{"id":677459,"date":"2026-04-17T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677459\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:42:59","slug":"rockies-3-2-astros-17-apr-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677459\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies 3-2 Astros (17 Apr, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON — \u2014 Hunter Goodman<\/a> homered and doubled to help the Colorado Rockies<\/a> snap a six-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Goodman\u2019s solo shot tied it in the fourth inning and Colorado took the lead in the fifth on an RBI single by Tyler Freeman<\/a>, who had three hits. <\/p>\n

Chase Dollander<\/a> (2-1) took over with two outs in the first and pitched 5 1\/3 scoreless innings for the win. He struck out nine and allowed only one hit. <\/p>\n

Victor Vodnik<\/a> walked one in a scoreless ninth for his second save. <\/p>\n

Jose Altuve<\/a> had two hits for the Astros, who have dropped nine of 11.<\/p>\n

Altuve hit a leadoff single in the first and moved to second on a wild pitch by opener Juan Mejia<\/a>. Houston took a 1-0 lead when Altuve scored on a single by Yordan Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With two outs, Mejia plunked Christian Walker<\/a> on the arm with a pitch before a single by Joey Loperfido<\/a> scored Alvarez to make it 2-0. But the offense stalled after that, and the Astros finished with five hits. <\/p>\n

Houston starter Ryan Weiss<\/a> walked Kyle Karros<\/a>, Brenton Doyle<\/a> and Edouard Julien<\/a> to load the bases with no outs in the third. Freeman grounded into a double play that scored Karros to cut the deficit to 2-1.<\/p>\n

Goodman homered off Weiss to open the fourth.<\/p>\n

Doyle singled to start the fifth against reliever Christian Roa<\/a> (0-1) and stole second base. There was one out when Freeman singled to center field to score Doyle and put the Rockies on top.<\/p>\n

Goodman doubled with two outs, but Freeman was tagged out at the plate to end the inning.<\/p>\n

The Astros loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Carlos Correa<\/a> lined out to leave all the runners stranded.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

RHP Tomoyuki Sugano<\/a> (1-0, 2.16 ERA) starts for Colorado on Friday against RHP Tyler Glasnow<\/a> (1-0, 4.00) in the opener of a four-game series against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

Astros RHP Peter Lambert will make his first major league start of the season Friday night in the opener of a three-game series against St. Louis.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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