Relive the 11 Best Moments from the Astros' 11-Game Winning Streak

All great things eventually come to an end. The Roman Empire, The Bourne Ultimatum, the new Kendrick Lamar album. All those things are great. And they all ended. Case meet point.
Last night, the Astros' 11-game win streak, the longest streak of 2017 so far, came to an end. To add insult to injury, the L came in deja-vu fashion as the Royals scored three runs in the 8th and two in the 9th to come back and win. Astros fans everywhere woke up sweating bullets in the middle of the night having flashbacks to that fateful Carlos Correa error in the 2015 ALDS.
But don't fret, Astros fans; You may not remember what it feels like to have your favorite team lose a baseball game, but it's actually happened 16 other times this year already. And, you still have the best record in baseball by a substantial margin. So, instead of mourning the end of the Stros' insanely hot stretch, let's take a look at 11 of the best moments of their 11-game win streak. As my middle school girlfriend said when she dumped me at lunch that fateful December day, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Jake Marisnick's Go-Ahead Bomb:

When you watch Marisnick's at-bats live, he seems like a player who hits .400 with an OPS over 1.000. Also, he's running around the bases fast enough and with enough juice that his hair looks like it's got a fan blowing it back like Beyonce at a photoshoot. 
Bird Invasion:

It's only fitting that there was an aviary invasion while the Orioles were at Minute Maid Park. That's one fearless bird right there, though as long as Randy Johnson isn't around it should be fine.
George Springer's Awesome Slide:

This moment came earlier on during the streak, when no one knew it was a streak yet. Oh, we were all so young back then.
Calling this a slide almost does it a disservice. This is a dive. Considering baseball is a sport that features a fair amount of standing still, watching someone go 100-percent all out is exhilarating. George Springer: fun to watch.
Carlos Correa Catch:

NBA fans frequently refer to players like Kristaps Porzingis, Joel Embiid, and Giannis Antetokounmpo as "unicorns". I think that Carlos Correa is baseball's closest thing to that, especially when he's on defense. The dude is six-foot-four and goes back to snag this ball like it's no problem. That's a lot of limb to move in a short amount of time. As far as shortstops go, he's essentially a super athletic giraffe in baseball pants.
The 11-run Inning:

Leading the Astros, 8-2, after seven innings, the Twins had a 99-percent win expectancy in this late May matinee. Then, the Astros pressed the "Oh right, we are the best offense in baseball" button, and an epic comeback commenced.
This inning truly had everything: Eight hits! 11 runs! A hit by pitch! A replay review! A balk! The inning even featured something that didn't show up in the box score: a 10-minute rain delay after Gattis' RBI groundout. It wasn't quite as dramatic as the Cubs' World Series Game 7 post-rain delay rally, but the Astros keeping the big inning going after even a minor meteorological interruption was undeniably impressive.
Alex Bregman's Barehanded Play:

This is why you collect amateur shortstops and stockpile them like there's no tomorrow. One team should just throw nine shortstops out there at different positions just to see what would happen. Put a shortstop behind the dish, and he'll make barehanded frames. This is the new frontier.
The Six Home Run Game:

Technically, this is more of a 5.5 homer game considering the final homer was hit off Twins catcher/emergency reliever Chris Gimenez. There's an idea for stat changes: Dingers off position players should count as .5 like group sacks in football. 
George Springer's Monster Shot:

Springer hit this ball to a part of Target Field where you don't usually expect to gather yourself a souvenir. Unsurprisingly, it was the second-longest home run of 2017 according to Statcast. You know when a strong dude hits a home run and the announcer goes, "he didn't even really get all of it"? Well this right here is what happens when he "gets all of it."
This side angle of his swing is absolutely beautiful. I don't think it's possible to get a tattoo of a GIF yet, but when that technology happens, this one is in the running. 

Brian McCann Steals a Base:

Sure, Yu Darvish was about two hours to the dish, but this is still an awesome play by McCann. That's McCann's first steal (while playing catcher) since 2012 when he was with the Braves. Here's how long ago that was:
Pitcher: Josh Johnson
Catcher: John Buck
Hitter: Paul Maholm

Ken Giles' Nasty Slider:

Giles hasn't yet returned to form as the shutdown arm that the Astros traded for before the 2016 season. but he's shown some flashes of it. This pitch is downright hilarious. It's an 88-MPH slider dotted up at the knees that would have been a strike anyway. Odor couldn't have hit that with a pizza paddle. Not to mention it was against the Rangers, which made it even sweeter for the 'Stros.
Carlos Correa's Deceptively Far Dinger:

What makes Correa especially unicorn-y is that he's an enormous dude who can do all that cool defense stuff, but he can also do stuff like this. Dingers that go behind the bullpen don't have the wow factor of other 440-foot shots that are hit to the second deck. But it's important to remember that bullpens are big, especially in Texas.
It's been a fun ride for the AL West leaders. Don't be surprised if they rip another 10+ game streak off at some point this season.