Jose Altuve hit two of Houston’s five home runs to lead the Astros to a 10-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night in a game where Yordan Alvarez left with an ankle injury.
Jose Altuve hit two of Houston’s five home runs to lead the Astros to a 10-2 victory over theThe Astros, who have already won the American League West title, moved within one win or one loss by the New York Yankees of securing home-field advantage through the AL playoffs.
Lance McCullers Jr. was scratched Tuesday afternoon with an undisclosed illness and Luis Garcia started in his place. Garcia allowed four hits and one run with six strikeouts in six innings to get his sixth straight win. Geraldo Perdomo and Daulton Varsho hit solo homers for the Diamondbacks, who lost for the fourth time in five games."That’s everything that I’ve been working for," he said. "To see the success happen, it feels really good.""That was pretty awesome for a young man to hit his first home run batting in the order where Alvarez usually hits," he said. "We’re all happy for him. He’s been doing a good job for us.
The Astros took a 2-1 lead on a sacrifice fly by Trey Mancini in the fourth. Altuve doubled in the fifth and later scored on a single by Hensley that chased Davies.
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