HOUSTON -- With All-Star sluggers Jose Altuve and George Springer progressing towards injury rehab assignments and Carlos Correa still on the mend, the Astros¡¯ offense kept on thumping Tuesday night.

The Astros clubbed four home runs in a 10-8 victory over the Brewers in the series opener at Minute Maid Park, highlighted by 21-year-old rookie Yordan Alvarez becoming the first player in franchise history to hit a home run in his first two games.

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¡°Something incredible and emotional,¡± said Alvarez, who¡¯s the 23rd player in MLB history to homer in his first two games. ¡°I can hardly describe it, to be able to hit two home runs in my first two games in the big leagues.¡±

Tyler White, Yuli Gurriel and Robinson Chirinos also homered for the Astros to back starter Brad Peacock, who allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Houston overcame three Brewers homers to improve to a Major League-best 46-22, including 28-8 in their last 36 games.

¡°When you play the Brewers, you have to outslug them,¡± Astros manager AJ Hinch said. ¡°I walked into the day thinking we were going to have to outhit them. They¡¯re very, very potent and a dangerous lineup.¡±

The Astros have been winning despite the absence of Altuve, Springer and Correa, and it will only be a matter of time before they¡¯re in the lineup with Alvarez, which should give the rest of the American League worry.

Alvarez, the team¡¯s No. 3 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, took Brewers reliever Matt Albers deep in the fifth inning after striking out in his first two at-bats.

¡°I haven¡¯t really been around him enough to see how he responds to the success or failure, but after a couple of punchouts he stays on the ball, he¡¯s got tremendous strength, the ball¡¯s jumping tonight,¡± Hinch said. ¡°It was a nice swing, and we needed as many runs as we could get.¡±

Alvarez reached down and poked a 2-2 changeup that was below the strike zone and lofted it over the wall in right field, scoring Gurriel. The homer traveled 353 feet and had a 97.9 mph exit velocity.

¡°I struck out two times and that¡¯s part of the game, but I focused on my next at-bat and luckily it went my way,¡± Alvarez said.

The second homer was drastically different than his first on Sunday. Facing the Orioles in his second big league at-bat, Alvarez crushed a pitch from Dylan Bundy and sent it 413 feet over the wall in left-center -- opposite field. The ball jumped off Alvarez¡¯s bat at 107.3 mph and never got more than 80 feet off the ground.

White¡¯s homer was his second of the season in 130 at-bats, and Gurriel went 3-for-5 with a double to go along with his first homer since May 21.

¡°They¡¯re good players and they¡¯ve worked really hard to stay positive and just contribute when they can,¡± Hinch said. ¡°There¡¯s so much attention on any of our guys [that] whenever they go through a little bit of a rut, they¡¯re allowed to have a bad day every now and then. Especially Whitey, who I know has had a really rough year to start with the power and for him to be in and out of the lineup. Yuli is a very consistent performer when he stays the course.¡±