Yordan is the second player in the last 15 years to hit three homers in a game. There is a time and a place for this.
The Houston Astros secured a playoff spot with a win over the Oakland A's on Friday night, as Yordan Alvarez hit a three-run home run in his first three at-bats.
The Astros won their sixth game in a row to join the Dodgers as the first two teams to make the playoffs.
The second baseman in the American League with 36 home runs had three solo shots off AdrianMartinez.
He has not hit a home run since August of last year. Glenn Davis and Jeff Bagwell are the only Astros to have more than one three- home run game.
He hit four homers, totaling 1,322 feet. He joined Nelson Cruz as the only players with three 400 foot homers in a game.
Verlander didn't miss a beat after hurting his calf in August. He walked one and struck out nine to extend his season long winning streak to nine games.
His performance moved him to 13th on the career strikeout list with 3,178 strikeouts.
Baker wouldn't say what Verlander's limit was, but said he would be on a pitch count. He didn't give up a hit after throwing 78 pitches.
Ramon Laureano was hit with a pitch in the second. He didn't allow another base runner until walking Brown in the fourth. He sat down four of the next five hitters.
The no-hit bid was broken up by Nick Allen on his first pitch.
In the first, there were two outs and one hit, which was a home run by Alvarez.
With two outs in the third, he hit his second home run of the game.
Jeremy Pea hit his 18th home run in the fifth. The Astros went back-to-back when Alvarez hit the next pitch from the pitcher into center field to make it a four-run game and send the crowd into a frenzy.
The only hits that he allowed were the four homers which were a career high.
The A's, who have the worst record in baseball at 52-93, struck out a season-high 16 times.
The AP contributed.
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