ATLANTA — Yordan Alvarez clubbed a two-out, two-run homer off reliever A.J. Minter within the ninth inning to interrupt a tie and ship the Astros to a 6-4 win over the Braves on Friday evening at Truist Park in a conflict between the earlier two World Series champions.
The Astros, who received for the third time in 4 video games, got here again from 4-1 down within the first inning to get again to the .500 mark (10-10). The Braves suffered their second consecutive loss on the heels of an eight-game successful streak and misplaced for the second time when scoring not less than 4 runs (13-2).
The Braves jumped on Astros rookie starter Hunter Brown for 4 runs within the first, however couldn’t handle anything towards Brown or the Houston bullpen. Trailing 4-1, the Astros rallied towards Braves reliever Jesse Chavez within the seventh by scoring three runs, capped by a game-tying double by Mauricio Dubón.
Bryce Elder allowed one unearned run in 5 innings for the Braves, strolling one batter and hanging out six. Dubón started the sport by reaching on an error and scored on an RBI double by Alex Bregman that put Houston forward, 1-0.
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