Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer off Seattle ace Luis Castillo to give the Houston Astros a 2-0 series lead over the Mariners in the ALDS.
Alvarez was the Game 1 star with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win in a game where they’d trailed by four.
“He threw a ball 3 or 4 inches off the plate and he hits a home run to the opposite field,” manager Scott Servais said. “He’s that kind of talent.”Alvarez, who had 37 homers in the regular season, trotted around the bases as cameras panned to his Cuban parents, who are watching their first postseason series after arriving in Houston in August.
There were two outs and a runner on first in the eighth when Seattle had surely seen enough of Alvarez leaving the yard. The Mariners intentionally walked him and Alex Bregman made them pay, adding some insurance when he singled to make it 4-2. Hector Neris got the win after getting the last out of the sixth inning to escape a bases-loaded jam. Bryan Abreu got the first two outs of the seventh before Rafael Montero came in and threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
“I do know how hard it is to win on the road and it will be very hard for them to win in Seattle,” Servais said. “I will tell you that. Because I know what it’s going to be like when our crowd gets going on Saturday.” Crawford doubled with two outs in the third. But second baseman Jose Altuve made a leaping throw after fielding a sharp grounder hit by Rodríguez that just beat him to first base to end the inning.
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