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Yordan homers twice as Astros complete sweep of Royals

In Yuli Gurriel's return to Houston after leaving during the 2022 offseason, the Astros started the game off looking lost at the plate. With just one hit in the first three innings and four strikeouts, it was looking like a game with cold bats. That was until the fourth inning when the lineup started to click. Leading off the inning was Yordan Alvarez who, after grounding out in his first at-bat, launched a 0-1 curveball 102 MPH off his bat over the right field wall to get the scoring started and put the Astros up 1-0.

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