José Abreu hits a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly, Jose Altuve has three hits and scores three runs and Houston pulls away for a 10-3 victory. Game 5 is Friday afternoon in Arlington.
José Abreu hit a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Houston Astros pulled even in the American League Championship Series with a 10-3 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 4 on Thursday night.
Houston, which led 3-0 only four batters into the game, responded immediately after Texas got even on Corey Seager’s opposite-field homer in the third inning.
Adolis García also homered for the wild-card Rangers, who have dropped two games in a row at home after starting this postseason with seven consecutive wins – six on the road – that included sweeps of the AL’s two winningest teams, Baltimore and Tampa Bay.
Game 5 is Friday afternoon at Globe Life Field, where the Astros are 8-1 this season. This ALCS, in which the home team hasn’t led yet, then switches back to Houston for Game 6 on Sunday night.
Jose Altuve had three hits and scored three times in his 100th career playoff game. Alvarez drove in three runs, giving him 13 RBIs already this postseason, and Chas McCormick added a two-run homer.
Dane Dunning, who entered in relief in the first inning, had an 0-and-2 count against No. 9 batter Martin Maldonado to open the fourth with the score tied before walking him and then Altuve.
Mauricio Dubón followed with his second soft single of the game before Alex Bregman struck out with the bases loaded. Rookie lefty Cody Bradford then came in to face Alvarez, whose 401-foot sacrifce fly to the warning track in center field came on the ninth pitch.
