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09/23 00:08 CDT Alvarez hits 41st homer and drives in 3 as Astros blank
Mariners 7-0 to tie Rangers atop AL West
Alvarez hits 41st homer and drives in 3 as Astros blank Mariners 7-0 to tie
Rangers atop AL West
By LUKE OLSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) --- Yordan Alvarez resumed his Triple Crown push with a home run
and three RBIs as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Tuesday
night to pull even with Texas atop the AL West.
Houston snapped a three-game skid and tied the Rangers at 78-79 following their
6-3 loss to the New York Mets at home. Both teams have five games remaining,
and the Astros hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Seattle (73-84) is on the brink of playoff elimination, one season after
winning the AL West for the first time in 24 years and coming within one
victory of the franchise's first World Series appearance.
Alvarez hit a two-run shot to right field in the seventh inning to tie Junior
Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League lead with 41 homers.
Alvarez is first in batting average at .314 and he has 102 RBIs, six behind
Baltimore Orioles slugger Pete Alonso for most in the AL.
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