{"id":416116,"date":"2026-06-13T07:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=416116"},"modified":"2026-06-13T07:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:23:13","slug":"yordan-alvarez-hits-grand-slam-2-run-hr-in-1st-inning-at-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/yordan-alvarez-hits-grand-slam-2-run-hr-in-1st-inning-at-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Yordan Alvarez hits grand slam, 2-run HR in 1st inning at Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212;\u00a0Yordan Alvarez\u00a0hit a grand slam and two-run homer in the first inning of the\u00a0Houston Astros&#8217;\u00a010-8 win\u00a0over the\u00a0Kansas City Royals\u00a0on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The left-handed slugger drove in two runs with an opposite-field homer early in the inning. He then cleared the bases with a two-out shot to center, giving him six RBIs in a nine-run inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alvarez finished the game 3-for-5, adding a single in the top of the third inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the RBI stat became official in 1920, only Alvarez and Baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz (2008) have hit two homers and recorded six RBIs in a first inning, according to ESPN Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alvarez, the American League leader in homers, is tied with\u00a0Philadelphia&#8217;s\u00a0Kyle Schwarber\u00a0for the MLB lead at 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alvarez, who is from Cuba, was the AL rookie of the year in 2019. The three-time All-Star was the AL Championship Series MVP in 2021 and led the Astros with six RBIs the next year when they won the World Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8212;\u00a0Yordan Alvarez\u00a0hit a grand slam and two-run homer in the first inning of the\u00a0Houston Astros&#8217;\u00a010-8 win\u00a0over the\u00a0Kansas City Royals\u00a0on Friday night. The left-handed slugger drove in two runs with an opposite-field homer early in the inning. He then cleared the bases with a two-out shot to center, giving him six RBIs in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416117,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416116\/revisions\/416117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}