SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Randy Vásquez threw five strong innings and the San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros 7-2 on Sunday at PETCO Park.

Vásquez allowed two hits and two earned runs with one strikeout to improve to 8-6. Cristian Javier took the loss, falling to 1-3.

Houston scored its two runs in the second inning on Daulton Varsho’s two-run homer. San Diego answered with Jackson Merrill’s homer in the second, Fernando Tatis Jr.’s three-run home run in the fourth, Gavin Sheets’ solo shot in the sixth and Austin Hays’ two-run homer in the eighth.

Tatis drove in three runs. Hays went 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter. The Astros finished with just two hits, while the Padres had 12. Bradgley Rodriguez, Jeremiah Estrada and Kyle Hart combined for four innings of scoreless relief for San Diego.

San Diego improved to 62-57. Houston fell to 60-59. The game drew 40,160 in 2:17.