HOUSTON -- For the second day in a row, the Astros jumped on the White Sox for four early runs. This time, it was only the beginning of their fun.The Astros enjoyed one of their biggest days of the season offensively Sunday afternoon, getting a pair of two-run homers from Matt Dominguez and a solo shot from Chris Carter to rout the White Sox, 8-2, and win the series at Minute Maid Park.Dominguez, hitting in the cleanup spot, became the first Astros player this season to hit multiple homers in a game when he hit two-run shots to left field in the third and fifth inning off White Sox starter John Danks (3-4). Carter hit a solo homer in the second. 
Every Astros starter had reached base by the fifth inning as the team tied a season high for runs. Houston has won four of its last five games heading into its longest road trip of the year, a 10-game swing through Anaheim, Seattle and Kansas City.Astros starter Brad Peacock (1-4) held the White Sox to five hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings to win for the first time since last Sept. 11, a span of nine starts.The Astros put their first two runners of the game on base on singles by Jose Altuve -- who extended his hitting streak to 10 games -- and George Springer, who wound up being picked off.Carter led off the second with his sixth homer, Jesus Guzman followed with a walk and L.J. Hoes doubled. Jonathan Villar scored them both on a single to left field one out later to push the lead to 3-0. Villar went to second when left fielder Alejandro De Aza allowed the ball to get past him, and then scored when he stole third and trotted home on catcher Adrian Nieto's throwing error.Villar left the game in the fifth inning with a right hand contusion.The White Sox cut the lead to 4-1 in the third and had the bases loaded with no outs later in the inning before Peacock got Gordon Beckham to hit into a 1-2-3 double play and Conor Gillaspie to fly out.In the third, Dominguez followed a Dexter Fowler double with a long homer to left-center to make it 6-1, and he followed a Fowler walk in the fifth with another two-run shot to stretch the lead to 8-1. Fowler drew a walk in his eighth consecutive game, which is the longest streak by an Astros player since Morgan Ensberg walked in nine in a row in 2006.Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
Every Astros starter had reached base by the fifth inning as the team tied a season high for runs. Houston has won four of its last five games heading into its longest road trip of the year, a 10-game swing through Anaheim, Seattle and Kansas City.Astros starter Brad Peacock (1-4) held the White Sox to five hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings to win for the first time since last Sept. 11, a span of nine starts.The Astros put their first two runners of the game on base on singles by Jose Altuve -- who extended his hitting streak to 10 games -- and George Springer, who wound up being picked off.Carter led off the second with his sixth homer, Jesus Guzman followed with a walk and L.J. Hoes doubled. Jonathan Villar scored them both on a single to left field one out later to push the lead to 3-0. Villar went to second when left fielder Alejandro De Aza allowed the ball to get past him, and then scored when he stole third and trotted home on catcher Adrian Nieto's throwing error.Villar left the game in the fifth inning with a right hand contusion.The White Sox cut the lead to 4-1 in the third and had the bases loaded with no outs later in the inning before Peacock got Gordon Beckham to hit into a 1-2-3 double play and Conor Gillaspie to fly out.In the third, Dominguez followed a Dexter Fowler double with a long homer to left-center to make it 6-1, and he followed a Fowler walk in the fifth with another two-run shot to stretch the lead to 8-1. Fowler drew a walk in his eighth consecutive game, which is the longest streak by an Astros player since Morgan Ensberg walked in nine in a row in 2006.Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
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