Gurriel’s 8 RBIs power Astros

HOUSTON — Yuli Gurriel drove in a team record-tying eight runs, Gerrit Cole won his 10th straight decision and the Astros routed the Rockies 14-3 Wednesday for their sixth victory in a row.

A day after homering twice with three RBIs, Gurriel again teed off for the AL West leaders. He hit a three-run homer in the first inning, a sacrifice fly in the third, a three-run double in the fourth and an RBI grounder in the sixth.

Gurriel tied the Astros’ RBI record set by J.R. Towles in 2007 against the Cardinals.

Cole (14-5) struck out 10 in six innings. Undefeated in his last 14 starts, he allowed three hits and two runs to make the Astros starters 16-1 in their last 19 starts.

This is the longest winning streak of Cole’s career and is the best active streak in the majors. Cole, who hasn’t lost since May 22, leads the majors with 226 strikeouts and his 2.87 ERA ranks third in the AL.

The Astros swept the four-game interleague season series.

Trevor Story hit his 26th home run, and fourth in the last five games, and Nolan Arenado added his 25th homer for the Rockies, who lost for the fifth time in seven games. Arenado has 26 RBIs in interleague play this season, which is tied with Hall of Fame slugger Frank Thomas for most since interleague play began in 1997.

The Astros jumped on Rockies starter Peter Lambert (2-3) for seven hits and a career-high nine runs in three-plus innings. Jose Altuve homered on Lambert’s first pitch of the game.