Right when everything seemed to be on the Padres’ side, the Astros made a statement. Two home runs —one by Carlos Correa and the other from Kyle Tucker’s bat— and a huge bullpen performance made it for Houston to defeat San Diego 6-3 in the first game of the series.
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Making his comeback from the injured list, José Urquidy got into a pitching duel with veteran Jake Arrieta through the first three innings of the contest. But in the fourth episode, with the Astros down 1-0, Carlos Correa hit a go-ahead mammoth home run to center field with two men on board to leave things 3-1.