Houston Astros Extend Winning Streak to 3 with Win Over Pittsburgh Pirates

The Houston Astros have a winning streak as they enter the final month of the season. Rookie Henry Sosa allowed two hits and struck out seven over six innings, Matt Downs got his league-leading 12th pinch-hit RBI and the Houston Astros rallied for an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Jose Altuve homered in the fifth against Charlie Morton (9-8) to tie it 2-2 and the Astros broke loose with six runs on a season-high seven hits in the sixth inning.

Downs pinch hit for Sosa and singled to left for the go-ahead run. Altuve added an RBI single, J.D. Martinez drove in two runs with a single, and Carlos Lee and Jimmy Paredes also had run-scoring hits in the inning.

Sosa, who walked one batter, got his second straight victory. He walked Ronny Cedeno to start the third inning. Cedeno was sacrificed to second and scored on Alex Presley's long single to center.

Astros starting pitcher Brett Myers pitched the final two innings of the game in relief.  Myers will miss his scheduled start on Friday due to the birth of his fourth child.

Information from the Associated Press used in this report