The Astros tied the major league record for most homers in an inning by getting five off starter Nathan Eovaldi as part of a nine-run rally that led them to a 13-4 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. .
Cubans Yordan Álvarez and Yuli Gurriel, as well as Kyle Tucker, Dominican Jeremy Peña and Michael Brantley homered for the Astros, who set a franchise record for most home runs in an inning.
There had been five homers in a single inning on seven previous occasions in league history.
Tucker added his second home run of the night and his seventh of the season in the fourth inning, a grand slam off Tyler Danish. Houston won for the 13th time in 15 games.
Jose Urquidy (3-1) gave up 12 hits and four runs, including homers by Rafael Devers and JD Martinez, but pitched five innings for the win.
Eovaldi (1-2) became the third pitcher in history to give up five home runs in one inning. He joined Chase Anderson (Sept. 17, 2020, against the Yankees) and Michael Blazek (July 28, 2017, against the Nationals).
For the Astros, the Venezuelan José Altuve 4-1 with a run scored. Honduran Mauricio Dubón 1-1. Cubans Yordan Álvarez 4-2 with three runs scored and one RBI, Gurriel 5-2 with three runs scored and two produced. The Dominicans Peña 5-2 with a run scored and an RBI, José Siri 5-1. Puerto Rican Martín Maldonado 4-1 with a run scored.
For the Red Sox, Puerto Rican Kiké Hernández 5-1. The Dominicans Devers 4-3 with two runs scored and one RBI, Franchy Cordero 5-1. Mexican Alex Verdugo 5-2.