The Rockies’ Cal Quantrill (0-3) allowed six hits and six earned runs in five innings.
MEXICO CITY — Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs, Kyle Tucker added a solo shot and the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 12-4 on Saturday night in the MLB World Tour: Mexico City Series to snap a five-game losing streak.
Ronel Blanco allowed two hits and five runs in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out eight and walked two.Houston arrived in Mexico City after scoring just six runs in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Chicago Cubs, but the team took advantage of the 7,349-foot elevation of the Alfredo Harp Helu stadium to break the offensive slump with 15 hits against the Rockies.
Colorado played their second regular-season game in Mexico. In 1999, they beat San Diego in their season opener, also at Monterrey.José Urquidy played with the Astros in a exhibition game against the San Diego Padres in Mexico City in 2016, but a right arm injury left him out of the series against the Colorado Rockies.
The 28-year-old Urquidy said that he threw a bullpen session in Mexico City and feels close to a return to the rotation.Gomber has been relatively reliable so far this season, allowing three earned runs or fewer in all but one of his five starts and tossing five innings or more each of his past three. The lefty was solid his last time out — a no decision vs. the Padres at Coors Field that saw him give up one run on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts in five innings of work.
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