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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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 |
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 |