MILWAUKEE -- Hunter Brown may have already supplanted Framber Valdez as the ace of the Astros’ starting pitching rotation considering he’s an early candidate for the American League Cy Young Award, but when they needed an ace-like performance to snap a three-game losing streak, Valdez reminded everyone just who he is Wednesday afternoon.

Valdez picked up his first win since Opening Day by holding the Brewers to one run and three hits in seven innings, and Jeremy Peña broke it open with a three-run homer in the sixth inning to send the Astros to a 9-1 getaway win at American Family Field.

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