HOUSTON (Interstat) — Peter Lambert pitched seven strong innings and Jeremy Peña homered and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Daikin Park. The victory gave Houston a 2-1 lead in the series.

Lambert allowed two hits and one earned run with five strikeouts to improve to 6-4. Casey Mize took the loss, yielding three earned runs on six hits in 4⅔ innings. Josh Hader earned his fourth save despite allowing a solo homer in the ninth.

Houston scored single runs in the third, two in the fifth and one in the sixth. Yordan Alvarez doubled in a run, Isaac Paredes added an RBI double and Peña singled in a run. Detroit’s only runs came on solo homers by Kevin McGonigle in the seventh and Kerry Carpenter in the ninth. The Tigers finished with three hits.

Attendance was 31,476, and the game lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes. Detroit dropped to 30-44, Houston improved to 35-41.