One thing you can say about this current six-game home stand for the Houston Astros is it has a dramatic feel to it.

On June 16 fans witnessed Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa hit a game tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and down to his last strike. That was the precursor to what second baseman Jose Altuve was about to do as he hit a grand slam into the Crawford Boxes to defeat the Texas Rangers in extra innings.

Fast forward two days later and the fans got a second dose of adrenaline as they watched designated hitter Yordan Alvarez hit a walk-off double to defeat the Chicago White Sox by a score of 2-1.

"The plan was just to not get too desperate at the plate," said Alvarez who had his first walk-off hit of his major league career. "Wasn't trying to hit a home run. I just wanted to make good, solid contact with the ball and that's what happened."

Contact was something that seemed to elude hitters on both teams as Astros starting pitcher Luis Garcia found himself in a pitcher’s duel with American League Cy Young contender Carlos Rodón who took a no hitter into the fifth inning before having that bid broken up by Alvarez.

Garcia, 24, looked like he was on his way to a repeat performance from his last outing against the Minnesota Twins when he was only able to last 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs.

He had a rough first inning throwing 26 pitches and yielding three straight hits to the White Sox as they took a 1-0 lead. He would continue to struggle two more innings raising his pitch count and giving manager Dusty Baker concern that he may have to go to his bullpen early.

But he settled down and started to gain more control over his pitches in the fourth inning and retired 13 of the next 14 batters he faced before being relieved after seven innings.

“It was a rough first inning, but I was trying to be focused and keep doing what I was doing,” said Garcia who leads all American League rookies with a 2.82 ERA.

One day after hitting three home runs to tie the record for most consecutive games with multiple homers (10), the Astros batters were dead silent against Rodón who retired the first 13 batters he faced. He began to lose control of the strike zone in the fifth inning as he walked Martín Maldonado with the bases loaded to tie the game.

“It looked like it bothered him that he gave up a no-hitter, because I could tell he had no-hitter on his mind,” said Baker. “He had no-hit stuff.”

Houston would use reliever Ryne Stanek to get through the eighth inning and closer Ryan Pressly would shut down the White Sox with three straight strike outs to give the Astros an opportunity to win the game in the bottom of the ninth.

The Astros chances increased when Yuli Gurriel singled to center field to bring Alvarez to the plate. As the over 30,000 fans in attendance rose to their feet, the former A.L. Rookie of the Year hit the second pitch he seen down the right field line to score Gurriel from first base and give Houston the victory.

“There's always going to be nights where not everybody is able to hit, so to have somebody that can find a way to come through big for us is what winning teams do,” said Alvarez through his translator.