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05/30 18:13 CDT Astros surge past Brewers 9-2 as Christian Walker and Jeremy
Pea go deep
Astros surge past Brewers 9-2 as Christian Walker and Jeremy Pea go deep
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON (AP) --- Christian Walker hit a three-run homer and Jeremy Pea had a
home run among his three hits to help the Houston Astros roll to a 9-2 win over
the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
Pea's two-run shot made it 3-1 in the second and the Astros added three runs
in the fifth to pull away after the Brewers got within 1. Walker's shot to the
seats in right field made it 9-2 with two outs in the eighth.
It's the seventh win in nine games for the Astros and snaps Milwaukee's
four-game winning streak.
Houston starter Peter Lambert (4-4) allowed five hits and two runs with three
walks in five innings for the win.
Milwaukee's Brandon Sproat (1-4) permitted six hits and five runs in 4 1/3
innings.
William Contreras gave the Brewers an early lead with a two-out RBI double in
the first.
Cam Smith was on second base with one out in the second when he scored on a
single by Jake Meyers to tie it.
The home run by Pea came with two outs in the inning to put the Astros on top
3-1.
Garrett Mitchell walked to start the fifth and moved to second on a wild pitch
by Lambert with one out. Christian Yelich walked with two outs before the
Brewers cut the lead to 3-2 on an RBI single by Jackson Chourio.
The Astros had runners on first and third with one out in the fifth after
Sproat hit Walker with a pitch. Sproat was replaced by Carlos Rodriguez and
Taylor Trammell hit an infield RBI single to make it 4-2.
Isaac Paredes then doubled to left field to score two more and put the Astros
up 6-2.
Up Next
Houston RHP Tatsuya Imai (2-2, 6.17 ERA), who was the starter in a combined
no-hitter his last time out, starts in the series finale Sunday against RHP
Jacob Misiorowski (5-2, 1.83).
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