Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 3, Houston 2
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 4, 2010
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Ed Rapuano
Attendance: 23498
Tony Gwynn Jr. hit a bases-loaded single with one out in the bottom of the ninth to lift the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon.

Gwynn bounced a single to center off Brandon Lyon (5-3) to score Yorvit Torrealba as the Padres beat the Astros in their final at-bat for the third consecutive day.

Heath Bell (4-0) notched the victory after pitching a scoreless ninth.

Lance Berkman hit a first-inning homer for Houston and tripled in the tying run in the eighth.

The Padres took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Aaron Cunningham’s two-run single.

Jeff Keppinger led off the Houston eighth with a single against Padres reliever Mike Adams and Berkman followed with a triple to right.

Padres starter Wade LeBlanc allowed one run and three hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Houston’s Brett Myers gave up two runs and four hits in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   San Diego
Brett Myers Player Wade LeBlanc
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 6.2
2 Strikeouts 2
4 Hits 3
3.00 ERA 1.35
Hitting
Houston   San Diego
Lance Berkman Player Aaron Cunningham
2 Hits 1
2 RBI 2
1 HR 0
7 TB 1
.667 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 5 1 11 .161 10 4 2 3 0 0
San Diego 6 0 6 .194 9 3 3 5 0 0