Eight days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Texas, the Houston Astros played its first post-Harvey home game at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Saturday.
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Astros manager gave a heartwarming speech before the first baseball game in Houston after Hurricane Harvey
Astros manager A.J. Hinch gave a short speech and welcomed the city back to its home stadium in first baseball game in Houston since Hurricane Harvey.
Astros manager efore Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner threw the first pitch.
The Astros were due to play the New York Mets in a double-header Saturday, after the Astros organization asked the Mets if Friday's game could be postponed so that both teams could volunteer as part of the relief efforts in Houston. Hinch thanked the Mets for "giving them a day off" in his speech.
Earlier this week, the Astros'
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Harvey dumped nearly 52 inches of rain at one location in Cedar Bayou, about 30 miles east of downtown Houston, the National Weather Service said. The rainfall total broke a record for the continental United States set in 1978.
At least 41 deaths have been reported, and officials expect the toll to rise. More than 30,000 people have fled to shelters as dangerous flooding slowly recedes.
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