Texas 3, at Houston 7

HOUSTON (Interstat) — Yordan Alvarez collected four hits and Jeremy Pena homered as the Houston Astros broke open a tie game with four runs in the seventh inning and beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park. Alvarez went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and scored once, including three doubles. Pena finished 2 for 4 with a two-run homer for the Astros, who swept the three-game series and improved to 58-55. Texas fell to 55-57 and lost its fifth consecutive game. Attendance was 33,955 and the game took 2:56. Houston pushed across the first run in… Read more...