Overview

• After nearly 100 games out with a fractured right hand, Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run homer in his second game back during Houston’s 4-0 win over the Rockies.
• The Astros placed Victor Caratini on the seven-day concussion injured list following repeated foul tips and recalled César Salazar from Triple-A Sugar Land.
• Starter Yainer Diaz remains sore in his left wrist/hand and is day-to-day, with Salazar starting to catch Framber Valdez on Wednesday.
• Framber Valdez threw seven scoreless innings to halt a rough August stretch and preserve Houston’s 1.5-game lead in the AL West.
• Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez began a Triple-A rehab assignment wearing a thumb splint as he tries to delay surgery, then exited after being hit on the left hand in his first game.