Regardless of Sunday’s loss (SEA 6, HOU 4), the Houston Astros went to Seattle and took care of enterprise towards the Mariners this weekend. They gained two of three and moved right into a digital tie atop the AL West. The 52-47 (.5253) Astros are share factors forward of the 53-48 (.5248) Mariners after being 10 video games again as not too long ago as June 18.
For Houston, the spotlight of Sunday’s recreation was the towering Yordan Alvarez hitting for his first profession cycle. He singled off Bryan Woo within the first inning, homered off Woo within the fourth, tripled off Tayler Saucedo within the sixth, and doubled off Gregory Santos within the eighth. Alvarez went 4 for 4 and drove in two runs within the recreation.
Listed below are Alvarez’s 4 hits, which raised his season batting line to a stout .301/.385/.545:
It needs to be famous Julio Rodríguez exited the sport after crashing into the wall on the Alvarez triple. He stayed down on the sphere for a couple of minutes grabbing at his proper ankle earlier than ultimately strolling off the sphere beneath his personal energy, albeit with a limp. The Mariners say X-rays had been adverse and Rodríguez is at the moment day-to-day, pending extra checks.
Alvarez’s cycle is the tenth in Astros’ franchise historical past and the primary since Jose Altuve did it in Boston towards the Purple Sox on Aug. 28 of final season. It is usually solely the second cycle in T-Cellular Park historical past. Miguel Tejeda, then with the Oakland Athletics, hit for the cycle at what was then often known as Safeco Subject on Sept. 29, 2001.
Alvarez’s cycle is the second in baseball this season: Texas Rangers rookie Wyatt Langford did the honors towards the Baltimore Orioles on June 30. There have been a minimum of 4 cycles in every of the final six 162-game seasons. We’re at two in 2024.
The Astros and Mariners have one final head-to-head collection remaining. They’re going to play three video games at Minute Maid Park Sept. 23-25. That’s the second-to-last collection of 2024 and it may very well be a vital one.
