Less than 24 hours after the Houston Cougars shocked Duke with a 9-0 run in the last 35 seconds of the Final Four, the Houston Astros pulled off their own stunning comeback -- scoring eight unanswered runs to erase a six-run deficit and beat the Twins,

Alvarez’s ninth-inning home run completed Houston’s comeback. Once trailing by six runs, the Astros marched all the way back back to knot the game, then scored another pair of runs in the 10th to oust the Twins 9-7 on Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Target Field.

A game that threatened early to become a laugher evolved instead into the Houston Astros’ largest comeback of the young season. Facing a six-run deficit after four innings Sunday, the Astros forged a tie in the ninth with a blast and a lead in the 10th with small ball.