Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 7, Texas 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 30, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Brian Knight, 3B - Bob Davidson
Attendance: 25938

Wandy Rodriguez cruised through seven innings and Jason Michaels hit a two-run homer as the Houston Astros avoided a sweep with a 7-0 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Thursday.

Carlos Lee added a solo homer and Chris Johnson singled in a pair of runs for the Astros, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Houston has won twice in the last 10 games - both against the in-state rival Rangers.

Rodriguez (6-4) continues to be one of the few bright spots for the Astros, surrendering just four hits while striking out four. The veteran lefthander has not been scored upon in four of his last six outings and owns a 1.77 ERA in nine starts since April 30.

Matt Harrison (6-7) came into the game riding a similar stretch of dominance but had his luck run out against Houston. Lee opened the scoring with his seventh homer in the fourth inning and the Astros broke it open in the fifth with four more runs.

Michaels put it away with his blast in the seventh.

Josh Hamilton provided the few highlights for Texas, making a pair of difficult catches in left field.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Houston
Matt Harrison Player Wandy Rodriguez
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 4
7 Hits 4
7.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Texas   Houston
Elvis Andrus Player Clint Barmes
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 4 0 4 .143 9 5 0 3 2 2
Houston 11 2 21 .306 11 3 6 2 0 0