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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 9, Colorado 6
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 22, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 20773
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Carlos Lee drove in four runs as Houston opened its season-ending homestand Thursday with a 9-6 victory over Colorado. The setback was the eighth in a row for the Rockies.

The Astros responded after falling behind in the top of the third inning, loading the bases after Alex White (2-3) hit back-to-back batters with one out. Lee followed by driving a 2-0 pitch into center field for a three-run double to give Houston a 4-2 advantage.

Lee added a sacrifice fly in the fifth, and pinch hitter Matt Downs sealed the outcome with a bases-loaded double of his own in the seventh.

Colorado's Wilin Rosario hit a three-run homer in the eighth to cut the gap to 8-6, but the Astros answered with a run in the bottom of the inning. Mark Melancon retired the Rockies in order in the top of the ninth to end it.

Houston starter Henry Sosa (3-5) snapped a personal three-game losing streak, scattering nine hits over a career-high 6 1/3 innings. Sosa struck out four and walked one, letting one of the three Colorado runs score on a wild pitch in the third inning.

White lasted just 4 2/3 innings, striking out six without a walk but allowing five runs on six hits. Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in a pair of runs for the Rockies, one on a seventh-inning homer.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   Houston
Alex White Player Henry Sosa
Loss W/L Win
4.2 IP 6.1
6 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 9
9.64 ERA 4.26
Hitting
Colorado   Houston
Kevin KouzmanoffPlayer Jose Altuve
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 13 2 22 .342 19 6 5 3 1 2
Houston 10 0 14 .312 18 9 9 3 1 1