Houston Astros at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

10-16, 3-10 Away

Final
2 - 0

Cleveland Guardians

14-12, 8-5 Home

Yordan Alvarez hits MLB-leading 11th homer, powering Astros to 2-0 win over Guardians

Alvarez's two-run shot in the first inning off Tanner Bibee (0-3) helped the Astros win two of three in the series. Before coming to Cleveland, Houston started 1-9 on the road and dropped eight straight away games.

Lambert (1-1) held the Guardians to three hits in just his second start of 2026. The right-hander began the season at Triple-A Sugar Land before being brought up when the Astros endured a slew of injuries to their starting staff.

Lambert worked out of a two-on jam in the fourth by striking out Cleveland star José Ramírez and Kyle Manzardo. He fanned eight.

Four Astros relievers completed the combined five-hitter with Enyel De Los Santos getting the final four outs for his third save.

Alvarez has been among baseball's hottest hitters. He went 3 for 4, extended his hitting streak to nine games and his on-base streak to 18 and homered for the fourth time in six games.

“He’s just really good," Astros manager Joe Espada quipped earlier in the series.

Alvarez, who was limited to 48 games last season because of injuries, came in leading the majors in homers, extra-base hits and total bases and was tied for first in RBI.

Houston's hard-hitting designated hitter got the Astros on the board in the first when he yanked a hanging curveball from Bibee 422 feet over the right-field wall.

Alvarez and Lance Berkman (2002) are the only Astros players to homer 11 times in the season's first 26 games.

Up next Astros: After an off day, Houston begins a three-game home series against the Yankees with Lance McCullers Jr. (1-1, 6.20 ERA) starting.

Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (3-1, 2.12) opens a three-game series in Toronto on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rocchio flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Naylor walked.
	9th Inning	Schneemann to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Martínez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Martínez hit for Brito
	9th Inning	Schneemann reached on infield single to second.

Statistics

HOU		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
6	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	1
135	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	5
35	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
2.3	Runs Created	0.7
.188	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.156
.219	Secondary Average	.094
.257	On Base Percentage	.250
.570	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.406
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
19.0	Batter Rating	5.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.25
.125	Isolated Power	.000
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
4.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
71.8	MLB Rating	60.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0