C arlos Correa did not just feel the energy. He created it. Fanned it. Fueled it. Pumped it into the Houston Astros’ dugout like an IV for an ailing man. Correa’s first home game back with the Astros turns into a lesson on how one man can still energize a roster, an entire ballpark, even large swaths of a city. Houston’s new and old No. 1 seems to be in the middle of everything.

Again. Like old times. Another big game atmosphere. Another close Astros win — this time Houston 7, Boston 6. Another welcome jolt for and from the city that always loved Carlos Correa best.

Alex Bregman hits a home run in his first at-bat back in the Astros downtown ballpark, the one he doesn’t even recognize as Daikin Park. It looks like Correa’s own Houston homecoming could be overshadowed, lost in the newer

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