DENVER -- The Houston Astros continued an unusual sort of slugging perfection Wednesday night when they hit four home runs and beat the Colorado Rockies, 8-4.

It was the 26th multihomer game of the season for the Astros, and they are a franchise-record 26-0 in such contests. The previous record was a 22-game streak in 1994.

Lately, the Astros are trotting around the bases at the expense of the Rockies. Houston hit three homers on both Monday and Tuesday against Colorado at Minute Maid Park while winning 6-3 and 8-5.

"When we're on defense, we're excited to get in there and get another at-bat," said left fielder Preston Tucker, who hit one of Houston's four homers. "Everyone felt confident today. The past couple days we've been swinging it well as well. We're going to go at it tomorrow and try to do the same thing."

Shortstop Carlos Correa hit a two-run shot in the first inning Wednesday, and Tucker hit a solo homer in the fifth off Rockies starter Kyle Kendrick (2-9). The right-hander has allowed a major league high 18 homers in 84 2/3 innings this season and leads the majors in losses.

Kendrick left after throwing 101 pitches in five innings, 58 of those pitches coming in the first and second. He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out one.

"The pitches got real elevated," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He got over 100 (pitches) after five innings. He had to work hard to get to the fifth."

Christian Friedrick relieved Kendrick and gave up a leadoff homer to center fielder Jake Marisnick in the sixth and a run-scoring double by Correa that boosted the Astros' lead to 6-2. Correa went 3-for-5, giving him 14 hits in his first nine major league games, and he drove in three runs.

First baseman Chris Carter hit a two-run shot off closer John Axford in the ninth. In the bottom of that inning, right fielder Carlos Gonzalez hit his ninth homer, a leadoff blast into the second deck in right field off Chad Qualls.

The Astros, who also scored a run in the second on right fielder George Springer's two-out single, have won four consecutive games and five of the past six. They lead the majors with 95 homers.

The loss was the seventh in eight games for the Rockies. They began an eight-game homestand, continuing their season-long quest for traction at Coors Field, where they are 13-19.

Houston left-hander Brett Oberholtzer (2-1) gave up three runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings with no walks and five strikeouts. He won his second consecutive start.

"We were going hard away, soft away early," Oberholtzer said. "We could tell they were starting to dive out over the plate. We wanted to mix it up, so around the fourth, we started going in -- fastballs in, cutters in and then we went soft away. So I think that mid-game adjustment really paid off to get me a little deeper than if maybe I was continuing to do the same things that worked for the first three."

Weiss was ejected on a play that ended the third. After center fielder Charlie Blackmon stole second base with two outs, Astros manager A.J. Hinch appealed the play.

The call was overturned when a replay showed that Blackmon hopped off the bag upon sliding and was tagged by Correa with his feet off the base.

However, second baseman DJ LeMahieu, who bats after Blackmon, had stepped in the batter's box, and Oberholtzer was on the mound before Hinch made his appeal. Weiss argued that the appeal came too late and was ejected by crew chief Jerry Layne.

Hinch said, "I put my foot on the top step, which generally indicates that the play's going to stop. I should've gone out a little bit further to make sure there was no confusion. It's umpire discretion."

Weiss said, "I thought the challenge came too late. The pitcher on the rubber, batter in the box, it's too late to challenge the previous play. That