Astros Get Blasted by Braves 6-2

And the plot thickens. Braves 6 Astros 2. With the loss and the combination of the Rangers win, things are once again knotted up atop the A.L. West.

Peter Lambert was cruising along until the 4th. The Braves strung together three straight hits, the biggest coming off the bat of Michael Harris who took a breaking ball opposite field for a 2-run homer. In the bottom half of that frame the crowd of over 37,000 came to life when the Astros matched with a trio of baserunners. Yordan Alvarez started things with his 32nd double of the season. Isaac Paredes scored Alvarez with an RBI single to center. Altuve also singled, but the Astros did no more damage there. In fact, those were the only hits the Astros managed until LaMonte Wade singled in the 8th. Isaac Paredes would eventually bring in Wade with his 88th RBI of the year.