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Alvarez Homers in First Inning and Hits RBI Single in Ninth to Lead Astros to 3-2 Win over Angels
Alvarez’s 35th homer and ninth-inning RBI single backed four hitless relief innings for Houston, which won for the seventh time in eight games.
- On Tuesday, Yordan Alvarez homered and hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.
- Houston jumped to an early lead behind Alvarez's major league-leading 35th homer, a 427-foot blast, followed by Christian Walker's 21st home run, a 411-foot shot in the fourth.
- Los Angeles kept pace as Mike Trout and Jorge Soler combined to tie the game in the fifth, while Angels starter Reid Detmers and Astros right-hander Peter Lambert each pitched five strong innings.
- Pinch hitter Nick Allen ignited the decisive ninth-inning rally with a double, setting up Alvarez's go-ahead single, while closer Josh Hader tossed a scoreless ninth for his 14th save.
- The Astros remain two games behind Texas in the American League West after winning seven of their last eight games; Wednesday's series finale features Astros RHP Hayden Wesneski opposing Angels RHP Grayson Rodriguez.
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Alvarez homers in first inning and hits RBI single in ninth to lead Astros to 3-2 win over Angels
Yordan Alvarez homered and hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Daily BulletinAngels beaten by Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez in 9th
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Alvarez delivers monster HR, go-ahead RBI in Astros' win
ANAHEIM -- Yordan Alvarez crushed his 35th homer of the season in the first inning and delivered a two-out RBI single in the ninth to break the tie and send the Astros to a 3-2 win over the Angels on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.
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