HOUSTON (Interstat) — Christian Walker hit a three-run homer and Jeremy Peña added a two-run shot among his three hits as the Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 on Saturday evening at Daikin Park.

The Astros snapped Milwaukee’s four-game winning streak and won for the seventh time in nine games. Houston improved to 27-33, while the Brewers fell to 34-21.

Houston starter Peter Lambert earned the win, allowing two earned runs on five hits over five innings with three strikeouts. He improved to 4-4. Milwaukee starter Brandon Sproat took the loss, surrendering five earned runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings with four strikeouts. He fell to 1-4.

The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Christian Yelich led off with a single and advanced on a forceout before William Contreras doubled to drive in Brice Turang. Milwaukee had a chance to add more but Jake Bauers struck out to end the inning.

Houston responded in the second. Cam Smith singled and moved to second on a groundout. Jake Meyers singled to bring home Smith, tying the game 1-1. After a flyout, Peña homered to left field on a 2-1 pitch, scoring Meyers and giving the Astros a 3-1 lead.

The score remained 3-1 until the fifth. Milwaukee cut the deficit to 3-2 when Garrett Mitchell walked, advanced on a flyout, and scored on Jackson Chourio’s single. After a walk loaded the bases, Contreras grounded out to end the inning.

Houston answered immediately in the bottom of the fifth. Peña singled and moved to third on a groundout. Christian Walker was hit by a pitch, and Taylor Trammell singled to score Peña, making it 4-2. Isaac Paredes then doubled to left, scoring Walker and Trammell, pushing the lead to 6-2.

The Astros added three more in the eighth. With one out, Peña singled and Yordan Alvarez walked. Walker then drove a 1-1 pitch over the right-field wall for his 16th home run of the season, extending the lead to 9-2.

Milwaukee managed only six hits in the game, with Contreras driving in the team’s only run. Yelich, Andrew Vaughn, Chourio, Bauers and Contreras each had one hit. The Brewers struck out 13 times and left six runners on base.

Houston totaled 12 hits. Peña led the way with three hits and two RBIs. Walker drove in three runs. Paredes added two RBIs. Meyers, Alvarez, Trammell, Smith and Christian Vázquez each had one hit.

Reliever AJ Blubaugh was the top star for Houston, throwing three scoreless innings in which he allowed one hit and struck out four. He entered in the sixth after Lambert’s exit and retired nine of the 10 batters he faced. Blubaugh’s recent outings had been uneven: on May 26 he allowed one earned run in two innings against Texas, on May 24 he gave up two earned runs in two innings against the Chicago Cubs, and on May 20 and May 18 he threw a combined three scoreless innings against Minnesota.

Logan VanWey pitched the ninth for Houston, striking out two in a perfect inning.

For Milwaukee, Carlos Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on five hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Jake Woodford gave up one earned run on one hit in one-third of an inning.

The game took 2 hours, 55 minutes and was played before an announced crowd of 32,115.

The Brewers had won four straight entering the game, including a 5-4 victory over Houston the previous night. Milwaukee had taken three of four against St. Louis earlier in the week and had won five of their previous seven. Houston had lost three of their previous five before Saturday.

The teams meet again Sunday to conclude the three-game series. Milwaukee then returns home to host the San Francisco Giants for four games beginning Monday. Houston hosts the Pittsburgh Pirates for three games starting Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Milwaukee Brewers 7, Houston Astros 6. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Milwaukee with a 59.70 percent probability to win. Milwaukee had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 11 went under the over/under line of 8.5.