Lorenzo Cain sparked the two-run inning with a double to right with one out to knock Kazmir from the game, then the Astros brought in lefty reliever Oliver Perez to face the left-handed-hitting Eric Hosmer.
Perez got Hosmer down, 0-2, in the count, but Hosmer was able to dunk a bloop single into shallow left to score Cain, who was running on the pitch. Switch-hitter Kendrys Morales followed with a single to right on a grounder hit where the second baseman would normally play, but Jose Altuve was shifted.