You’d think that having not played for over a week due to illness Yordan Alvarez would be rusty. But in his first night back Yordan had two homers, four RBI, a single, and three runs scored. His homers were 107. 5 and 104.2 MPH and traveled 415 and 429 feet respectively. The single was his hardest-hit ball at 109.6 MPH.
Maybe Dusty is on to something with all this resting-players thing he’s into.
Alvarez gave the Astros the early lead with a first-inning, second-deck, two-run homer scoring Michael Brantley.
After Astros starter Luis Garcia struck out the side in the first inning, the Angels tied the score in the second on a two-out Tyler Wade double to left-center, scoring Brandon Marsh and Jack Mayfield.