MILWAUKEE — Adrian Houser allowed two hits in 5¹/³ scoreless innings and the Milwaukee Brewers homered three times Wednesday in a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros.
Willy Adames hit a two-run blast in the first inning to put the Brewers ahead for good. Owen Miller and Brian Anderson added solo shots in the seventh.
After homering four times off 2021 Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes and posting their highest hit and run totals of the season in a 12-2 victory Monday, the Astros went scoreless in the final two games of this series.
RANGERS 3, PIRATES 2: MartÃn Pérez pitched seven strong innings, Marcus Semien hit the 16th leadoff homer of his career and Texas won at Pittsburgh.
Pérez allowed two runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts to win his fifth straight decision. The 32-year-old left-hander kept the Pirates in check, inducing 12 groundball outs, including a pair of inning-ending double plays.
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TWINS 7, GIANTS 1: Edouard Julien returned to the leadoff spot and hit a home run, knocked in two runs and scored twice to lead Minnesota to a home victory over San Francisco, ending the Twins' three-game losing streak.
PHILLIES 6, D-BACKS 5 (10): Trea Turner tied the game with a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Alec Bohm hit the winning single in the 10th to rally Philadelphia from five runs down in a home victory over Arizona.
WHITE SOX 6, GUARDIANS 0: Michael Kopech struck out nine and allowed two hits over seven dominant innings, Romy González had a two-run double and Chicago won at Cleveland.
RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 3: Shane McClanahan became the first eight-game winner in the majors and host Tampa Bay rebounded from a 19run loss to beat Toronto.
REDS 10, CARDINALS 3: Ben Lively earned his first victory as a starter since 2017, Kevin Newman drove in three runs and Cincinnati had its highest hit total in almost a year in a home victory over St. Louis.
NATIONALS 5, PADRES 3: Alex Call had a two-run double in Washington's four-run second inning as the Nationals held off visiting San Diego.
CUBS 4, METS 2: Marcus Stroman pitched eight efficient innings to help host Chicago beat New York.
BRAVES 4, DODGERS 3: Ozzie Albies' sacrifice fly drove in Austin Riley in the bottom of the ninth and host Atlanta beat Los Angeles to avoid a three-game sweep.
TIGERS 6, ROYALS 4: Pinch-hitter Zack Short hit a three-run homer to lead Detroit at Kansas City.
MARLINS 10, ROCKIES 2: Yuli Gurriel had four hits, Sandy Alcantara limited Colorado to two runs in six innings and visiting Miami beat the Rockies.
ORIOLES 9, YANKEES 6: Adam Frazier hit a three run homer and pinch-hitter Gunnar Henderson had a go-ahead, two-run double in an eight-run seventh inning to help visiting Baltimore end New York's winning streak at five games.
