HOUSTON (Neth.) – Carlos Correa, Yordan Álvarez and José Altuve hit homeruns for the Houston Astros to continue their great start to the season, beating the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Thursday-evening.
Houston’s win was a fan’s delight, who headed to Minute Maid Park for the first time since 2019.
The Astros are 6-1 on the season, which equates to the best start in franchise history after seven games. Five of the wins have come to the ribs of track and field, wiped out in Oakland at the start of the season.
Houston has combined the Oakland 41-11 this season.
And that day, he had the support of 21,765 boisterous fans. The last time the Houston park admitted the public was in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, which the Astros lost to the Washington Nationals.
Due to the pandemic, the capacity is currently limited to 50% of the living space. But the Astros were certainly relieved by the booing they got during the six-game road trip that started the season.
Rival audiences regularly chanted ‘cheats’, getting their first chance to penalize the Astros for the signal theft scandal revealed in January 2020.
Cristian Javier (1-0) gave up three scattered hits over five scoreless innings to take the win. The Dominican struckout seven batters.
The loss went to Cole Irvin (0-2).
For Athletics, Dominican Ramón Laureano is 4-0. Venezuelan Elvis Andrus 4-1.
For the Astros, Venezuelan Altuve was 4-1 with a run scored and an RBI. The Cubans Álvarez 4-2 with two runs scored and one RBI, Yuli Gurriel 4-0. Puerto Rican Carlos Correa 3-2 with two runs scored and two produced.