Alvarez went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 7-5 extra-inning loss to the Cardinals. Alvarez homered for the third time in as many games in the bottom of the eighth inning. He's in the midst of a six-game hit streak that includes seven-extra base hits, seven RBI and seven runs scored. The 28-year-old slugger leads the majors with 10 long balls to go along with a 1.261 OPS, 21 RBI, 19 runs scored and a steal across 104 plate appearances in the early going.
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Yordan Alvarez Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB3/22L 3-2200000000030003/20L 7-4310000000050003/19L 6-2302200010010023/18L 4-1200000000030003/15W 1-0300000000030003/14W 8-2312100140030053/12L 3-2313210000030043/10W 7-6210000001040003/8L 3-1301010000030023/6W 7-1300000000040003/5L 2-0200000000030003/23-330000000005000
Preseason Totals 32485201510400013 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultABRH1B2B3BHRRBIBBHBPKSBCSTB4/19L 7-5511000110050044/18L 7-2312010111040064/17L 1-0101100000010014/162-2211100010040014/15W 3-1322010111040064/14W 7-6411010020060024/13L 6-2300000001030004/12L 6-1300000001040004/11L 8-7613110110040074/10L 9-6312100131050054/8L 9-1401100000020014/7L 5-1300000000120004/6L 9-7400000000030004/5L 12-104110001220100044/4W 11-0111100014030014/3L 4-1100000010020004/1W 6-4322110000160033/31W 1-0101010010010023/30W 8-1512100120040053/29W 9-7211100012041013/28W 11-9312110000140033/27L 6-2511000110040043/26L 3-030000000002000
Regular Season Totals 7216251070819133871056
Yordan Alvarez Splits 2026
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SplitsHRRBIHAVG1B2B3BBBHBPSBCSTBOBP
Overall 1021270.333107014310640.471Away 3880.2504109100180.432Home 713190.3886605210460.500Night 816200.3776604200500.460Day 2570.25041010110140.488March 3680.3813203110190.536April 715190.31775011200450.447Opponent vs STL 3 3 5 0.357 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 0.400 vs COL 1 4 5 0.227 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 0.346 vs SEA 2 4 5 0.333 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 12 0.444 vs LAA 1 2 4 0.308 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 8 0.526 vs ATH 1 4 2 0.333 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0.615 vs BOS 2 4 6 0.545 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 14 0.615 Venue @ Houston 7 13 19 0.388 6 6 0 5 2 1 0 46 0.500 @ Seattle 2 4 5 0.333 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 12 0.444 @ Athletics 1 4 2 0.333 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0.615 @ Colorado 0 0 1 0.091 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.231
Yordan Alvarez Player Profile
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Yordan Alvarez: Breaking News
Hits eighth homer in loss
Alvarez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Cardinals. Alvarez's solo shot off right-hander Kyle Leahy in the bottom of the third inning was Alvarez's eighth long ball of the season, matching Jordan Walker and Aaron Judge for the league lead. The lefty slugger's longest home run drought is three games this season. He also has six doubles on the year. Alvarez has started all 21 games to this point and is slashing .333/.479/.750 with the eight homers, 19 RBI, 17 runs scored, one stolen base and an 18:10 BB:K across 94 plate appearances. In addition to home runs, Alvarez also leads the majors in RBI and walks.
Homers again in defeat
Alvarez went 3-for-6 with a solo home run and a double in Saturday's loss to Seattle. Alvarez cranked a third-inning solo shot for his second homer in as many days. His three hits were a season high and gave him six multi-hit performances on the campaign. Alvarez is slashing .360/.515/.800 with six homers (tied for first in MLB), 14 RBI, 12 runs and a stolen base through 15 games.