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06/06 18:34 CDT Yordan Alvarez hits a grand slam for AL-leading 22nd homer as
Astros blast Athletics 13-2
Yordan Alvarez hits a grand slam for AL-leading 22nd homer as Astros blast
Athletics 13-2
By JOSHUA KOCH
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) --- Yordan Alvarez hit a grand slam for his American
League-leading 22nd home run, Tatsuya Imai struck out eight and the Houston
Astros defeated the Athletics 13-2 on Saturday.
Alvarez capped the Astros' five-run second inning with the fifth slam of his
career when he blasted a changeup from Athletics starter Kade Morris (0-1) into
the right field seats. Alvarez tops the AL with 48 RBIs.
LaMonte Wade Jr. and Jose Altuve also homered for the Astros, who roughed up
Morris in his major league debut and scored all of their runs before the sixth
inning.
Morris gave up nine runs and nine hits, walked three and struck out four in
four innings. The 23-year-old right-hander was drafted in the third round by
the New York Mets in 2023 out of the University of Nevada, Reno. He was traded
to the Athletics in 2024 for Paul Blackburn.
Wade Jr.'s solo homer led off the second inning for his first hit with the
Astros since signing on Thursday. Wade finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs and was
a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
In the third, the Athletics scored their only runs with on Tyler Soderstrom's
RBI single and a bases-loaded walk by Zack Gelof --- with the help of a
successful Athletics ABS challenge. Soderstrom has reached base safely in 16
consecutive games.
Astros starter Tatsuya Imai (3-3) battled back to strike out Jeff McNeil
swinging to end the third and leave the bases loaded. Imai gave up two runs and
five hits in five innings.
In his second game since coming off the injured list, Altuve hit his fifth
homer of the season and gave the Astros a 7-2 lead in the third.
Houston blew it open with its six-run fifth, led by a pair of two-run doubles
from Wade and Jeremy Pea.
Isaac Paredes drove in his ninth run in the last four games with a sacrifice
fly in the first.
Up next
Athletics LHP Gage Jump (1-1, 3.75 ERA) will face Astros RHP Mike Burrows (3-7,
5.66) in the series finale on Sunday.
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