Houston 7, San Diego 4
When: 10:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 2, 2011
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature:
66°
Umpires:
Home -
Gerry Davis, 1B -
Greg Gibson, 2B -
Todd Tichenor, 3B -
Sam Holbrook
Attendance:
16635
By SportsDirect Inc.
Chris Johnson homered and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros used a five-run third inning to post a 7-4 road victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday.
Hunter Pence extended his hitting streak to 14 games for Houston, which has won a season-high four straight. The Astros ended a three-game losing streak in San Diego.
The Padres, meanwhile, continue to struggle at home. San Diego is a National League-worst 9-21 at Petco Park and has scored just 69 runs there.
Houston had no such problems scoring in the cavernous stadium.
Johnson had an RBI single off Tim Stauffer (1-4) in the second and Houston padded its lead in the third with a little help from San Diego, which committed three errors in the frame. Carlos Lee had an RBI double and Brett Wallace drove in a run with a groundout.
Bud Norris (3-4), who added a RBI groundout in the third, carried a 7-2 lead into the seventh before San Diego chased him and scored two runs off reliever Jeff Fulchino. Norris allowed four runs and six hits in six-plus innings.
Wilton Lopez threw a perfect eighth and Mark Melancon worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his fifth save in seven chances.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston |
|
San Diego |
|
Bud Norris
|
Player |
Tim Stauffer
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
6 |
Hits |
8 |
|
6.00 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.297 |
25 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| San Diego
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.194 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
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