For a lot of this season, s slugger z had been on tempo to make historical past as simply the sixteenth Main League Baseball participant to win the Triple Crown, ending the season as his league's chief in batting common, dwelling runs and RBIs.
Alvarez's energy has sagged not too long ago, nevertheless, hitting simply three dwelling runs and driving in 13 runs for the reason that starting of August. Which means he has slightly little bit of floor to make up if he's going to be the primary Triple Crown winner for the reason that Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera did it in 2012 and simply the second since Carl Yastrzemski grabbed the crown in 1967.
Alvarez is also seeking to be a part of e and l as the one Astros gamers to ever win a batting title and Jeff Bagwell, Lance Berkman and r as the one RBI leaders in franchise historical past. No Astros participant has ever completed a season because the league chief in dwelling runs.
Right here's the place Yordan Alvarez stands within the Triple Crown race getting into Wednesday's video games…
Batting common
Yordan Alvarez, Astros: .311 (0-for-5 on Tuesday)
Chandler Simpson, Rays: .307 (1-for-5 on Tuesday)
Yandy Díaz, Rays: .306 (2-for-5 on Tuesday)
House runs
Junior Caminero, Rays: 39 (final homered Tuesday)
Yordan Alvarez, Astros: 38 (final homered Sunday)
Ben Rice, Yankees: 36 (final homered Sept. 4)
Pete Alonso, Orioles: 34 (final homered Tuesday)
Runs Batted In
Pete Alonso, Orioles: 97 (Drove in two runs Tuesday)
Yordan Alvarez, Astros: 95 (Has one RBI in September)
Junior Caminero, Rays: 93 (Has pushed in 5 runs in previous 5 days)
Ben Rice, Yankees: 88 (hasn't pushed in a run since Sept. 4)
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