Astros 2, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- Colby Rasmus and Jed Lowrie belted solo home runs to complement the five-hit pitching of Scott Feldman and four relievers Wednesday afternoon, earning the Houston Astros a series split with the San Francisco Giants with a 2-0 victory.
The Giants (60-53) won the opener of the two-game series 3-1 on Tuesday night behind the complete-game effort of left-hander Madison Bumgarner.
The win sent Houston (62-53) home from a nine-game trip with a second win and improved the Astros' best-in-baseball interleague record to 11-3.
Rasmus broke a scoreless tie with a home run, his 15th of the season, off Giants starter Chris Heston leading off the seventh inning.
The blast was Rasmus' second go-ahead homer in the Astros' last three games. He also put Houston ahead 4-3 in the top of the ninth inning Sunday at Oakland with a three-run homer, only to see the Athletics rally for a 5-4 win.
Coming off a pair of road starts in which he was roughed up for eight runs in 8 2/3 innings, Heston (11-7) limited the Astros to just the one run in 6 1/3 innings. He allowed three hits, walked four and struck out four.
Lowrie connected off Giants reliever George Kontos with two outs in the eighth to complete the scoring. It was his fifth homer of the year.
The homers were the 157th and 158th of the season for the Astros, who lead the majors in the department. They have connected two or more times on 46 occasions, winning 39 of those games.
The home runs provided more than enough support for Feldman and his mates, who teamed for Houston's 11th shutout of the season.
Feldman (5-5) left for a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning, having allowed four hits and one walk in six shutout innings. He struck out four.
Left-hander Oliver Perez pitched 2/3 inning, righty Will Harris stranded Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford at second base by getting the final out of the seventh, righty Pat Neshek worked a perfect eighth and closer Luke Gregerson picked up his 23rd save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Gregerson's outing was his first since allowing two runs in the bottom of the ninth in a 5-4 defeat Sunday at Oakland.
Like the Giants, the Astros recorded just five hits in the game.
Crawford and left fielder Gregor Blanco had doubles for the Giants, who fell to 11-6 in interleague play.
The loss was just the Giants' fourth in their last 20 interleague games at AT&T Park.
NOTES: Astros CF Carlos Gomez was not in the starting lineup after banging his knee into the center-field fence making a spectacular catch Tuesday night. The injury is not considered serious. ... Astros RHP Brad Peacock had season-ending surgery to remove bone spurs from his back that were pinching a nerve near his spine. The veteran pitched only one game for the Astros this season. ... Three injured Giants starting pitchers -- RHP Mike Leake (strained left hamstring), RHP Tim Hudson (strained right shoulder) and RHP Tim Lincecum (contusion on right forearm) -- threw bullpen sessions before the game. Manager Bruce Bochy indicated Leake is in line to come off the disabled list next Tuesday to start in St. Louis, and Hudson will be sent to Triple-A Sacramento on an injury-rehab assignment later this week.