Houston 5, Milwaukee 2
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, August 1, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Chris Guccione, 1B -
Brian O'Nora, 2B -
Jerry Crawford, 3B -
Phil Cuzzi
Attendance:
27964
By SportsDirect Inc.
Pinch-hitter Jason Michaels hit a grand slam in the seventh inning and Wesley Wright tossed seven solid frames as the Houston Astros extended their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday.
Hunter Pence collected two hits and scored twice for Houston, which completed its first sweep of Milwaukee since taking a three-game series from May 2-4, 2008 at Minute Maid Park.
The Astros rallied from down 2-0 in the seventh as Pence led off with a single that was deflected by Brewers starter Randy Wolf, who immediately left the game with a wrist injury. Kameron Loe (1-2) came on and walked both batters he faced to load the bases.
Batting for Brett Wallace, Michaels launched a 2-0 pitch from Zach Braddock over the wall in left field for his seventh home run and a 4-2 lead. Michaels has two homers and nine RBIs as a pinch-hitter this season.
Pence added an insurance run in the eighth, hitting a one-out triple and scoring on a throwing error by Milwaukee second baseman Rickie Weeks.
Wright (1-1) allowed two runs and four hits while walking one and striking out six in his third career start. The 25-year old left-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced and extended the Astros' pitching staff's scoreless innings streak to 31 before yielding a pair of runs in the sixth.
Wilton Lopez struck out two in a perfect eighth and Brandon Lyon retired the side in order in the ninth for his second save in three chances this year.
Corey Hart belted a two-run homer for the Brewers, who have lost five in a row.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Milwaukee |
|
Houston |
Randy Wolf
|
Player |
Wesley Wright
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Win |
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
4 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
6 |
Hits |
4 |
1.50 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Milwaukee
|
4 |
1 |
8 |
.129 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Houston
|
9 |
1 |
17 |
.290 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |