Brewers lose to Astros, Houston's 9th win in 11 games
Brice Turang #2 of the Milwaukee Brewers forces Joey Loperfido #10 of the Houston Astros out at second and throws to first to complete a double play in the fourth inning at Minute Maid Park on May 19, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Gett
HOUSTON - Kyle Tucker homered twice to tie for the major league lead with 15 and drove in four runs, leading the Houston Astros over the Milwaukee Brewers 9-4 on Sunday for their ninth win in 11 games.
Jose Altuve hit his 37th leadoff homer in a four-run first inning and Jake Meyers had three hits for Houston, which took two of three from the Brewers and improved to 21-26 with its third straight series win.
After striking out in his first three at-bats, Tucker hit a solo homer to right in the sixth off Thyago Vieira and a three-run, opposite-field drive to left in the seventh against Mitch White. Tucker tied Baltimore's Gunnar Henderson at 15 home runs after his third multihomer game this season and the sixth of his big league career.
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Rookie Spencer Arrighetti (2-4) won his second straight start after going 0-4 in his first five. He allowed four runs and six hit with six strikeouts and two walks over 6 1/3 innings, his big league high.
Colin Rea (3-2) gave up five runs, eight hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings.
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After Christian Yelich's RBI single in the first, Houston went ahead for good on Altuve's homer, Jon Singleton's run-scoring groundout and Meyers' two-out, two-run double.
Brice Turang had a two-run single in the seventh and scored on Yelich's single.