Rockies score 8 runs in the fifth inning and beat the Astros 9-7

— Troy Johnston hit a solo homer, a double and a single and the Colorado Rockies rode an eight-run fifth inning to a 9-7 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
Apr 7, 2026, 04:38 am - AP
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R. Feltner
win

R. Feltner1-0

5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 K, 2 BB
R. Weiss
loss

R. Weiss0-1

2.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 4 K, 2 BB
J. Mejia
save

J. Mejia1

1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

HOUCOL
1stCorrea doubled to right, Altuve scored.10
1stWalker singled to right, Correa scored.20
4thSmith homered to center (462 feet).30
5thJulien singled to right, Castro scored and Doyle scored, Karros to third.32
5thGoodman singled to left, Karros scored, Julien to third.33
5thJohnston doubled to center, Julien scored, Goodman to third.34
5thRumfield tripled to left, Goodman scored and Johnston scored.36
5thCastro singled to right, Rumfield scored.37
5thKarros singled to right, Castro scored, McCarthy to second, Doyle to third.38
6thLoperfido hit sacrifice fly to left, Altuve scored.48
6thJohnston homered to right (407 feet).49
7thAltuve reached on infield single to third, Peña scored.59
8thLoperfido grounded out to shortstop, Walker scored, Smith to third.69
8thDiaz singled to right, Smith scored.79
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