Houston Chronicle Sunday

TOWER OF POWER

Yordan Alvarez showed a penchant for the big postseason home run, starting with his walkoff blast in the ALDS opener and ending with a three-run shot that decided World Series Game 6

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1.019

OPS: Alvarez ranked second in the majors, trailing only the Yankees’ Aaron Judge (1.111).

37

HOME RUNS: Alvarez set a career high, and on Sept. 16, joined Jeff Bagwell (three) and Glenn Davis (two) as the only Astros with multiple three-homer games.

97

RBIS: Alvarez tied for fifth in the American League.

450

FEET: Distance of Alvarez’s Game 6 World Series home run, which cleared the batter’s eye that extends 40 feet above the center-field fence at Minute Maid Park.

 ?? Jon Shapley/Staff photograph­er ?? Yordan Alvarez gave the Astros all the cushion they needed in the World Series clincher, hitting a three-run homer in the sixth to put them up 3-1 over the Phillies.
Jon Shapley/Staff photograph­er Yordan Alvarez gave the Astros all the cushion they needed in the World Series clincher, hitting a three-run homer in the sixth to put them up 3-1 over the Phillies.

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