Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 3, Arizona 2
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 5, 2010
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 25416
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