After scoring 12 runs the night before, the Astros were shut out tonight by Colin Rea and the Brewers’ pen on five hits, breaking the Astros’ eight-game winning streak.
Perhaps the biggest event in this game was the late exit of Jose Altuve from an undisclosed and unapparent injury.
One silver lining was another excellent outing by J.P. France, who allowed only one earned run on a third-inning homer by Joey Wiemer. Perhaps his previous outing in which he was hit hard was just an aberration. After tonight’s 5.2 innings with eight strikeouts, France’s season ERA is down to 3.