Astros come back to walk-off the Royals on Yordan Alvarez’s home run

After falling behind at the start, Houston of Kansas City The lead completed the Astros’ biggest comeback win of the season before a powerful swing by Yordan Alvarez.

Alvarez took two outs in the ninth inning, and Houston Beat The Kansas City Royals won 7-6 for their seventh straight win on Monday.

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Alvarez said through a translator, “No one in the dugout gives up the whole game … even if that’s how we’re losing.”

Led by Kyle Tucker and Alvarez, AL West-leading Houston erased a five-run deficit in their last 18 games on the way to their 15th win. Tucker leapt into the eighth of the Astros’ three-run single with a two-run single, and Alvarez hit a drive to the left center against Scott Barlow (2-2) for his 24th homer.

“I just tried to focus, saw a pitch in the zone, but that pitch came back to the middle of the plate and I was able to hit it,” Alvarez said.

Ryan Stanek (1-0) scored a ninth for the win.

The Astros also won their last at-bat on Sunday, using Jeremy Pea’s tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth to seal a 4-2 win. Los Angeles Angels,

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Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (44) celebrates his walkoff home run with manager Dusty Baker during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on Monday, July 4, 2022 in Houston.
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This is the first time the Astros batted on home runs for the last time in a row since Mark Loretta and Carlos Lee on June 28–29, 2007. against Colorado,

Andrew Benintendi had three hits and two RBIs for Kansas City, which won three of the four. MJ Melendez hits two singles homers.

“It’s one of the toughest rounds of the season. … you like the prospect of being able to finish it,” said Royals manager Mike Matheny.

The Royals leapfrogged Jake Odorizzi for five runs in three innings on his return from injury. Hunter Dozier and Benintendi hit two-run singles each, and Melendez connected in third.

The Astros went 6–3 in the eighth when Wyatt Mills drove Pea without a dismissal before Amir Garrett took over. The left-hander then issued back-to-back walks to Alvarez and Alex Bregman to load the bases.

Tucker followed with a one liner to the center. Yuli Gurriel then greeted Taylor Clarke with a tiling RBI single. But Clarke retired the next three batsmen to limit the damage.

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MJ Melendez (1) of the Kansas City Royals watches his solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Monday, July 4, 2022 in Houston.
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Kansas City wasted a solid performance by Jonathan Hesley, who allowed one run and three hits in six innings. Hesley was hit hard on his previous start, tagging along for a career-high seven runs and nine hits in the loss. to texas,

Odorizzi scored a season high with nine hits and five earned runs in four innings. He was ruled out due to injury to his left leg.

“One of those days, when it came down to execution everything was not crisp,” Odorizzi said. “Really, the only pitch I trusted—and that wasn’t a ton—was my fastball.”

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Houston selected right-hander Anolie Paredes for Triple-A Sugar Land to make room for Odorizzi on the roster.

Mauricio Dubon of the Houston Astros is third after Dubon’s first unsuccessful pickoff-attempt by starting pitcher Jonathan Hesley by the Kansas City Royals during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Monday, July 4, 2022 in Houston.
(AP Photo / Eric Christian Smith)

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Jack Greinke (2-4, 4.38 ERA), who spent two and a half seasons with Houston before signing with the Royals this off-season, will start Tuesday night against Luis Garcia (6-5, 3.54 ERA).