Yordan Alvarez and Jon Singleton each hit long homers in the first inning for the Houston Astros who beat the New York Yankees 4-3 to avoid being swept in the season series.
NEW YORK — Yordan Alvarez and Jon Singleton each hit long homers in the first inning for the Houston Astros, who beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Thursday night to avoid being swept in the season series.Alvarez, who was 3 for 32 with no homers in his previous nine games entering Thursday, hit a two-out solo shot off Marcus Stroman into the second deck in right field measured at 116.8 mph.
Josh Hader retired Anthony Rizzo to strand Alex Verdugo at first to end the eighth and then worked around a leadoff single by Gleyber Torres in the ninth to earn his fourth save. It was the first time Hader recorded more than three outs in a save since Aug. 14, 2020.Volpe had the Yankees' lone hit in 16 plate appearances with a runner on base.'I loved how the guys kept scratching,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
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