Goodman’s solo homer tied the score in the fourth inning and Colorado took the lead in the fifth on an RBI single by Tyler Freeman, who had three hits.
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Chase Dollander (2-1) took over with two outs in the first and pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. He struck out nine and allowed only one hit.
Victor Vodnik walked a scoreless ninth for his second save.
José Altuve had two hits for the Astros, who have lost nine of 11.
Altuve singled leading off the first and advanced to second on a wild pitch by starter Juan Mejía. Houston took a 1-0 lead when Altuve scored on Yordan Álvarez’s single.
With two outs, Mejia hit Christian Walker in the arm with a pitch before Joey Loperfido’s single scored Alvarez to make it 2-0. But the offense stalled after that and the Astros finished with five hits.
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Houston starter Ryan Weiss walked Kyle Karros, Brenton Doyle and Edouard Julien to load the bases with no outs in the third. Freeman grounded into a double play that scored Karros to cut the deficit to 2-1.
Goodman homered off Weiss to lead off the fourth.
Doyle singled to start the fifth off reliever Christian Roa (0-1) and stole second base. There was one out when Freeman singled to center field to score Doyle and put the Rockies on top.
Goodman doubled with two outs, but Freeman was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.
The Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Carlos Correa hit a line drive to strand all runners.
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RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (1-0, 2.16 ERA) starts for Colorado on Friday against RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-0, 4.00) in the opener of a four-game series against the Dodgers.
Astros RHP Peter Lambert will make his first major league start of the season on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series against St. Louis.
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