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This Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel play added to the Astros' dominance during Game 1 of the ALCS

Houston Astros' Yuli Gurriel comes off the bag to tag out New York Yankees' Starlin Castro at first during the sixth inning of Game 1 of baseball's American League Championship Series Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip/AP)

The Astros' 2-1 win over the Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World gave us a strong performance by José Altuve, who is simply masterful at his craft. And it appeared the theme of the night continued as his friend and teammate, Carlos Correa, gave us a beautiful play to witness on Friday night as well.
On a 1-0 pitch in the top of the sixth inning, Starlin Castro hit a grounder to Correa. Since Correa is, well, Correa, he made a stellar back-handed play. He tossed it across the diamond to Yuli Gurriel, who pulled off the bag during the reach, but could make the tag and get Castro out.

And the crowd, of course, went wild.
Tune in to Game 2 of the ALCS presented by Camping World on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. CT on FOX.

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