4 completely different gamers slugged solo house runs whereas rookie right-hander Hunter Brown recorded his second scoreless begin of the season because the Houston Astros claimed a 6-1 interleague victory over the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday
Mauricio Dubon, Kyle Tucker, Martin Maldonado and Chas McCormick every went deep for the Astros, who gained for simply the second time of their final seven video games
Brown (6-3) snapped a two-start shedding streak by inducing well timed double-play grounders to avoid bother. He confronted the minimal within the first, second, fourth and fifth innings regardless of permitting baserunners in three of these frames.
Lane Thomas labored a leadoff stroll within the first whereas Jeimer Candelario reached on a wild pitch after hanging out within the second earlier than drawing a one-out stroll within the fourth. Brown responded by getting Luis Garcia to roll right into a double play within the first earlier than Corey Dickerson did the identical within the second. Candelario was erased by a throw from Maldonado to Dubon whereas making an attempt to swipe second base within the fourth.
Brown stranded Dominic Smith and CJ Abrams in scoring place within the third and induced Joey Meneses to faucet into an inning-ending double play within the sixth.
Brown allowed 4 hits and three walks whereas recording 4 strikeouts over seven innings. He blanked the Tampa Bay Rays over seven innings on April 26 and in addition allowed zero earned runs in back-to-back begins towards the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers earlier that very same month.
Dubon and Tucker smacked their homers off Nationals starter Patrick Corbin (4-7) within the fifth inning. Dubon clubbed his third house run of the season, whereas Tucker hit his ninth
Maldonado socked his one centesimal profession house run main off the seventh towards Nationals reliever Chad Kuhl. Jose Abreu, who notched his 1,five hundredth profession hit by main off the second with a double, drove house Jose Altuve with a two-out single later within the seventh. Altuve grew to become the fourth participant in franchise historical past to attain 1,000 runs
McCormick greeted Washington reliever Thaddeus Ward along with his sixth house run, a 392-foot shot to left middle, to steer off the eighth.
Abreu completed 2-for-3 with a stroll. Altuve walked twice and added an RBI single within the eighth.
Corbin allowed two runs on 4 hits in 5 innings. He walked 5 and fanned 5.
–Discipline Stage Media
