Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 21814
Carlos Lee’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth capped a three-run inning as the Houston Astros came from behind for a 6-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon.
Lee’s two-out blast off closer Matt Capps (0-3) scored Lance Berkman, who had reached on an error that allowed Michael Bourn to score the tying run.
The Astros' rally came after Matt Lindstrom (2-1) blew his third save of the season by allowing a pair of runs in the top of the ninth before ending up with the win.
Willie Harris tripled in a run to even things and Christian Guzman singled to center to score Harris for the 4-3 edge.
Kevin Cash and Berkman each belted solo home runs to help Houston build a 3-0 advantage after three innings in sweeping the three-game set.
The Nationals got single runs in the fourth and sixth innings on singles by Josh Willingham and Roger Bernadina.
Houston starter Brian Moehler allowed a pair of runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings in the no-decision.
| Washington | Houston | |
| J.D. Martin | Player | Brian Moehler |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 5.2 | IP | 5.1 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 8 | Hits | 5 |
| 3.18 | ERA | 3.38 |
| Washington | Houston | |
| Ryan Zimmerman | Player | Kevin Cash |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 3 | TB | 5 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .667 |
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Washington | 12 | 0 | 15 | .333 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Houston | 11 | 3 | 22 | .289 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |