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Wed Apr 25 201820:21Verlander, Altuve help Astros beat Angels
HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched seven sharp innings, AL MVP Jose Altuve hit his first home run of the season and the Houston Astros beat the Angels 5-2 on Wednesday, ending Los Angeles' road winning streak at a team record-tying 11.Albert Pujols connected off Verlander for his 619th career homer. Pujols has 2,994 hits.Alex Bregman hit a three-run double and Jake Marisnick homered as Houston avoided a three-game sweep. The Angels also won 11 straight road games in 1988.Verlander (4-0) held the Angels hitless into the fifth inning before Zack Cozart singled with two outs. Verlander gave up two runs and four hits, striking out nine without a walk. Verlander won his 11th regular-season decision in a row, dating to mid-August last year, before the Detroit traded him to Houston. Ken Giles pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.Nick Tropeano (1-2) retired the first 11 batters he faced, striking out six.NATIONALS 15, GIANTS 2SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trea Turner got five hits, Matt Adams homered and drove in six runs, and the Washington broke out of an offensive funk in a big way, routing San Francisco to end a four-game slid.The Nationals had totaled just eight runs during their skid. Andrew Stevenson had two doubles, two singles and four RBIs as Washington set season highs for runs and hits (18).Manager Dave Martinez's ballclub has been stunted by a rash of injuries this season but salvaged the final game of the three-game series at AT&T Park series to end a rough 4-5 trip. Max Scherzer (5-1) did his part, striking out 10 in six innings.Turner came into the game batting .232, and the leadoff man's slow start had contributed to the Nationals' struggles. He raised his batting average 35 points, tying a career high for hits in a game. He also scored twice, drove in two runs and stole his 10th base this season.Adams matched his career best for RBIs. He singled as part of a three-run first, put the Nationals up 6-1 with a three-run homer off Jeff Samardzija (1-1) in the fourth and added a two-run single in the eighth. The Nationals scored 14 of their 15 runs with two outs.TIGERS 13, PIRATES 10, 1ST GAMEPITTSBURGH (AP) — Nicholas Castellanos had four hits and a key home run and Detroit used 20 hits to outslug Pittsburgh in the opener of a doubleheader.The teams combined for 34 hits, including four from Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and three from Jeimer Candelario. Castellanos was coming off consecutive three-hit games against Kansas City. He's 10 for 15 with two homers and nine RBIs in Detroit's last three games, and he's batting .337 for the season.Candelario homered, doubled and scored five runs. Leonys Martin led off the game with his third home run of the season, and James McCann also went deep as the Tigers won for the sixth time in eight games.Pittsburgh's Francisco Cervelli had three hits and a career-high six RBIs, including a three-run homer in the third inning. His two-run double in the eight pulled the Pirates to 12-10.Corey Dickerson also had three hits for Pittsburgh, and Colin Moran homered.Daniel Stumpf (1-0) retired all four batters he faced for his first major league win. Shane Greene pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save in six opportunities. Jameson Taillon (2-2) was the loser.MARINERS 4, WHITE SOX 3CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Zunino homered and scored twice to back Seattle starter Felix Hernandez.Zunino doubled and scored in a two-run third and gave the Mariners a 4-3 lead with a solo drive to right against James Shields in the sixth. Nelson Cruz added three hits and two RBIs.Hernandez (3-2) settled down after a shaky start, scattering three runs and seven hits over six innings. The 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner struck out six and walked two. James Pazos and Juan Nicasio each worked a perfect inning, and Edwin Diaz tossed a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save.Shields (1-3) went six innings, allowing four runs and six hits. Chicago's Yoan Moncada hit his first career leadoff homer. At 5-16, the White Sox are off to their worst start since 1950.ROCKIES 5, PADRES 2DENVER (AP) — Jon Gray struck out 11 in six dominant innings and David Dahl lined a two-run triple, lifting Colorado past San Diego.Gray (2-4) allowed three hits and walked one to break his three-game slide. The right-hander had at least one strikeout in every inning before being lifted for a pinch-hitter after throwing 101 pitches.Reliever Bryan Shaw allowed a run in the seventh, and Wade Davis another during a shaky ninth in a nonsave situation. Davis fanned Manuel Margot to end the game and help the Rockies take two of three from San Diego. It was their first home series win of the season.Tyson Ross (2-2) allowed four runs in four innings and struck out seven as he dropped to 0-6 lifetime at Coors Field.