HOUSTON -- Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Seattle ace Luis Castillo that lifted the Houston Astros over the Mariners 4-2 on Thursday for a 2-0 lead in the AL Division Series.
Alvarez was the Game 1 hero with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win in a game where they'd trailed by four.
With his home run, Alvarez became the first player in major league postseason history to hit multiple career go-ahead homers in the sixth inning or later when his team was trailing, and each of his two came in his last two games, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.