Reeling Astros snag one on Yankees, at least

Yordan Alvarez and Jon singleton each hit long homers in the first inning for the Houston Astros, who beat the Yankees, 4-3, in new York to avoid being swept in the season series.

Alvarez hit a two-out solo shot off Marcus stroman (2-2) into the second deck in right field measured at 116.8 m.p.h. Two batters later, singleton hit a two-run homer off the facade along the third deck clocked at 115.4, making Houston the first team in the statcast era (2015-present) to hit two homers measured at 115 mph off the bat in the same inning.

UMaine product Jeremy Peña had two hits, including a fifth-inning RBI single, for the Astros (1324), who were outscored, 40-18, in going 0-6 against the Yankees.

Anthony Volpe and Aaron Judge homered for the Yankees.

Notebook trout passed on DH

speaking to reporters for the first time since surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, the Angels’ Mike trout revealed he was given the option to play through the injury as a designated hitter, but opted for surgery and a quicker recovery.

“The day I got the MRI and it showed that, I was in a lot of pain, so it would have been a tough road for the rest of the year to bear that,” the three-time MVP said. “I felt the best option for me was to get it right and be fully healthy to come back soon.”

no official timeline has been given, but it’s expected the 32-yearold — injured April 29 — will play again this season.

Gilbert gets hit

Manny Margot highlighted a five-run first inning for Minnesota with a three-run double off seattle ace Logan Gilbert, and the Twins coasted to an 11-1 victory over the Mariners to win their fifth consecutive series.

Pablo López (4-2) pitched into the seventh with a season-high 10 strikeouts to win his third straight start. ryan Jeffers and Max kepler each homered and drove in two runs, Jose Miranda scored three runs on two hits, and Margot matched his career high with five RBIs for the Twins (22-15), who won their 15th in 17 games.

Gilbert (3-1) failed to pitch into the sixth for the first time in eight starts this season, and his AL-leading ERA of 1.69 rocketed to 2.94.

Carroll delivers

slade Cecconi pitched 5‚ innings of one-run ball, Corbin Carroll drove in the game-winning run with an eighth-inning single, and the Diamondbacks hung on to beat cincinnati, 5-4, capping a series sweep and extending the Reds' losing skid to eight games.

Joc Pederson homered in the first inning for Arizona, which won its fourth straight. five different players drove in runs.

bats big as the rockies

ezequiel tovar had a triple, double, and single, and brenton Doyle hit a three-run homer in a seven-run outburst in the fourth inning as the Rockies (9-28) snapped a four-game skid with a 9-1 win over the Giants.

san francisco shortstop Nick Ahmed, a native of East Longmeadow, left the game in the fourth after he aggravated a sore left wrist in his at-bat in the third.

sborz struggling

Rangers reliever Josh sborz was placed on the 15-day injured list for the second time this season because of a right rotator cuff strain. The righthander missed 17 games from April 7-25 because of the same shoulder issue.