Blum’s pinch hit triple leads Houston Astros to fourth straight win, 5-4 over Marlins

Astros win fourth straight

HOUSTON — Geoff Blum’s first career pinch-hit triple drove in two runs in the seventh inning to propel the Houston Astros to a 5-4 win over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night.

Blum’s hit off Burke Badenhop (0-2) that Cameron Maybin had to chase almost to the wall in center field, gave the Astros their fourth straight win and fifth in the last six games after an 0-8 start.

Humberto Quintero had two hits including a homer for the Astros to send the Marlins to their first series defeat of the season.

Wilton Lopez (1-0) allowed one hit and no runs in two innings for the win and Matt Lindstrom pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.