Athletics routed as Astros’ Alvarez hits grand slam for AL-leading 22nd homer

HOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez deed a expansive slam for his American League-leading 22nd location run, Tatsuya Imai struck retired 8 and the Houston Astros defeated the Athletics 13-2 connected Saturday.

Alvarez capped the Astros’ five-run 2nd inning with the 5th slam of his vocation erstwhile helium blasted a changeup from Athletics starter Kade Morris (0-1) into the close tract seats. Alvarez tops the AL with 48 RBIs.

The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.

LaMonte Wade Jr. and Jose Altuve besides homered for the Astros, who roughed up Morris successful his large league debut and scored each of their runs earlier the sixth inning.

Morris gave up 9 runs and 9 hits, walked 3 and struck retired 4 successful 4 innings. The 23-year-old right-hander was drafted successful the 3rd circular by the New York Mets successful 2023 retired of the University of Nevada, Reno. He was traded to the Athletics successful 2024 for Paul Blackburn.

Wade Jr.’s solo homer led disconnected the 2nd inning for his archetypal deed with the Astros since signing connected Thursday. Wade finished 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs and was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

In the third, the Athletics scored their lone runs with connected Tyler Soderstrom’s RBI azygous and a bases-loaded locomotion by Zack Gelof — with the assistance of a palmy Athletics ABS challenge. Soderstrom has reached basal safely successful 16 consecutive games.

Astros starter Tatsuya Imai (3-3) battled backmost to onslaught retired Jeff McNeil swinging to extremity the 3rd and permission the bases loaded. Imai gave up 2 runs and 5 hits successful 5 innings.

In his 2nd crippled since coming disconnected the injured list, Altuve deed his 5th homer of the play and gave the Astros a 7-2 pb successful the third.

Houston blew it unfastened with its six-run fifth, led by a brace of two-run doubles from Wade and Jeremy Peña.

Isaac Paredes drove successful his ninth tally successful the past 4 games with a sacrifice alert successful the first.

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