Yordan Alvarez, Astros look to 最高の，を越す A's again
Astros 強打者 Yordan Alvarez returned from the paternity 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） in grand style Tuesday, hitting two ホームランs to help Houston 決起大会／結集させる from a four-run 赤字 in a 9-6 勝利，勝つ over the visiting Oakland 運動競技のs.
And while Alvarez 攻撃する，衝突する his 15th and 16th ホームランs -- and Houston 記録，記録的な／記録するd a dozen 攻撃する，衝突するs -- it was the Astros' pitching in 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs that 証明するd 決定的な, a familiar 差し控える for the club this season.
After 降伏するing six runs on eight 攻撃する，衝突するs 早期に, Astros left-hander Framber Valdez 戦う／戦いd through five innings to keep the Astros within striking 範囲.
It was his work in the fifth inning that 証明するd 特に resourceful. With the Astros 追跡するing 6-3 and with Matt Olson and Matt Chapman on the corners with no outs, Valdez induced a pair of groundouts before striking out Sean Murphy to 立ち往生させる Olson at third and keep the 赤字 at three.
"The 重要な to that game was Framber with 走者s on second and third with no outs," Astros 経営者／支配人 Dusty パン職人 said. "He really buttoned 負かす／撃墜する when he was in trouble. That was a 調印する of 成熟 and a good 投手 when you can get out of trouble."
After Alvarez pulled the Astros even with his three-run 発射 in the fifth, relievers Bryan Abreu, Ryne Stanek and Ryan Pressly 連合させるd to 許す one 攻撃する，衝突する with four strikeouts over four scoreless innings. Abreu, 解任するd earlier Tuesday from the 10-day 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） (left-calf 緊張する), worked two innings in his first 活動／戦闘 since May 26.
"Not going unnoticed was the two innings he gave us," パン職人 said of Abreu. "And then Stanek and Pressly （機の）カム in and did a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業 with no 演劇."
The Astros will try to make it two 勝利，勝つs in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 against the A's on Wednesday night in Houston.
新人 権利-hander Luis Garcia (6-5, 3.14 ERA) is the scheduled starter for Houston. Garcia 苦しむd his second loss in his past four starts on June 30, 許すing four runs on three 攻撃する，衝突するs and three walks with five strikeouts over four innings in a 5-2 後退 to the Ba ltimore Orioles. He won five 連続した starts 橋（渡しをする）ing May and June, 地位，任命するing a 1.86 ERA while 許すing 対抗者s a .291 slugging 百分率 during that stretch.
Garcia is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA over two career starts against Oakland with 11 strikeouts over 10 innings.
Left-hander Sean Manaea (6-5, 3.13 ERA) will start for the 運動競技のs on Wednesday. He is 0-3 over his past three starts with a 3.86 ERA. He 許すd only one run or いっそう少なく in six of his eight starts before that.
Manaea is 3-6 with a 3.57 ERA over 16 career starts against the Astros, 含むing 0-1 with a 4.86 ERA in three starts this season.
The Astros' 罪／違反 did have a say in the final 結果 Tuesday, 決起大会／結集させるing against 運動競技のs starter Chris Bassitt, who was 9-0 with a 2.74 ERA over his previous 15 starts. Bassitt did not take the loss Tuesday but did 降伏する six runs on eight 攻撃する，衝突するs and one walk in 4 1/3 innings.
Houston 改善するd to 40-19 against teams with 加える-.500 記録，記録的な／記録するs, 含むing 8-3 against Oakland.
"That whole 顔触れ is disgusting," Bassitt said of the Astros. "But when you don't have your stuff, good luck."
--Field Level マスコミ
