Corey Julks singled leading off the inning and Yainer Diaz reached on an infield single to third before Meyers’ homer. Meyers’ three-run drive off Luis Medina (0-4) put the Astros ahead 4-1. Noda tied it with a leadoff blast in the bottom of the inning. It was the slugger’s seventh home run in May. Their power showed up today in an impressive way.”Īlvarez got his team off to a quick start when he crushed Waldichuk’s first-pitch fastball into the stands in deep right-center. “They kind of got a lesson of if you’re going to leave the ball in the middle of the plate, you’re going to get hit and they’re going to take advantage of the mistakes. “These (pitchers) are young and they’re going up against some of the best hitters in the game today,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. The A’s (10-45) have the worst record in baseball and their losing streak is the franchise’s longest since dropping 12 in a row in 1995-96.Ī week after taking three from the A’s at Minute Maid Park in Houston, the Astros thumped Oakland again. “We finally hit some home runs today, which feels good. “It was still a close game and I’m glad we got those runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth,” Baker said. Six of Houston’s runs came off five home runs in the final three innings. The victory, the 2,124th of manager Dusty Baker’s career, pulled the Astros within two games of division-leading Texas in the AL West. The right-hander had three strikeouts and three walks and also picked off a runner.įour Houston relievers combined for four scoreless innings to complete the win. You have to enjoy those things.”Ĭristian Javier (6-1) allowed one run and four hits in five uneven innings. “Obviously it was a while since I hit a home run and I had to enjoy it,” Abreu said through a translator. The Astros first baseman continued running as he crossed home plate, then slid underneath a pile of teammates gathered near the visitor’s dugout. Abreu signed with Houston as a free agent in November. 13, when he was still with the Chicago White Sox. “It was a good time.”įew had as much fun as Abreu, who sprinted around the bases following his first home run since last Sept. “We had a lot of fun today,” McCormick said. The seven home runs are the most hit by any team in Coliseum history. Chas McCormick and José Abreu added solo shots as the Astros won for the 14th time in 17 games. Jake Meyers had a go-ahead three-run blast in the fourth. Jose Altuve had three hits, including his first home run of the season after missing Houston’s first 43 games with a fractured right thumb. It was the second multi-homer game this week by Alvarez and the 15th of his career. Yordan Alvarez hit two of Houston’s seven home runs, and the surging Astros beat Oakland 10-1 on Sunday to complete another series sweep and hand the Athletics their 11th consecutive loss.Īlvarez homered off opener Ken Waldichuk in the first, then had another solo blast off Garrett Acton in the ninth, right after Jeremy Peña went deep. Alvarez hits 2 of Astros' 7 HRs in 10-1 win over A's, who fall to 10-45
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