Blake Snell pitched six strong innings and Trent Grisham homered with four RBIs as the San Diego Padres cooled off the red-hot Houston Astros in an 11-2 win Friday night.
San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, right, slaps hands with Matt Carpenter after scoring on a single by Luis Campusano during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Houston. – Blake Snell pitched six strong innings and Trent Grisham had a homer and four RBIs as the San Diego Padres cooled off the red-hot Houston Astros with an 11-2 win Friday night.
The Astros couldn’t build on a three-game sweep at Texas earlier this week where they scored 39 runs with 16 homers to move into sole possession of first place in the AL West.Their struggles at Minute Maid Park continued Friday as they fell to 35-35 at home after losing for the 10th time in their last 12 home games. But the Mariners also lost Friday to leave the Astros one-half game ahead of them for the top spot in the division.
Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to seven games with a solo homer in the third to make it 5-1 and Grisham turned this one into a rout with three-run shot in the eighth that pushed the lead to 11-2.
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