As usual, the Astros celebrated Mother’s Day by having some of the players’ moms throw out a ceremonial first pitch to their sons before Sunday’s 5-0 win over the Tigers.

The moms of Jose Altuve, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman, Yuli Gurriel, Martin Maldonado and Jeremy Peña – all wearing their sons’ jersey – stood just past the home plate dirt and delivered strikes – OK, they weren’t ALL strikes – to their sons.

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Jackie Bregman said she hadn't thrown a real baseball to Alex in a long time.

"When he was about 10 years old was the last time I threw him a real baseball because we were playing in the little cul-de-sac in front of our house and I pitched him a real baseball and he hit it straight back at my sternum and he hit me in the chest and I said, ‘Mommy can’t play with real baseballs with you anymore," Jackie told Fox 26's Mark Berman before the game.

The Astros, who have Monday off before opening a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins, went on to win their seventh straight game.

Matt Young has been a sports editor/writer at Chron since 2015. He's proudly from Alief and occasionally sits alone in his four-cornered room staring at candles. Reach him at matt.young@chron.com.