bullpens got battered -- Houston's gave up eight runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings, and L.A.’s allowed seven runs and 10 hits in five innings.

After the Astros wiped out deficits of 4-0, 7-4 and 8-7 with game-tying home runs, Los Angeles turned the tables on Houston by coming back from a 12-9 deficit in the ninth inning. Yasiel Puig hit a two-run homer off Astros reliever Chris Devenski to narrow the deficit before Chris Taylor, who was down to his last strike, connected on an RBI single to center to tie it at 12.

The 5-hour, 17-minute contest trails only Game 3 of the 2005 Fall Classic, when the Astros fell to the White Sox, 7-5, in 14 innings in a 5-hour, 41-minute game.

5) Altuve's walk-off homer to clinch 2019 ALCS
Oct. 19, 2019

Jose Altuve crushed an Aroldis Chapman slider and hit a towering walk-off two-run homer in the ninth inning to score George Springer for a 6-4 win over the Yankees in Game 6 of the ALCS. The Astros won the best-of-seven series, 4-2, to punch their ticket to the World Series for the second time in three seasons.

“We're not going to the World Series because of me,” said Altuve, who was named the ALCS MVP after hitting .349 with two homers. “We're going to the World Series because of everybody inside of the clubhouse.”

Yankees first baseman DJ LeMahieu hit a stunning two-run homer in the ninth inning to tie the game, but that simply set the stage for Altuve -- the only Astros player who endured the three 100-loss seasons in a row -- to send Houston back to the World Series.

6) Biggio reaches 3,000 hits
June 28, 2007

Craig Biggio, in the final season of his Hall of Fame career, cemented his legacy when he became the 27th player to reach 3,000 hits with a seventh-inning single off Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook. Biggio was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double, but that didn’t diminish the celebration before a sellout crowd of 42,537.

Biggio singled to center in the third inning for hit 2,998, beat out an infield single in the fifth for hit No. 2,999 and lined a single into right-center field for his 3,000th hit in the seventh. Biggio’s family and long-time teammate, Jeff Bagwell, came onto the field to acknowledge the moment.

“I wanted it to happen at home,” Biggio said. “For the integrity of the game, you let the chips fall where they may. But the right thing happened, and we were able to get it done, and anybody who had a ticket that night got to enjoy it, and the people at home got to enjoy it. Like I said, 20 years playing here and to be able to give that back to the fans is a pretty cool thing.”

Biggio didn’t stop at 3,000. He singled to right field in the ninth inning for his fourth hit of the game and he singled again in the 11th to cap off a 5-for-6 night. Carlos Lee finished the night with a walk-off grand slam, scoring Biggio to win the game. The grand slam proved to be only a sidebar to a night that belonged to No. 7.

7) 2017 ALCS clincher
Oct. 21, 2017

Only four years after losing a club-record 111 games, the Astros returned to the World Series for the second time in franchise history by beating the Yankees, 4-0, in Game 7 of the ALCS. The home team won all seven games in the series.

Solo homers by Evan Gattis in the fourth and Jose Altuve in the fifth got the Astros going, and Brian McCann’s two-run double in the fifth made it 4-0. Charlie Morton (five innings) and Lance McCullers Jr. (four innings) combined to shut out the Yankees, with McCullers throwing 24 consecutive curveballs to end the game.

"It's something special, man," shortstop Carlos Correa said. "It's like, 'We're going to the World Series.' It's something you think of and dream of as a little kid, and now it's real."

8) Burke's 18th-inning walk-off HR to win NLDS
Oct. 9, 2005

Chris Burke hit a walk-off home run in the 18th inning to cap an epic Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series, sending the Astros past the Braves, 7-6, in 5 hours, 50 minutes and into the NLCS. The Astros advanced to the World Series, where they were swept by the White Sox, but Burke’s homer was the greatest moment in the ballpark's history at the time.

“It’s just one of those moments you never could appreciate it for what it has become in the moment that it happened,” Burke said. “I think every time I watch it, I’m more and more grateful to have been able to have a moment like that than I ever could have been as a 25-year-old living it in real time. … Just really grateful to have been a part of that Astros team and play with so many great players.”

9) Biggio's final game
Sept. 30, 2007

A crowd of 43,823 packed the ballpark to watch Biggio play in his 2,850th and final game, ending a 20-year career in an Astros uniform. Batting second and playing second base, Biggio went 1-for-4 with a first-inning double, extending his record for most doubles by a right-handed hitter to 668 (since broken by Albert Pujols). It was his 3,060th and final career hit.

After Biggio grounded out in the seventh inning, he received a huge ovation heading to the dugout. Biggio went to second base to start the eighth but was removed before the inning started. A teary-Biggio waved to the crowd as he walked to his teammates standing outside the dugout, shaking hands along the way. He later made a lap around the ballpark to thank the fans.

10) Kent's walk-off HR in Game 5 of 2004 NLCS
Oct. 18, 2004

At the time, it went down as one of the biggest home runs in the history of the Astros, and for the man who provided the moment -- second baseman Jeff Kent -- it was a memory of a lifetime. Kent’s three-run home run off Jason Isringhausen in the bottom of the ninth rocked Minute Maid Park and sent the Astros to a 3-0 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the 2004 National League Championship Series.

The Astros took a 3-2 series lead over the Cardinals before losing Games 6 and 7 in St. Louis. Still, Kent’s walk-off homer remains an indelible image in Astros lore.

“There were pictures of me coming from third base to home plate, and I don’t know if I’ve ever been so excited in my whole baseball career, even in the World Series [with the San Francisco Giants in 2002],” Kent said. “I guess I got ahead of myself because I thought we were going to win and go to the World Series. We didn’t, and it was humbling knowing we lost against St. Louis a few days later.”