HOUSTON -- Peter Lambert allowed one run and two hits in a career-high-tying seven innings and Jeremy Peña homered and drove in two runs to lead the Astros to their second consecutive win over the Tigers, 4-2, on Wednesday at Daikin Park.
Lambert retired 20 of the first 23 batters he faced, with a hit by pitch in the second and a single in the fourth by Dillon Dingler as the only baserunners he allowed through 6 2/3 innings. Kerry Carpenter shot a homer into the Crawford Boxes with two outs in the seventh, but Lambert retired Colt Keith to finish the inning.
Peña swatted his fourth homer of the season in the third inning to put the Astros ahead, and RBI doubles by Yordan Alvarez and Isaac Paredes in the fifth made it 3-0. Peña added an RBI single in the sixth inning for a 4-0 Astros lead.
Lambert (6-4) lowered his ERA to 3.23 in 64 innings this year. It was the fifth time in his career he’s thrown seven innings. He tossed seven scoreless innings against the Dodgers, outdueling Shohei Ohtani, on May 5 in Houston.
A 2015 second-round Draft pick, Lambert had 74 career games (35 starts) in his career with the Rockies before signing with the Astros in March. He pitched in 28 games in ’24 and had a 5.72 ERA in 61 1/3 innings. He spent last year pitching with the Yakult Swallows in Japan.