Houston Astros at New York Yankees

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Houston Astros

66-66, 33-31 Away

Final
9 - 7

New York Yankees

74-57, 33-29 Home

Yordan Alvarez hits go-ahead triple in 8th inning as Astros outlast Yankees 9-7

Yainer Diaz hit a pair of solo homers, including a tying shot to the short porch in right field off Headrick’s fastball to start the eighth. After Jeremy Pena singled, Alvarez ripped a low-inside sinker to the warning track in right-center for a 7-6 lead.

Alvarez increased his major league-leading batting average to .323. The slugger had his seventh career triple and first since July 21, 2024.

Pena homered off Fernando Cruz in the sixth for a 5-all tie. Daulton Varsho had two RBI singles for the Astros, who won for the sixth time in 15 games after owner Jim Crane said manager Joe Espada will finish the season.

Isaac Paredes added an RBI single off Headrick (7-3), who has allowed five homers in 68 appearances. Headrick is second in the big leagues in appearances to Toronto lefty Mason Fluharty and permitted a run for only the 12th time.

Diaz tacked on an RBI single in the ninth off rookie Bradley Hanner as the Astros scored six runs against New York’s bullpen.

Houston overcame a four-hit night by New York first baseman Luis García Jr. García hit an RBI double off Steven Okert that gave the Yankees a 6-5 lead and also launched a two-run homer in the fifth off rookie starter Ethan Packo.

It was García’s third four-hit game this season and the eighth of his career.

Bryan Abreu (5-3) allowed an RBI single to Jazz Chisholm Jr. before finishing a double play against Austin Wells with a nice grab at first base. Josh Hader got four outs for his 19th save in 19 chances.

Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer in the third that broke a 32-game homerless drought and gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead.

Packo allowed five runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings on his 24th birthday.

New York starter Will Warren permitted three runs — two earned — and seven hits in five innings.

Up next Astros RHP Peter Lambert (8-7, 3.68 ERA) pitches Wednesday night. The Yankees had not announced a scheduled starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bellinger flied out to center.
	9th Inning	García Jr. popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Rice flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Allen at second base.
	9th Inning	Velázquez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Diaz singled to left, Smith scored on error, Diaz safe at second on fielding error by left fielder Bellinger.

Statistics

HOU		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	3
9	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	11
2	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	1
186	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
27	Total Bases	18
45	Plate Appearances	40
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
10.1	Runs Created	6.3
.341	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.659	Slugging Percentage	.514
.415	Secondary Average	.371
.400	On Base Percentage	.375
1.059	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.889
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
10.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.3
64.0	Batter Rating	49.0
13.7	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.48
.317	Isolated Power	.229
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.089	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
.073	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.086
18.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
110.0	MLB Rating	95.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0