Jeremy Peña hits 2 early homers, Yordan Alvarez hits 39th as Astros beat Royals 4-2
- Yordan Alvarez: 15 events in the last 90 days
- Previous: earlier the same day · Yordan Alvarez's season puts him in exclusive company, but are Triple Crown, AL MVP still possible?
What happened
Jeremy Peña homered in his first two at-bats and Yordan Alvarez slugged his 39th home run to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. The Astros, who entered the day leading the AL West by one game over the Texas Rangers, got back on track after a three-game sweep by Tampa Bay over the weekend. Peña hit Michael Wacha’s first pitch over the wall in left-center field for his f…
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below