Alvarez homers, Tucker surpasses 100 RBIs as Astros increase

Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros talked about the need to improve their record at home as the regular season winds down. Alvarez homered and Kyle Tucker added two RBIs to give him an American League-leading 101 as the Astros used a big fifth inning to rally to beat the San Diego Padres 7-5 win on Saturday night. The Astros bounced back after losing the opener 11-2 to get their fourth win in five games and increase their lead over the Mariners in the AL West to 1 1/2 games.

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