Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings and Jeremy Peña homered and drove in four runs as the Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1.

Framber Valdez lanzó siete sólidas entradas y Jeremy Peña conectó un jonrón e impulsó cuatro carreras para que los Astros de Houston derrotasen

MILWAUKEE — Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings and Jeremy Peña homered and drove in four runs as the Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Wednesday. Houston earned just its second victory in seven games to snap Milwaukee’s three-game winning streak and leave both teams with .

Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez has a strained muscle at the top of his right hand. It's a diagnosis that instills optimism he won’t have a prolonged stay on the injured list.

MILWAUKEE - Yordan Alvarez has a "small strain" in his right hand, but the Houston Astros are hopeful the slugger will miss minimal time on the injured list, manager Joe Espada said Wednesday. Alvarez was placed on the 10-day IL on Monday with what the Astros termed right hand inflammation.

Yordan Alvarez has a small muscle strain in his right hand, but the Astros expect him back soon, per manager Joe Espada.

Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez has been placed on the 10-day injured list. The slugger was scratched from Saturday's lineup against the Chicago White Sox due to right-hand inflammation. Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters on Saturday that Alvarez had been experiencing soreness in his hand for several days.

Jeremy Pena and the Houston Astros will look to get to Quinn Priester when he starts for the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. ET. The Astros pitching staff is third in MLB with a collective 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings. The Brewers average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the league this season.