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 Ozuna finished with a pair of hits while Jordany Valdespin and
Casey McGehee knocked in a run apiece as the Marlins won for the
seventh time in eight games. Jacob Turner (4-6) allowed one run on
six hits and a pair of walks while striking out four to win his
second straight start after rejoining the rotation.
Jose Altuve hammered a solo homer among his three hits for the
Astros, who have dropped eight of their last 10 contests. Houston
starter Collin McHugh (4-9) yielded four runs on seven hits and one
walk while striking out nine over 6 1/3 innings to suffer his sixth
consecutive loss.
 Valdespin hooked an RBI triple down the right-field line and scored
on McGehee’s sacrifice fly before Jones launched his 11th homer into
the right-field seats in the first inning. Altuve got one back for
the Astros with a homer to left-center on the second pitch he saw
from Turner in the bottom of the frame.
Ozuna blasted his 16th home run way over the left-field wall in the
sixth on a 0-1 pitch from McHugh, pushing Miami’s lead to 4-1. Steve
Cishek surrendered rookie Jon Singleton’s solo homer in the ninth –
the only hit given up by Miami’s bullpen in 3 1/3 innings -- before
nailing down his 26th save
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Miami started the season 3-15 away from home and has
won 20 of 34 since following its best seven-game road trip in
franchise history (6-1). … The Astros activated McHugh (finger) from
the disabled list and recalled RHP Paul Clemens while optioning RHP
Brad Peacock to Triple-A Oklahoma City and placing RHP Josh Zeid on
the 15-day DL. … Houston starts a three-game home series against
Oakland and the Marlins host Washington in the opener of a
three-game set on Monday.
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