Baseball should change its scoring rules to count Yordan Alvarez as a runner in scoring position whenever he comes to bat. With the score tied 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth, with no one on base and two outs, every Astros fan knew that the winning run was already on the bases when Yordan came to bat.
He did not disappoint. On a 3-1 count he took Royals closer Scott Barlow 444 feet to right-center field to finish off the Astros comeback 7-6 win over the Kansas City Royals today on Independence Day.
It capped off a comeback from a 5-0 deficit created by Astros starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi, who managed only four innings pitched in his first start since IL, allowing five runs.