Houston 4, Arizona 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Layne, 1B -
Mike Winters, 2B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B -
Brian Runge
Attendance:
21030
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carlos Lee’s ugly season got a positive jolt Wednesday as the slugger helped end the Houston Astros end an eight-game losing streak with a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Lee entered the year with 307 home runs in his 12-year career, but was off to a horrid start with no homers in his first 99 at-bats while hitting just .196.
All of that didn’t matter as he took Juan Gutierrez (0-4) deep for the walk-off winner. Gutierrez had walked Kaz Matsui to start the inning before Lee sent a pitch over the train tracks in left field.
The blast made a winner out of Matt Lindstrom (1-0), who threw a scoreless ninth inning.
Gerardo Parra drove in both of the Diamondbacks’ runs with RBI doubles in the second and fourth innings to back a strong start by Rodrigo Lopez.
Lopez took a no-decision despite allowing just three hits in seven innings with a walk and four strikeouts.
Houston starter Brett Myers was also strong, going seven innings and allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts and three walks.
Tommy Manzella belted a two-run home run in the second for the Astros, who have had a pair of eight-game losing streaks already this season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Arizona |
|
Houston |
|
Rodrigo Lopez
|
Player |
Brett Myers
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
7.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
3 |
Hits |
6 |
|
2.57 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Arizona
|
8 |
0 |
14 |
.242 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Houston
|
4 |
2 |
10 |
.143 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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