Miami Marlins

Wei-Yin Chen strong for 5 innings in Marlins' loss to Astros

Published Mar. 21, 2017 7:10 p.m. ET

ASTROS 2, MARLINS 1

Mike Fiers struck out five over four scoreless innings for Houston. Yuli Gurriel and prospect Derek Fisher homered. Jose Altuve, who hit .286 in seven games for Venezuela at the World Baseball Classic, went 1 for 4 and is hitting .100 (2 for 20) this spring.

Wei-Yin Chen struck out six and walked none while allowing three hits and two runs over five innings for Miami. Dee Gordon went 0 for 3, dropping his average to .220 this spring.