Yordan Alvarez doubled with three RBIs to back up a strong start by rookie Hunter Brown and help the Houston Astros to a 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers.
Houston Astros' Jeremy Pena, right, slides to score as Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim, left, waits for the throw on a sacrifice fly by Yanier Diaz during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 15, 2023, in Houston. – Yordan Alvarez played just two games in spring training while dealing with a sore left hand.Alvarez doubled with three RBIs to back up a strong start by rookie Hunter Brown and help the Astros to a 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
“The biggest thing is just all the work that I put in,” Alvarez said in Spanish through a translator. “Unfortunately, in the offseason and spring training I wasn’t able to work the bat a lot. But I tried to keep myself prepared physically ... and I think now we’re seeing some of the results there.” Texas right-hander Jon Gray left the game with no outs in the third inning with a bruised forearm after being hit on the throwing elbow with a comebacker.
The Astros led by 1 in the seventh when Jake Meyers and Mauricio Dubón hit back-to-back singles before Alex Bregman walked to load the bases. Ian Kennedy then walked Alvarez to make it 4-2. “It just got out of hand there in that seventh inning,” Bochy said. “And that's a tough one because we had a guy throwing the ball really well, had a lead and unfortunately it did happen.”
Marcus Semien singled to score Jankowski and make it 1-0 before Brown plunked Josh Smith. There were two outs in the inning when Adolis García drove in a run with an infield single to put Texas up 2-0.
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