Baseball: Houston 3 Atlanta 2

Justin Maxwell's second homer of the game Saturday put Houston ahead in the seventh inning and sent the Astros to a rare road win, 3-2 over Atlanta. Maxwell's lead-off blast off Paul Malholm (9-7) broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Astros their first win away from home since July 16 -- a span of 10 road contests. Maxwell finished 4-for-4, driving in all three runs for Houston, which broke an overall four-game skid. Lucas Harrell (9-7) recorded the victory, yielding a pair of runs while overcoming five walks. The right-hander allowed four hits and struck out five. Fernando Rodriguez and Wesley Wright combined for 2 1/3 scoreless relief frames and Wilton Lopez collected his first save for Houston, which evened its three-game series. Maholm, making his first start for the Braves since being obtained in a trade from the Chicago Cubs, was touched for three runs on six hits over seven full innings. Dan Uggla drove in a pair of runs for second-place Atlanta, which came into the contest trailing National League East-leading Washington by two games.