CHICAGO — After lacking the primary two video games of the collection to are likely to a private matter, Yordan Alvarez arrived within the Astros’ clubhouse shortly earlier than Thursday’s finale towards the White Sox. As he made his approach to his locker, one in all his teammates could possibly be heard greeting him by shouting “the king is again.”
Only a couple hours later, Alvarez confirmed why his return prompted such a response.
Within the first inning, throughout his first at-bat of the collection, Alvarez scorched a 439-foot solo shot to right-center. Six frames later, he cracked a game-tying single to assist gas Houston’s come-from-behind 5-3 victory at Assured Charge Area.
Alvarez’s heroics got here simply two days after supervisor Joe Espada introduced the Cuban slugger had left the group to handle a household matter. Espada confirmed Thursday morning that the whole lot was OK, after which he watched one in all his group’s finest hitters get again to work as if he’d by no means left.
On simply the second pitch he’d seen since Sunday, Alvarez despatched a Chris Flexen cutter 109.6 mph over the Astros’ bullpen. It was precisely the form of jolt Houston’s offense had been looking for in his absence.
Within the seventh, after Jose Altuve’s one-out RBI single, Alvarez grounded a ball up the center to tie the sport at 3 on his third hit of the day. Houston scored the go-ahead run off a throwing error by Chicago third baseman Lenyn Sosa, then plated yet another on Jeremy Peña’s bases-loaded stroll to finish the comeback and safe its second straight collection victory.
