Pirates beat Astros 6-2 to snap 4-game slide

By Will Graves

Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, Sept. 4 2012 9:35 p.m. MDT

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Houston Astros starting pitcher Jordan Lyles (41) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.

Gene J. Puskar, Associated Press

Summary

Andrew McCutchen had his major league-leading sixth four-hit game of the season and drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Houston Astros 6-2 on Tuesday night.

PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen had his major league-leading sixth four-hit game of the season and drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Houston Astros 6-2 on Tuesday night.

Brock Holt added four hits in just his third major league start and Wandy Rodriguez (10-13) scattered four hits over seven shutout innings against his former team to help Pittsburgh snap a four-game losing streak.

Jordan Lyles (3-11) gave up five runs — four earned — in 4 2-3 innings for Houston, which failed to win consecutive games for just the second time since the All-Star break.

The Pirates came in losers in 10 of their previous 13, including a 5-1 setback to the Astros on Monday.

It wasn't the way Pittsburgh envisioned opening a critical six-game homestand as it chases a playoff spot for the first time in 20 years.

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