Victor Caratini’s 3rd career grand slam leads the Astros past the Rockies 6-5

DENVER AP Victor Caratini hit his third career grand slam Christian Walker went for with an RBI and the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies - on Tuesday night The Astros have won seven of eight and of their last games The Rockies have lost nine of following their first four-game winning streak falling to a major league-worst - Colorado s losses are tied for the the majority by a major league squad in the modern era through the first games The Rockies are - at Coors Field tied with the Tigers for the worst start through the first home games of a season in the modern era Caratini s homer in the third gave Houston a - lead Houston reliever Bennett Sousa - kept Colorado scoreless in the sixth and Bryan Abreu struck out the side in the eighth Josh Hader added two strikeouts in the ninth to improve to for in save chances the longest perfect streak in club history to open a season Colorado rookie Chase Dollander - allowed six earned runs in innings his shortest start of the season Hunter Goodman hit solo homers in the first and ninth innings for his fifth career two-homer competition Colorado s Jordan Beck had his first career five-hit encounter Key moment Dollander thew the ball into center field on a pickoff attempt with no outs in the third to put runners on first and third Jake Meyers picked up an RBI on a fielder s choice to give Houston the lead for good at - Key stat Jose Altuve went for to remain one hit shy of tying Jeff Bagwell for second place on the Astros career hits list Up next Hunter Brown - ERA who has the fourth-lowest ERA through the first starts of a season in Astros history faces Austin Gomber - on Wednesday AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source