Houston 5, Texas 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Timmons, 1B -
Jeff Kellogg, 2B -
Eric Cooper, 3B -
Mark Ripperger
Attendance:
39708
By SportsDirect Inc.
Matt Downs belted a pinch-hit, two-run homer to cap Houston's four-run ninth inning against Texas closer Neftali Feliz as the Astros recorded a 5-3 road win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
The Rangers took a 3-1 lead to the ninth and were within two outs of wrapping up a three-game sweep, but Chris Johnson had an RBI double and scored the tying run on a passed ball that got by Yorvit Torrealba.
Downs followed with a blast to left for his second career pinch-hit home run, giving Houston its third win in 15 games against the Rangers since 2009.
Houston's rally spoiled a great outing by Rangers starter Colby Lewis, who struck out eight in seven scoreless innings.
Nelson Cruz hit his team-leading 17th home run and Josh Hamilton went 1-for-2 and has hit safely in 17 consecutive interleague games.
Houston's Jeff Keppinger extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a double in the fourth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston |
|
Texas |
|
Brett Myers
|
Player |
Colby Lewis
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
8 |
|
6 |
Hits |
3 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Hitting
| Houston |
|
Texas |
|
Jason Michaels | Player |
Nelson Cruz
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
2 |
TB |
5 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
9 |
1 |
15 |
.250 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.212 |
17 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |