Yordan Alvarez homered twice and finished with three hits, Kyle Tucker hit also went deep and the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 12-4 in the first game of the Mexico City Series on Saturday night.Yainer Diaz had three hits and Tucker, Mauricio Dubon and Jose Abreu each finished with two hits in the win. Ronel Blanco (3-0) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks, striking out eight, in 5 2/3 innings for Houston, which snapped a five-game skid.Ryan McMahon homered and Nolan Jones had two hits for Colorado.The Rockies opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning on McMahon’s fourth homer of the season — a 459-foot, two-run shot.Houston cut the lead in half in the second on an RBI double by Trey Cabbage and took the lead in the third. Alvarez hit a two-run homer off Rockies starter Cal Quantrill and Tucker followed with his sixth of the season to make it 4-2.Houston extended its lead in the sixth and chased Quantrill. Tucker singled, Jeremy Pena walked and Diaz singled to load the bases with no outs.Jalen Beeks replaced Quantrill and gave up an RBI single to Dubon, and Pena scored on a double play.Quantrill (0-3) allowed six runs on six hits and two walks in five-plus innings. He struck out two.
