Astros sweep Marlins with back-to-back homers and strong pitching

The Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins with a 5-2 win on Wednesday, powered by back-to-back home runs from Yordan Álvarez and Isaac Paredes in the eighth inning. Source: Clarín

Series opener

In the first game, Jeremy Peña hit a grand slam and Yordan Álvarez added two homers to support the return of Ronel Blanco from Tommy John surgery, leading to an 8-5 victory. Source: Diario Libre

Tuesday's game

The Astros won 5-3 as Peña and Paredes homered, and Japanese rookie Tatsuya Imai struck out eight over six innings. Source: Clarín

Sweep-clinching win

With the game tied 2-2 in the eighth, Peña singled, Álvarez hit his MLB-leading 34th homer, and Paredes followed with another blast to seal the sweep. Steven Okert pitched a perfect eighth inning, and Bryan Abreu earned his sixth save. Source: Listín Diario The Marlins have lost nine consecutive games, their last win before the All-Star break.