HOUSTON -AP- Trevor Bauer pitched seven scoreless innings and Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen completed the four-hitter to help the Cleveland Indians to a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night for their sixth victory in their past eight games.Bauer (3-0), who started the season in the bullpen, allowed three hits and struck out seven to extend his winning streak to a career-high three games. He's been dominant in his career against the Astros and entered the game 3-0 with a 0.90 ERA in three outings against Houston. 
Lonnie Chisenhall drove in a run with a double in Cleveland's two-run second inning. Jason Kipnis tripled in the eighth and scored on a single by Francisco Lindor as the Indians added two runs in the eighth.Houston rookie starter Chris Devenski (0-2) remains winless in nine career appearances after allowing five hits and two runs with five strikeouts in a career-high 6 2/3 innings.Houston fell to 0-9 in games he's started as the team has struggled to do much offensively with him on the mound and have been shut out twice in his starts.Shaw allowed one hit in the eighth and Allen walked one in the ninth.Mike Napoli had two hits and drove in the second run in the eighth with a double off the left-field wall.The Astros had one baserunner in each inning, but couldn't string anything together on a night they went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.Napoli got things going in the second with a leadoff single and Carlos Santana walked. They both advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Jose Ramirez before Napoli scored when Juan Uribe reached on a fielder's choice. Uribe hit the grounder to Devenski, but he had trouble grabbing it, allowing Napoli to slide into home just before the tag to make it 1-0.Chisenhall followed with his double to right field to score Santana and make it 2-0.Devenski needed 22 pitches to get out of the inning thanks in large part because of a 15-pitch at-bat by Lindor. He finally escaped the inning when Lindor lined out to first baseman Tyler White, who stepped on first base after the catch to get Kipnis out on the unassisted double play.OH BABYC Jason Castro became the second Astro in a week to go on the paternity list when he was placed on it on Tuesday. Castro and his wife welcomed their first child, a boy named Brady, early Tuesday morning and he is expected to remain away from the team until Friday. ... Reliever Tony Sipp missed Friday's game on the paternity list for the birth of his daughter Zoe Chanel.
Lonnie Chisenhall drove in a run with a double in Cleveland's two-run second inning. Jason Kipnis tripled in the eighth and scored on a single by Francisco Lindor as the Indians added two runs in the eighth.Houston rookie starter Chris Devenski (0-2) remains winless in nine career appearances after allowing five hits and two runs with five strikeouts in a career-high 6 2/3 innings.Houston fell to 0-9 in games he's started as the team has struggled to do much offensively with him on the mound and have been shut out twice in his starts.Shaw allowed one hit in the eighth and Allen walked one in the ninth.Mike Napoli had two hits and drove in the second run in the eighth with a double off the left-field wall.The Astros had one baserunner in each inning, but couldn't string anything together on a night they went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.Napoli got things going in the second with a leadoff single and Carlos Santana walked. They both advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Jose Ramirez before Napoli scored when Juan Uribe reached on a fielder's choice. Uribe hit the grounder to Devenski, but he had trouble grabbing it, allowing Napoli to slide into home just before the tag to make it 1-0.Chisenhall followed with his double to right field to score Santana and make it 2-0.Devenski needed 22 pitches to get out of the inning thanks in large part because of a 15-pitch at-bat by Lindor. He finally escaped the inning when Lindor lined out to first baseman Tyler White, who stepped on first base after the catch to get Kipnis out on the unassisted double play.OH BABYC Jason Castro became the second Astro in a week to go on the paternity list when he was placed on it on Tuesday. Castro and his wife welcomed their first child, a boy named Brady, early Tuesday morning and he is expected to remain away from the team until Friday. ... Reliever Tony Sipp missed Friday's game on the paternity list for the birth of his daughter Zoe Chanel.
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