It was as good as it could get for the Astros. On Thursday night, Houston completed a doubleheader sweep against the Yankees with a 7-5 win. Yordan Álvarez came back from the injured list and hit his 27th home run of the season, Alex Bregman got his 12th long ball, and Chas McCormick hit a four-bagger of their own (9) to reach 61wins, the second-highest mark in the Majors.
To improve their record to 5-2 against the Yankees in ’22, the Astros enjoyed a good but short outing from Luis García and the three aforementioned homers. García kicked off the second half of the season with five innings of three-hit, two-run ball, two walks, and six strikeouts on 92 pitches (59 strikes).