Houston 3, Arizona 2

Boxscore | Recap
Sunday, September 5, 2010 4:10 PM
Location - Chase Field
Temperature - Indoors
Umpires - Home Plate - Bill Miller, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Mike Reilly,
Attendance - 25416

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E
Houston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Arizona 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0

Team Records

Team W/L Home Away Streak
Houston 64-72 35-33 29-39 W2
Arizona 56-81 34-38 22-43 L2

Recap

Hunter Pence blasted his 22nd home run of the year, a three-run shot, in the first inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to record a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

The Astros took two out of three games against Arizona in the weekend series. The Astros are now nine games above .500 since the All-Star break after a terrible start over the first half of the season.

Pence had two hits Sunday and now has 79 RBIs this season while leading the team in home runs and batting average (.289).

J.A. Happ (6-2) gave up two runs over seven innings while striking out seven to earn the win. He gave up a pair of solo home runs to Kelly Johnson and John Hester.

Brandon Lyon earned his 13th save of the year.

Rodrigez Lopez allowed three runs on six hits over six innings to take the loss. Lopez (5-13) hasn’t won a game since July 8.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers
Houston   Arizona
J.A. Happ Player Rodrigo Lopez
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 6.0
7 Strikeouts 5
6 Hits 6
2.57 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Houston   Arizona
Hunter Pence Player Brandon Allen
2 Hits 1
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 2
.500 Avg 1.000

Team Stats Summary

Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 6 1 11 .200 8 8 3 2 0 0
Arizona 7 2 14 .219 9 8 2 3 1 0

Upcoming Games

  • Arizona will play their next game at home against San Francisco. The Diamondbacks have a W/L % of .393 after a win and .420 after a loss.
  • Houston will play their next game on the road against Chi. Cubs. The Astros have a W/L % of .524 after a win and .425 after a loss.
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