Arizona 11, Houston 9
When: 9:40 PM ET, Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
CB Bucknor, 1B -
Dan Iassogna, 2B -
Dale Scott, 3B -
Jerry Meals
Attendance:
17814
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Justin Upton homered and had four RBIs as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from a six-run deficit to claim a wild 11-9 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Tuesday.
Upton began Arizona’s comeback from a 7-1 deficit with a two-run double in the fifth. He drilled a two-run homer the following inning off Wilton Lopez (2-5) to give the Diamondbacks a 9-7 lead.
Gerardo Parra went 4-for-4, and Miguel Montero added three hits and three RBIs for Arizona, which won for only the second time in six games.
The Astros' Clint Barmes had a run-scoring double in the ninth before J.J. Putz retired the final two batters for his 27th save.
Houston jumped out to a 7-1 lead as Brian Bogusevic hit a two-run homer in the third and added a run-scoring double in the fourth. J.D. Martinez also homered in the third.
Willie Bloomquist’s two-run single tied the score in the sixth and Upton homered two batters later.
Jimmy Paredes homered in the seventh to pull the Astros within 9-8. Arizona’s Ryan Roberts and Kelly Johnson each doubled home a run in the eighth.
Micah Owings (6-0) pitched three innings of one-run relief for Arizona.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston |
|
Arizona |
Jordan Lyles
|
Player |
Jason Marquis |
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
2 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
12 |
Hits |
9 |
12.60 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Houston
|
14 |
3 |
28 |
.333 |
21 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Arizona
|
17 |
1 |
25 |
.425 |
21 |
4 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
3 |