HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit his 40th home run, one of five Houston long balls, and the Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Thursday night to move back over .500 and open a one-game lead over Texas in AL West. Jeremy Peña hit a first-inning homer for Houston, and Daulton Varsho, Lamonte The post Alvarez hits 40th home run, Astros beat Royals 6-2 to move 1 game ahead of Rangers for AL West lead appeared first on The Lethbridge Herald - News and Sports from around Lethbridge .