Late Thursday Astros 8, Pirates 2

Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Peña ss 5 2 3 1 0 0 .318

Paredes 3b 4 2 2 3 1 0 .252

Altuve dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .264

Walker 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .209

Diaz c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .227

Meyers cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .287

Smith rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .245

Melton lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .250

Dubón 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257

Totals 36 8 10 8 2 7

Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Cruz cf 4 0 1 2 0 2 .230

McCutchn dh 4 0 0 0 0 4 .249

Reynolds rf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .232

Gonzales 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .200

Hayes 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224

Pham lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .207

Davis c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .179

Triolo 1b 2 2 2 0 1 0 .170

a-Horwitz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226

Kinr-Flefa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303

Totals 32 2 5 2 4 16

HOU 000 400 202 — 8 10 1 PIT 001 010 000 — 2 5 0

a-struck out for Triolo in the 9th.

E: Walker (2); LOB: Houston 4, Pittsburgh 7; 2B: Peña 2 (12), Triolo (5); HR: Paredes (13), off Keller. Paredes (14), off Borucki; RBI: Paredes 3 (37), Smith (18), Melton 2 (2), Peña (31), Altuve (23), Cruz 2 (28); SB: Smith (3), Melton (1), Peña (11); SF: Altuve.

Runners left in scoring position: Houston 2 (Dubón, Walker). Pittsburgh 4 (Kiner-Falefa, McCutchen, Cruz 2); RISP: Houston 3 for 7. Pittsburgh 1 for 8.

Runners moved up: Altuve, Dubón, Kiner-Falefa, Cruz; GIDP: Hayes.

DP: Houston 1 (Peña, Dubón, Walker).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Valdez 7 4 2 2 3 11 99 3.07

Abreu 1 0 0 0 0 3 15 1.61

Ort 1 1 0 0 1 2 18 6.46

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Keller 6 1/3 8 6 6 1 5 89 4.13

Nicolas 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 19 8.10

Borucki 1 2 2 2 0 1 20 5.24

W: Valdez 6-4; L: Keller 1-8.

Inherited runners-scored: Nicolas 1-1.

T: 2:24; A: 13,775 (38,753).