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— and Tucker's fifth. The duo makes the Astros just the third team in the American League to have multiple sluggers with at least five homers apiece this early in the season. The Rays, who have the best record in baseball and face the Astros in a three-game series beginning Monday, and the White Sox are the others.
"He's incredible," said Alvarez, who hits third, two spots ahead of Tucker in the lineup."He's a guy I've had the opportunity to play with since the minor leagues and every day, he's just growing more and more. He gives everything he has on the field. Everything he does, stealing bases, hitting, he's great at everything."
"That's why they're there in those positions ," Astros manager Dusty Baker said."We split them up with José Abreu, who hasn't been hitting the ball out of the ballpark, but he's gotten some clutch hits for us, so that's going to come.
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