HOUSTON (AP) -- Jose Altuve had four hits for the second straight night, Brad Peacock threw 6 1-3 solid innings and the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 on Tuesday night.Altuve became the first Astro to accomplish that feat since Lance Berkman did so in May of 2008. Altuve's homer in the third extended Houston's lead to 4-0 and was his sixth straight plate appearance with a hit.Robbie Grossman had three hits, including an RBI double in the fifth and Jason Castro added two hits and two RBIs as the Astros jumped out to a 7-0 lead after the fifth. 
Peacock (4-8) gave up three runs on four hits and struck out five in earning his first win since July 8 at Texas. Houston has won four of its last five.Gordon Beckham had three hits, including the first two hits off Peacock, for the Angels, who saw their six-game winning streak snapped.Peacock retired 15 of the first 17 batters he faced, with Chris Iannetta being the only other baserunner he allowed with a fifth inning walk.Beckham scored on an error in the sixth and drove in Erick Aybar in Los Angeles' two-run seventh. Aybar extended his hit streak to a career-high 17 games with a double in the seventh.The Astros jumped on Los Angeles starter C.J Wilson (10-9) early, scoring three runs in the first.Grossman doubled to lead off, and Altuve, Dexter Fowler and Chris Carter followed with singles. Fowler and Carter's singles drove in runs before Castro capped the inning with a sacrifice fly.Wilson was tagged for five runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in 3 1-3 innings. The loss was Wilson's first since Aug. 7 and ended a streak of four straight starts in which the left-hander allowed three runs or less.
Peacock (4-8) gave up three runs on four hits and struck out five in earning his first win since July 8 at Texas. Houston has won four of its last five.Gordon Beckham had three hits, including the first two hits off Peacock, for the Angels, who saw their six-game winning streak snapped.Peacock retired 15 of the first 17 batters he faced, with Chris Iannetta being the only other baserunner he allowed with a fifth inning walk.Beckham scored on an error in the sixth and drove in Erick Aybar in Los Angeles' two-run seventh. Aybar extended his hit streak to a career-high 17 games with a double in the seventh.The Astros jumped on Los Angeles starter C.J Wilson (10-9) early, scoring three runs in the first.Grossman doubled to lead off, and Altuve, Dexter Fowler and Chris Carter followed with singles. Fowler and Carter's singles drove in runs before Castro capped the inning with a sacrifice fly.Wilson was tagged for five runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in 3 1-3 innings. The loss was Wilson's first since Aug. 7 and ended a streak of four straight starts in which the left-hander allowed three runs or less.
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