Ty France homered in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat Houston 1-0 Thursday for its ninth straight win over Houston and the series sweep of the AL central leading Astros.
The Cincinnati Reds have won 4 in a row
They will then begin a 10 game road trip this evening that kicks off with a 3 game weekend series in New York against the Mets.
Game times for the Reds and Mets this weekend will be 7:10 tonight, 4:10 Saturday and 1:40 Sunday afternoon.
The Reds are now 68-73, 13.5 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central and 8.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race.