St. Louis 8, Houston 1

Cardinals 8, Astros 1: Tyler Greene hit two home runs and Adam Wainwright tossed seven strong innings as St. Louis snapped Houston's five-game winning streak.

Wainwright (2-3) won his fourth straight start against Houston, giving up one run on seven hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.

Allen Craig opened the scoring with a two-run blast in the first inning off J.A. Happ (2-2), who allowed six runs – five earned – on six hits and four walks over five innings.

St. Louis scored in each of the first four frames, with Greene’s two-run shot in the fourth giving the Cardinals a 6-0 lead.

Greene went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and a stolen base for the Cardinals, who ended their three-game losing streak. Craig went 2-for-4 and knocked in three runs.

Houston's Jordan Schafer went 0-for-4 and failed to get on base, snapping his streak of reaching safely at 25 straight games.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Cardinals have scored in the opening inning in each of their last six games. … Wainwright improved to 10-1 in 18 career appearances (12 starts) against Houston. … Brian Bogusevic robbed David Freese of a homer with a catch above the right field wall in the seventh inning. … Jose Altuve went 2-for-4 on his 22nd birthday. He leads the National League with 15 multi-hit games. … All of the Astros’ eight hits were singles.

• Houston will play their next game at home against Miami. The Astros have a W/L % of .538 after a win and .429 after a loss.
• St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Arizona. The Cardinals have a W/L % of .562 after a win and .667 after a loss.