Puerto Rican Carlos Correa, Cuban Yordan Álvarez and Venezuelan José Altuve each hit a solo homerun on Thursday. in the Astros’ 6-2 victory over Athletics at Minute Maid Park. Houston’s ninth, which went 6-1 on Friday, set a franchise record with 15 home runs in the first seven games to start the season and led the majors so far in 2021.
The Astros are also second in the majors with 51 runs scored, behind the Reds (57). Houston has scored six or more runs in six of their games so far this season.
“This team has the ability to hit and they have worked hard in spring training,” said Astros manager Dusty Baker. “I’ve never seen boys practice hitting like this. They hit in the morning before practice, they hit during practice, they hit after practice. … Those guys like to hit. I had no expectations. I would like to see [qué pasa] when the lower part of the order lights up ”.