HOUSTON (Interstat) — Kai-Wei Teng pitched six solid innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon at Daikin Park. Attendance was 36,807 and the game lasted 2 hours, 7 minutes.

Houston scored in the first inning and added a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Isaac Paredes. Cleveland answered in the fifth on a groundout by Travis Bazzana that scored Petey Halpin. But Teng held the Guardians to four hits, striking out four with one earned run, to improve to 4-6. Steven Okert and Bryan King each pitched a scoreless inning, and Josh Hader struck out two in the ninth for his fifth save.

Slade Cecconi took the loss, falling to 3-6, after allowing two runs on six hits over six innings. Yordan Alvarez hit a solo home run for Houston. The Astros, who had seven hits, improved to 37-42, while Cleveland dropped to 41-37.