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Yordan Alvarez goes deep as Astros hit 5 homers in 13-2 rout of A's to close in on AL West title

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Camarena, A. (2026, September 27). Yordan Alvarez goes deep as Astros hit 5 homers in 13-2 rout of A's to close in on AL West title. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/yordan-alvarez-goes-deep-as-astros-hit-5-homers-in-13-2-rout-of-a-s-to-close-in-on-al-west-title/article_af4f8181-3e91-52a2-ab9d-b89bff27fa7b.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-27 · by Adam Camarena

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Yordan Alvarez hit a key three-run homer as part of Houston Astros' five-home run performance, leading them to a 13-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. The win moves the Astros closer to clinching the AL West division title and securing the No. 3 seed in the playoffs, contingent upon their Sunday game result or a loss by the Texas Rangers. Alvarez's 42nd home run of the season tied him for second place in the American League, while Jeremy Peña contributed with two two-run homers, finishing 4-for-6 with four RBIs.
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On Sunday, the Houston Astros clinched the American League West title despite finishing the regular season with an even record of 81-81. This marks the worst winning percentage for a division winner in non-shortened seasons, breaking the previous mark held by the 2005 San Diego Padres (82-80). The Astros secured their ninth postseason appearance in ten years after beating the Athletics 9-0 in West Sacramento and seeing Texas lose to Minnesota. With this win, Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday. Yordan Alvarez led the league with a batting average of .316 but had a modest day at bat, going 1 for 4. The Astros' success comes despite facing significant challenges earlier in the season and dropping to eleven games under .500.

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3 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.
2026-09-28 · assertive framing · Astros rebound from 11 games under .500, win AL West despite finishing 81-81
🔮 Either team will become the first to win a division with a .500 record or worse, excluding shortened seasons.
2026-09-27 · assertive framing · Yordan Alvarez goes deep as Astros hit 5 homers in 13-2 rout of A's to close in on AL West title
🔮 Henry Bolte and Michael Stefanic both drove in two runs in the sixth inning, and Jacob Lopez tossed four strikeouts in the Athletics’ 6-5 win over the Houston Astros on Friday, assuring the AL West champion will be baseball’s first postseason team without a winning record in a full season.
2026-09-26 · assertive framing · Bolte and Stefanic each hit 2 RBIs in sixth to lift Athletics past Astros 6-5
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Astros Athletics Calif. Houston WEST SACRAMENTO

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Astros ORG · 2× Athletics ORG · 2× Houston GPE · 2× AL West ORG · 1× American League ORG · 1× Calif. GPE · 1× Texas Rangers ORG · 1× WEST SACRAMENTO GPE · 1× Yordan Alvarez PERSON · 1× the Houston Astros ORG · 1×

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Houston (80-81) can clinch the AL West crown and the No. 3 seed in the American League playoffs with another win Sunday over the A’s in their regular-season finale or a Texas Rangers loss at Minnesota.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-27
🔮 Either team will become the first to win a division with a .500 record or worse, excluding shortened seasons.
2026-09-27 · Toronto Star
Yordan Alvarez goes deep as Astros hit 5 homers in 13-2 rout of A's to close in on AL West title · assertive framing

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Yordan Alvarez launched a three-run homer and the Houston Astros went deep five times Saturday night as they moved closer to a division title with a 13-2 victory over the Athletics. asserted
they → launch → Athletics
Houston (80-81) can clinch the AL West crown and the No. 3 seed in the American League playoffs with another win Sunday over the A’s in their regular-season finale or a Texas Rangers loss at Minnesota. asserted
Houston → clinch → Minnesota
Either team will become the first to win a division with a .500 record or worse, excluding shortened seasons. asserted
team → become → seasons
Alvarez homered in the fifth inning to put the Astros up 6-1. asserted
Alvarez → homer → Astros
His 42nd homer of the season tied him with Tampa Bay slugger Junior Caminero for second in the AL. asserted
homer → tie → AL
Houston finished with 16 hits as Jeremy Peña, Isaac Paredes and Jose Altuve combined for nine of them and seven RBIs. asserted
Peña → finish → them
Peña hit a pair of two-run homers, one in the third and the other in the eighth. asserted
Peña → hit → eighth
He finished 4 for 6 with four RBIs. asserted
He → finish → RBIs
Parades homered in the first to open the scoring and went 3 for 5. asserted
Parades → homer → 5
Hayden Wesneski (6-2) threw seven innings and struck out five while allowing six hits and two runs. asserted
Wesneski → throw → hits
The Astros scored six runs, including Lucas Spence’s solo homer, between the seventh and ninth to expand their lead to 13-2. asserted
Astros → score → 13
Jack Perkins (3-13) pitched five innings for the Athletics. asserted
Perkins → pitch → Athletics
He struck out nine but gave up six runs and three homers. asserted
He → strike → runs
Up next Neither team had announced a starting pitcher for Sunday’s regular-season finale. asserted
team → announce → finale
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