NEW YORK – Yordan Alvarez and Jon Slingleton each homered in the first inning, and the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees 4-3 on Thursday night, avoiding being swept.
Alvarez hit a solo home run off Marcus Stroman (2-2) to the second balcony. The ball left Alvarez’s bat at a speed of 116.8 miles per hour.
Two batters later, Singleton hit a resounding home run that hit the face of the third balcony into the right field stands, a result rarely seen at Yankee Stadium.
Houston (13-24) becomes the first team to hit two homers with a velocity measured at 115 mph or more since Statcast was introduced in 2015.
Jeremy Pena provided two hits, including a productive single in the fifth inning, for the Astros who had lost their first six duels of the campaign against the Bronx Bombers (40-18 in cumulative points).
Anthony Volpe brought the Yankees closer with a two-run slap against starter Ronel Blanco (4-0) in the third inning, and Aaron Judge stood out with a 473-foot bomb against reliever Ryan Pressly in the eighth inning.
Endgame specialist Josh Hader, however, closed the door by getting the last four outs. It was his fourth save of the season.
Elsewhere in Major League Baseball
Arizona 5 – Cincinnati 4
ARI : The Reds have lost their last eight games.
CIN : Corbin Carroll drove in the winning run with a single in the 8th. Joc Pederson hit a home run. Paul Sewald collected a first save.
Seattle 1 – Minnesota 11
SEA : Luke Raley drove in the Mariners’ only run with a single in the second inning.
MIN : Ryan Jeffers (8) and Max Kepler (3) hit home runs. Édouard Julien hit a hit. Manny Margot hit a three-run double in the 1st inning. Pablo Lopez (4-2) set a career high with 10 strikeouts and won his third straight start.
St. Francis 1 – Colorado
SF : Keaton Winn allowed seven earned runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.
COL : Cal Quantrill only allowed the Giants one run in six innings of work.
Cleveland 2 – Chicago White Sox
CLE : José Ramírez (8) and Josh Naylor (10) drove in their team’s runs with solo home runs.
CWS : The White Sox sign their 10th victory in 38 games.
St. Louis 1 – Milwaukee 7
STL : Lars Nootbaar (3) drove in the Cards’ only run with a homer.
MIL : Rhys Hoskins (8), Jake Bauers (3) and Joey Ortiz (3) hit home runs.
Kansas City – Angels de LA
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