Bregman 'let emotions get the best of me' on HR celebration

Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman celebrated his first-inning home run Tuesday night by carrying his bat all the way to first base, which drew some criticism online.

Bregman agreed postgame that the celebration wasn't good form.

"I just let my emotions get the best of me," he said, according to ESPN. "It's not how I was raised to play the game. I just let my emotions get the best of me and ... yeah, I'm sorry for doing that."

Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto mimicked Bregman's antics after his own home run later in the game.

"I saw that, what Bregman did in the first inning ... I was like, 'That was pretty cool, I wanna do that,'" Soto said after Washington's 7-2 victory.

Astros manager AJ Hinch wasn't a fan of the initial celebration or its successor.

"Yeah, he shouldn't carry the bat past first base," Hinch told reporters about Bregman, per ASAP Sports. "Soto shouldn't carry it to first base, either."

Nationals skipper Dave Martinez echoed Hinch's sentiment.

"We didn't like it," Martinez said. "And the fact that Soto did it, I'll be quite honest with you, I didn't like it when he did it, as well. It's a conversation I'll have with Juan. That's not who we are. I mean, if he feels like he wants to carry the bat all the way to first base, then that's him.

"But I don't like when our guys do it. I don't like the celebration outside the dugout. I've said that before. That's just not who we are."

The last chance for World Series fireworks will come Wednesday night in a winner-take-all Game 7.