The game belonged to the long ball. Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs, including the decisive blast in the eighth inning, as Houston defeated Texas 4-3 at Globe Life Field.
Alvarez went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI, matching Joc Pederson's power display for Texas. The Houston slugger tied the game at 2-2 with a 428-foot homer to center in the fourth inning, then broke the deadlock with a 448-foot shot in the eighth.
The eighth inning proved decisive for Houston. Alvarez homered to center to give the Astros a 3-2 lead, then Walker scored on Trammell's sacrifice bunt to extend the margin to 4-2. Pederson answered with his second homer of the night, a 402-foot blast to right center, but it only cut the deficit to one.
Mike Burrows earned the win with 7.0 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts. Tyler Alexander suffered his first loss of the season, allowing 2 runs in just 0.1 innings of work. Jacob deGrom pitched effectively for Texas with 6.0 innings of 2-run ball, striking out 6.
Houston snapped a losing streak to improve to 24-32, while Texas fell to 25-29. Jacob deGrom sits one win away from 100 career victories, and Brandon Nimmo is two doubles from reaching 200 career doubles.