Rookie Alvarez hits home run in Astros’ victory

ASTROS 10, BREWERS 8

HOUSTON — Rookie Yordan Alvarez hit one of Houston’s four home runs to become the first player in franchise history to homer in his first two major league games and helped lead the Astros to a 10-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.

Yuli Gurriel, Robinson Chirinos and Tyler White also homered for the Astros, who won for the fourth time in five games.

Houston led by one run in the fifth when Michael Brantley hit a run-scoring triple to chase Freddy Peralta (3-3). He was replaced by Matt Albers, who was greeted with a single by Gurriel, which pushed the lead to 6-3. Alvarez then knocked a changeup by Albers into the right field seats to extend the lead to 8-3.

Alvarez, 21, who led the Pacific Coast League with 23 home runs, also had a two-run shot in his debut on Sunday.

Travis Shaw homered for the Brewers in the seventh before a two-run home run by Chirinos in the bottom of the inning extended Houston’s lead to 10-4.

The Brewers added a run on a bases-loaded walk in the eighth and got within two runs on Yasmani Grandal’s three-run home run off Chris Devenski with two outs in the ninth. But Devenski struck out Eric Thames to end it.

Houston starter Brad Peacock (63) yielded 7 hits and 4 runs in 61/3 innings for the victory.

Peralta took the loss by giving up 8 hits and 6 runs in 4-plus innings.

Christian Yelich hit his MLB-leading 25th home run and finished a triple shy of the cycle as Milwaukee’s four-game winning streak was snapped. Yelich’s hitting streak was extended to a season-high nine games.