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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 5, Texas 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mark Ripperger
Attendance: 39708

Matt Downs belted a pinch-hit, two-run homer to cap Houston's four-run ninth inning against Texas closer Neftali Feliz as the Astros recorded a 5-3 road win over the Rangers on Wednesday.

The Rangers took a 3-1 lead to the ninth and were within two outs of wrapping up a three-game sweep, but Chris Johnson had an RBI double and scored the tying run on a passed ball that got by Yorvit Torrealba.

Downs followed with a blast to left for his second career pinch-hit home run, giving Houston its third win in 15 games against the Rangers since 2009.

Houston's rally spoiled a great outing by Rangers starter Colby Lewis, who struck out eight in seven scoreless innings.

Nelson Cruz hit his team-leading 17th home run and Josh Hamilton went 1-for-2 and has hit safely in 17 consecutive interleague games.

Houston's Jeff Keppinger extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a double in the fourth.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   Texas
Brett Myers Player Colby Lewis
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 8
6 Hits 3
3.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Houston   Texas
Jason MichaelsPlayer Nelson Cruz
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 9 1 15 .250 12 9 3 1 0 0
Texas 7 1 12 .212 17 7 2 5 1 1