<p>HOUSTON &mdash; Zack Greinke pitched eight effective innings, Kyle Tucker homered and the Houston Astros beat Blake Snell and the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Sunday.</p>
<p>Greinke (5-2) permitted one run and six hits. The right-hander, who retired 11 of his first 12 batters, improved to 14-3 in his career against the Padres.</p>
<p>Houston jumped on Snell (1-2) for four runs in the first. Alex Bregman drove in Jose Altuve with a groundout, and Tucker capped the inning with a three-run homer to left.</p>
<p>The Astros added three more in the third. Aledmys Díaz hit a two-run double and scored on Taylor Jones’ single.</p>
<p>Snell permitted a career high-tying seven runs in three innings. He allowed five hits, struck out three and walked three.</p>
<p>San Diego’s Joe Musgrove threw five hitless innings in relief, extending his shutout streak to 17 innings spanning his last three outings.</p>
<p>Webster Rivas hit a solo homer for San Diego in the fifth for his first career hit. Wil Myers and Ha-Seong Kim connected in the ninth, but the Padres fell to 8-1 in interleague play.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Astros: RHP Bryan Abreu was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. RHP Enoli Paredes was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land. … DH Yordan Alvarez missed a fourth straight game with a sore right wrist. … RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (right shoulder soreness) threw and felt well, manager Dusty Baker said, adding that he could throw a bullpen this week.</p>
<p>BROKEN BAT</p>
<p>After striking out to end the third, San Diego’s Tommy Pham broke his bat over his knee. Pham thought he had walked on a 3-1 pitch, and threw his bat back towards the dugout, but it was called a strike. Pham swung and missed strike three.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Padres: Begin a three-game series at the Cubs on Monday but will have to name a new starter after using Musgrove, the originally scheduled Monday starter.</p>
<p>Astros: RHP José Urquidy (3-2, 3.22 ERA) will come off the injured list and start against the Red Sox on Monday in the first of a four-game series. Urquidy last started May 12, when he exited in the fourth inning with shoulder discomfort.</p>