Yordan Álvarez’s three hits spark three wins, but Astros still much deeper

On Sunday afternoon, the defending World Series champion Astros were four outs away from being yanked back to .500. 

Yordan Álvarez had other plans.

Despite a supremely located slider on the outer-half from Braves reliever A.J. Minter, Álvarez calmly deposited a base hit into right field to tie the game at 2. 

Rookie Corey Julks delivered the

up the middle to put Houston…