Big cheese: Colby’s grand jack powers win

HOUSTON — Colby Rasmus finally got the big hits the Astros have been waiting for, launching a go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning and driving in five total runs to propel Houston to an 8-3 win on Saturday afternoon in Minute Maid Park. The victory snapped the Astros’ four-game losing streak and backed up Mike Fiers’ 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball on the mound.

After Houston entered the day hitting just .171 with runners in scoring position, Rasmus jumped on Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz’s 2-2 offering in a 1-1 game with a no-doubter beyond the right-center-field bullpen.

The Red Sox jumped out to a 1-0 advantage thanks to David Ortiz’s RBI single in the opening inning, giving Buchholz an early edge. Other than an RBI groundout in the second, Buchholz was cruising through the Houston order prior to …

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