Astros Pound Athletics 13‑2 Behind Wade Jr., Alvarez
HOUSTON (Interstat) — LaMonte Wade Jr. went 3 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs, and Yordan Alvarez hit a grand slam, powering the Houston Astros to a 13-2 victory over the Athletics on Saturday evening at Daikin Park.
Houston jumped ahead with a run in the first on a sacrifice fly, then erupted for five runs in the second inning capped by Alvarez’s 22nd homer. The Athletics answered with two runs in the third, but the Astros broke the game open with six runs in the fifth, highlighted by Wade’s two-run double and Jeremy Peña’s two-run double.
Starter Tatsuya Imai picked up the win, allowing five hits and two earned runs over five innings with eight strikeouts. Kade Morris took the loss for the Athletics. The Astros racked up 14 hits while holding the Athletics to six hits.
Elvis Alvarado tossed two scoreless innings for the Athletics, and Alimber Santa, AJ Blubaugh and Carlos Cortes combined for five scoreless innings of relief for Houston. Jose Altuve also homered for the Astros.
The win evened Houston’s record at 30-36 while the Athletics fell to 30-34. Attendance was 30,211, and the game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes.