Brandon Bielak logged seven shutout innings in his first begin in two-plus weeks because the host Houston Astros picked up a 4-1 win on Tuesday within the opener of their two-game interleague collection with the Colorado Rockies

Bielak, recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land on Monday, produced his first scoreless begin of the season whereas recording a career-best 21 outs. Bielak (4-4) had twice labored 6 2/3 innings this season, together with on June 5 towards the Toronto Blue Jays in his earlier win.

With the Houston bullpen stretched skinny following a tense four-game weekend street collection towards the Texas Rangers, Bielak offered precisely what the Astros wanted. He retired the facet so as within the third, sixth and seventh innings and confronted the minimal within the second and fifth regardless of issuing walks to Nolan Jones and Randal Grichuk in these respective frames

Bielak benefitted from catcher Yainer Diaz erasing Jones as he tried to swipe second base for the second out within the second. After Grichuk walked main off the fifth, Bielak adopted by inducing a double-play grounder from Ezequiel Tovar.

Grichuk was the final batter to succeed in safely towards Bielak, who surrendered two hits and issued 4 walks whereas posting 4 strikeouts.

The Astros stretched their Independence Day profitable streak to 6 video games after first breaking by way of towards Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland (4-9) within the backside of the third. Rookie shortstop Grae Kessinger smacked his first profession residence run with one out within the body, a 397-foot solo shot to left-center area that noticed Houston a 1-0 lead

Freeland allowed three successive one-out hits within the fifth, beginning with a Mauricio Dubon RBI triple that plated Jake Meyers, who opened that inning with a single. Corey Julks, who notched his first profession four-hit recreation, adopted with a run-scoring single that scored Dubon and prolonged the Houston result in 3-0.

Chas McCormick added an RBI single off Rockies reliever Gavin Hollowell that scored Alex Bregman within the seventh. Freeland allowed 4 runs on 9 hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings and is winless over his final 9 begins

Kris Bryant hit a solo residence run within the ninth for the Rockies, who suffered their ninth consecutive street loss

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was scratched from the lineup with left indirect discomfort

–Discipline Degree Media