Astros sweep Marlins for 9th straight home win

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Yainer Diaz, Trey Cabbage and Jake Meyers ignited early offense with extra-base hits and a quartet of pitchers effectively worked with traffic on the basepaths as the Houston Astros capped a three-game interleague series sweep of the Miami Marlins with a 6-3 victory on Thursday.

The Astros rode abalanced offensive attack to their 16th win in 20 games and their ninth consecutiv