{"id":571153,"date":"2026-04-08T05:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/571153\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:10:07","slug":"castros-3-rbis-lead-rockies-over-astros-5-1-for-second-series-win-which-last-year-took-until-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/571153\/","title":{"rendered":"Castro’s 3 RBIs lead Rockies over Astros 5-1 for second series win, which last year took until June"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER — – Willi Castro<\/a> and Mickey Moniak<\/a> hit two-run homers and the Colorado Rockies<\/a> beat the Houston Astros<\/a> 5-1 on Tuesday night for their second series win, which they didn’t accomplish last year until mid-June.<\/p>\n

Castro had with three hits and three RBI for Colorado, which has won three straight and is 5-6. The Rockies didn’t get their fifth win last year until April 30, when they were 5-25 en route to a major league-worst 43-119 record.<\/p>\n

Colorado didn’t get its second series win last year until June 16-19. The Rockies won the first two games of the three-game series and clinched their first series of at least three games against the Astros since May 28-31, 2012.<\/p>\n

Kyle Freeland<\/a> (1-1) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1\/3 innings. Antonio Senzatela<\/a> struck out three in 2 2\/3 innings for his first major league save, needing just 26 pitches and retiring all eight batters he faced while finishing a three-hitter.<\/p>\n

Mike Burrows<\/a> (1-2) allowed three runs and eight hits in 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Christian Walker<\/a>‘s third homer in four games put Houston ahead in the second.<\/p>\n

Castro had an RBI single in the bottom half and gave the Rockies a 3-1 lead in the fourth with his first homer for Colorado, a 436-foot drive to right-center.<\/p>\n

Moniak homered in the seventh off Kai-Wei Teng<\/a>, a drive that hit the top of the wall in front of the Rockies bullpen and bounced over.<\/p>\n

Four of seven ABS challenges were successful on calls by plate umpire Charlie Ramos.<\/p>\n

Colorado’s TJ Rumfield<\/a> had two hits and has reached base safely in all 10 games he’s started this season.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Astros RHP Cristian Javier<\/a> (0-1, 12.96) starts Wednesday opposite Rockies RHP Michael Lorenzen<\/a> (0-1, 14.73) in the series finale.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/a>br\/]<\/p>\n

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