Astros advance to World Series: Yordan Alvarez named ALCS MVP after huge performance vs. Red Sox - CBS Sports

The Houston Astros are the American League champions in 2021 and a significant player in the ALCS outcome was designated hitter Yordan Alvarez.

The 24-year-old power hitter had a monster series and takes home ALCS MVP honors. .

In the six-game series, Alvarez hit .521/.538/.869 with three doubles, a triple, a home run, six RBI and seven runs scored.

In Game 1, Alvarez got the Astros on the board first with a sac fly in the bottom of the first. 

In Game 4, with the Astros nearly facing a 3-1 series deficit, Alvarez did his part in the huge ninth-inning rally with an RBI single. 

In Game 6, he doubled home the first run of the game in the first inning

He tripled and scored in the sixth for a 2-0 lead, meaning he drove home one of the Astros' runs and scored the other at the time

Over the final two games of the ALCS, Alvarez had seven hits