Yainer Diaz had two home runs and three RBIs, and the Houston Astros won their fourth game in a row while completing a two-game series against the visitors Colorado Rockies6-4 Wednesday
Diaz set the tone in the second inning with a solo shot to left field rockies starting Chase Anderson
Diaz again homered on his next at-bat in the fourth, the first of two two-run homers in the inning. He scored Jose Abreu, while Jeremy Pena ran to send Corey Julks home.
Diaz’s two homers were his ninth and tenth of the season. Pena’s outburst was his 10th.
Houston’s four-point deluge in the fourth proved vital, as Colorado fought back with points in the fifth, sixth and seventh.
THE rockies broke Houston starter JP France’s shutout offer in the fifth when Harold Castro scored Nolan Jones on a single, then Jurickson Profar’s single tackled Ezequiel Tovar
CJ Cron hit a solo homer against France in the sixth inning, then Randal Grichuk homered against Hector Neris in the seventh to pull Colorado to a run.
Houston threatened to blow up the game in its seventh half when Julks and Pena started with back-to-back singles. After Jake Meyers retired, Mauricio Dubon scored a single to score Julks and make it 6-4.
Alex Bregman walked to load the bases with one out, but Pierce Johnson took out Kyle Tucker and Daniel Bard forced an Abreu pop-up for the rockies escape the round without further damage
However, the two-point deficit proved to be enough for Houston. Bard struck out Colorado’s batters in order in the eighth, and Ryan Pressly retired two of three batters he faced in the ninth to record his 19th save of the season.
France (4-3) offered victory to Houston. He allowed three runs on six hits, striking out four in six innings.
Anderson (0-4) took the loss for Colorado, allowing five runs on seven hits and one walk in four innings.
–Field-Level Media
