Astros win

Myles Straw’s RBI single in the 11th inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies, extending their winning streak to six games.

ASTROS 2, ROCKIES 1 (11)

HOUSTON — Myles Straw’s RBI single with one out in the 11th inning lifted the Houston Astros over the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Tuesday, extending their winning streak to a season-high six games.

The back-and-forth finish came after the teams were scoreless going into extra innings, highlighted by splendid performances from starters Zack Greinke and Antonio Senzatela.

The right-handers had nearly identical lines: They both went eight innings, allowed three singles and walked none. Greinke struck out seven for Houston, one more than Senzatela.

“He had an awesome lineup over there off-balance, looking for breaking balls and he’d throw a fastball,” Astros Manager Dusty Baker said. “It’s like he was almost in their heads, what they were looking for.”

After both teams scored in the 10th, Abraham Toro started Houston’s 11th on second base and the Rockies intentionally walked pinch-hitter Carlos Correa. A sacrifice bunt by pinch-hitter Garrett Stubbs moved up the runners, and Straw singled to left field off Jairo Díaz (0-1).

Andre Scrubb (1-0) walked one in a scoreless 11th for the win.

The Astros wrapped up a 7-1 homestand after losing five in a row.

“This does a lot for our confidence,” Baker said. “We’ve still got a couple of guys that we’ve got to get going, but we’ve some guys swinging better, playing better and we’ve gotten outstanding defense and good pitching.”

Tuesday’s games INTERLEAGUE

Houston 2, Colorado 1 (11)

San Diego 6, Texas 4

San Francisco 8, LA Angels 2 Arizona 10, Oakland 1

LA Dodgers 2, Seattle 1

Cleveland 6, Pittsburgh 3 (10) Philadelphia 13, Boston 6 Milwaukee at Minnesota, (n) Cincinnati at Kansas City, ppd., coronavirus

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NY Mets 8, Miami 3 Washington 8, Atlanta 5

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, (n)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tampa Bay 6, NY Yankees 3 Toronto 8, Baltimore 7 (10) Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit 4

The Rockies have dropped five of their last six.

Raimel Tapia hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th to put Colorado

up 1-0. A sacrifice fly by Kyle Tucker scored Alex Bregman to tie it in the bottom of the 10th.

The eight innings matched a career-high for Senzatela, who last got through eight on May 26, 2017, against St. Louis. And he’s just the third pitcher in Rockies history to pitch eight or more scoreless innings and not get a win.

“That was one of the best games I’ve seen him throw from start to finish,” Manager Bud Black said. “When you go eight innings on the road against a very good team, and you’re going head to head with Zack Greinke and you’re matching him, it’s pretty special stuff.” DODGERS 2, MARINERS 1 Corey Seager singled home Austin Barnes with the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, and host Los Angeles beat Seattle for its seventh consecutive victory.

DIAMONDBACKS 10, ATHLETICS 1 In Phoenix,Nick Ahmed homered and had five RBI, Luke Weaver pitched five effective innings and

Arizona stretched its winning streak to six games by beating Oakland.

PADRES 6, RANGERS 4 Wil Myers hit a first-inning grand slam as San Diego beat Texas. Five Padres relievers combined for six scoreless innings to close out the victory.

GIANTS 8, ANGELS 2 Mike Yastrzemski and Pablo Sandoval homered, and San Francisco snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating Los Angeles on the road.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RAYS 6, YANKEES 3 Brandon Lowe homered for the fifth time in six games, Austin Meadows also connected and Tampa Bay beat AL East-leading New York .

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONALS 8, BRAVES 5 Victor Robles denied a home run with a brilliant catch above the center-field wall, and Washington defeated host Atlanta.

METS 8, MARLINS 3 Brandon Nimmo had three hits and two RBI, leading New York over host Miami. Former Arkansas Razorback Brett Eibner allowed 1 hit with 2 walks (1 intentional) and 1 strikeout in his only inning of work.