Hunter Brown extends scoreless streak as Astros blank Cardinals

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Hunter Brown extended his consecutive scoreless inning streak and the visiting Houston Astros blanked the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Tuesday to knot this three-game interleague series.

Brown (2-1) worked six shutout innings for a second consecutive start to extend his scoreless streak to 17 innings. He labored through a 27-pitch first inning and stranded a pair of run