Misiorowski, Brewers blank Astros 2‑0

HOUSTON (Interstat) — Jacob Misiorowski pitched seven shutout innings and Jake Bauers homered as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Houston Astros 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park.

Misiorowski (6-2) allowed three hits, struck out eight and walked none for the Brewers, who improved to 35-21. Trevor Megill earned his eighth save with a perfect ninth inning, striking out two.

Bauers provided all the offense in the fourth inning, hitting a two-run homer off Tatsuya Imai (2-3). Imai allowed two runs on three hits over six innings while striking out five. Alimber Santa tossed two scoreless innings of relief for Houston.

The Astros managed only three hits and fell to 27-34. Andrew Vaughn had two hits for Milwaukee, and David Hamilton added one.

The game lasted 2 hours, 27 minutes with an attendance of 28,366.