Apr 14, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros first baseman Christian Walker (8) hits a house run through the second inning in opposition to the Colorado Rockies at Daikin Park. Obligatory Credit score: Troy Taormina-Imagn Pictures Christian Walker recorded three hits and a pair of RBIs, and the Houston Astros parlayed a six-run third inning right into a 7-6 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday evening.
The Astros snapped an eight-game shedding skid, their longest since 2013, with the win. The Rockies, who swept a three-game set from Houston final week, suffered their fifth straight loss.
Houston took benefit of two fielding errors by Rockies second baseman Willi Castro to chase right-hander Michael Lorenzen (1-2) within the backside of the third.
Castro dropped an infield pop-up from Jose Altuve after Christian Vazquez opened the third with a double. Lorenzen balked each runners into scoring place and Yordan Alvarez adopted with a game-tying, two-run double down the right-field line.
Walker, whose solo homer within the second shaved the deficit to 3-1, added a fielder’s alternative grounder that plated Alvarez.
Cam Smith and Vazquez added RBI singles that pushed the Astros to a 7-3 lead after Carlos Correa scored when Castro didn’t discipline a pointy grounder from Joey Loperfido.
Lorenzen allowed seven runs (two earned) on six hits and one stroll with three strikeouts over 2 2/3 innings.
Hunter Goodman recorded his sixth profession multi-homer recreation, together with his second blast main off the fifth and drawing the Rockies to inside 7-5.
Troy Johnston delivered a pinch-RBI single within the eighth, however Astros reliever Enyel De Los Santos confronted one batter and stranded runners on the corners to shut the ninth for his first save this season.
The Rockies pounced on Astros left-hander Colton Gordon, who made his season debut for injury-ravaged Houston. Colorado rallied with the bases loaded and two outs in each the primary and second innings, with Goodman smacking his third homer of the season for a 1-0 lead within the first.
An inning later, after Gordon retired TJ Rumfield and Ezequiel Tovar to open the second, Jordan Beck and Kyle Karros laced consecutive two-out singles earlier than Jake McCarthy delivered a two-run triple to straightaway middle that prolonged the Colorado result in 3-0.
Gordon didn’t survive the fourth. He surrendered a two-out solo homer to Beck earlier than loading the bases and ceding the mound to reliever AJ Blubaugh, who induced pinch hitter Mickey Moniak to hit an inning-ending infield popup.
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