Jose Altuve passes Jeff Bagwell on Houston’s all-time hit list as Astros beat Rockies

Jose Altuve had a couple Hall of Fame moments on Wednesday while the Rockies lacked any game-changing ones of their own Houston s star second baseman laid down a crafty bunt in the opening inning that helped the Astros take an early lead and then delivered a two-out two-RBI single later in the encounter that passed Jeff Bagwell on the club s all-time hits list and ended up being the difference in the meeting That led to a - defeat for Colorado at Coors Field With that the Rockies dropped to - remaining on pace to eclipse the White Sox s modern record of losses and are now - at home the worst home record in the majors The Astros struck first in the opening inning Jake Meyers roped a double then Altuve laid down bunt single to the left side of the infield recognizing that third baseman Ryan McMahon was playing extremely deep That advanced Meyers to third and then he scored on Cam Smith s single Houston added on off Austin Gomber in the second via Shay Whitcomb s no-doubt homer -feet to left-center on a piped fastball But Mikey Moniak got that run back in the bottom of the frame with his own long ball a -foot two-run homer to center off Houston s Hunter Brown It was the one shining moment for Colorado s offense all night Three quiet innings followed before Houston re-asserted control of the championship with a three-run sixth off Colorado s bullpen combo of Angel Chivilli and Jake Bird Gomber finished with two earned runs over five innings with eight hits a walk and a strikeout The Astros notched a single and a walk off Chivilli then manager Warren Schaeffer tabbed Jake Bird the normally reliable right-hander who has been struggling lately with a ERA in his last nine games Bird plunked the first batter his faced Meyers with a fastball Then Altuve hit a two-out single to center to amount two It was the second baseman s th career hit surpassing Bagwell fellow Hall of Famer Craig Biggio holds the franchise s top mark with and giving Houston a - lead Related Articles Astros slam Rockies Chase Dollander hang on for - win Rockies hoping Yanquiel Fernandez s power foreseen plays out Rockies association with York Space Systems for crew s first uniform patch Rockies calling up outfielder Yanquiel Fernandez from Triple-A Upper Deck Golf returns to Coors Field giving fans chance to play a round inside Rockies stadium The Astros added on the next batter when Smith roped a liner back at Bird s feet It deflected off the pitcher and allowed Meyers to points to make it - Houston almost plated another run in the seventh off Tyler Kinley but the slow-running Cooper Hummel was hosed at the plate off an impressive outfield relay Yanquiel Fern ndez making his MLB debut in right field threw the ball to second baseman Thairo Estrada who delivered a perfect strike to catcher Hunter Goodman But while the defense bowed up and the bullpen locked down the Colorado offense couldn t get anything considerable going down the stretch The Rockies only mustered one baserunner in two innings against the Astros bullpen combination of Steven Okert and Kaleb Ort but made things intriguing in the ninth against southpaw Bennett Sousa Brenton Doyle and Michael Toglia hit identical bloop singles to right but then Kyle Farmer grounded into a double play started by who else but Altuve and then Tyler Freeman K d to end the tournament and limit the damage to one run Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis