DENVER -- Coors Field has been living up to its reputation as a hitter’s paradise this year, in a season when offense is surging throughout the league. The Astros found that out Tuesday night and had to rely on contributions from every corner of the clubhouse to outlast the Rockies, 9-8, for their fourth win in a row.\n\n“I don’t come here a lot, and I don’t manage here a lot, but it feels like every time I do come here, it’s a game that never ends and a game you’re never quite in control of and never quite out of,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said. “Good team win for us. We had a lot of people step up and do a lot of good things.”\n\n• [Box score](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/565456/final/box)\n\nHere are the three biggest heroes from the Astros’ hard-fought win:\n\n**Gurriel stays hot** \nFirst baseman
“He’s getting pretty good pitches to hit, and he’s not missing them,” Hinch said. “They’ve given him some pitches to hit with guys in scoring position, and he’s staying low. He’s not so concerned about getting the ball too far into the air, he’s hitting the ball and it’s carrying for him. He’s coming up with some really big hits.”\n\nIt was the second career multihomer game for Gurriel, who’s hitting .414 (12-for-29) with five homers and nine RBIs in his past seven games. That includes a pair of walk-off hits -- a 10th-inning homer Friday and a 10th-inning double Saturday.\n\n“I’m trying to find good pitches to hit and trying to identify good pitches and trying to start a better second half,” he said.\n\n**Altuve surging** \nThis season will mark the first time since 2013 that second baseman
\n\n \n\n“He hasn’t forgotten how to play,” Hinch said. “When he gets these hits in bunches and he starts to run the bases aggressively, I think we all collectively exhale and feel really good for him. People have no idea how hard he’s worked and what he’s put in and the stress he carries when he doesn’t do well. It was great to see.”\n\n**That’s how you spell relief** \nWith right-hander Jose Urquidy going 3 2/3 innings in his Major League debut, the Astros turned to five relief pitchers to keep the Rockies from blowing the game open.