Colorado 8, Houston 6
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:40 PM
Location -
Coors Field
Temperature -
93°
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Tim Timmons,
First Base -
Jeff Kellogg,
Second Base -
Eric Cooper,
Third Base -
Mark Carlson,
Attendance -
31179
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
Houston
|
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
6
|
10 |
2 |
|
Colorado
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
8
|
10 |
1 |
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Houston
|
42-87 |
23-42 |
19-45 |
L3 |
| Colorado
|
62-68 |
34-33 |
28-35 |
W4 |
Recap
Jonathan Herrera and Seth Smith hit two-run homers as the Colorado Rockies won their fourth straight game, 8-6 over the visiting Houston Astros on Tuesday.
Carlos Gonzalez added an RBI single and Troy Tulowitzki drove in a run for the Rockies, who remained 8½ games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West with 32 games remaining.
The Rockies and Diamondbacks meet six more times, including three next week in Arizona.
Gonzalez has an 11-game hitting streak and 20 RBIs during that span. He also has driven in a run in eight straight games.
The Rockies took leads in the fifth and sixth only to have the Astros battle back in the following half innings to tie the score. It was Herrera who put Colorado on top for good when he blasted a 2-1 offering from Fernando Rodriguez (2-2) over the right field wall in the seventh.
Alex White made his first start for the Rockies since being acquired in the Ubaldo Jimenez deal and yielded five runs and seven hits in six innings.
Matt Belisle (8-4) worked two innings to earn the win and Rex Brothers picked up his first major league save.
Smith’s homer in the fifth was his 15th of the season and fourth in his last eight starts.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston |
|
Colorado |
|
Bud Norris
|
Player |
Alex White
|
|
No Decision
|
W/L |
No Decision
|
|
5.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
7.20 |
ERA |
7.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
10 |
2 |
19 |
.278 |
13 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Colorado
|
10 |
2 |
19 |
.294 |
26 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
-
Colorado
will play their next game at home against Houston.
The
Rockies
have a W/L % of
.443
after a win and
.507
after a loss.
-
Houston will play their next game on the road against Colorado.
The
Astros
have a W/L % of
.310
after a win and
.333
after a loss.