MLB: Giants topple Astros as Altuve exits with foot injury

San Francisco takes control at home

San Francisco did the work Tuesday night. The Giants handled the Astros 4-1 at Oracle Park. Carson Whisenhunt wobbled early, then found his footing and stayed there. One run over five and two-thirds innings. Three hits, three walks, nothing that hurt. Enough to hand off the ball with a lead.

Bryce Eldridge swung the night with a home run. Behind him, Drew Cavanaugh, Willy Adames and Osleivis Basabe piled on two hits apiece. That was the margin, and it was plenty to square the three-game set with Houston.

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Houston walks off worried, not just beaten

The Astros lost the game and maybe something bigger. Jose Altuve took a pitch off his left foot in the opening inning and did not stay in it. Manager Joe Espada said the early signs looked okay. More tests come Wednesday, which is when Houston will actually exhale, or not.

Hunter Brown gave the Astros five innings, three runs, five hits. Houston still sits atop the American League West. The lead is thin, though, and a stretch without Altuve is the kind of thing that turns thin into gone.

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