Post by Fish Troll on May 13, 2007 18:00:32 GMT -5
Astros' hot-hitting ways continue in win
Rodriguez's drought ends with first victory since July '06
By Jim Molony / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- After looking for an offense for most of April, the Astros appear to have found theirs in May.
For the fifth time in their last seven games, the Astros scored at least five runs in a 5-2 victory over Arizona on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Carlos Lee went 2-for-3 and drove in a run, the left fielder's National League-leading 35th RBI of the season. Adam Everett and Brad Ausmus contributed run-scoring doubles and seven of the eight starting position players had at least one hit for the Astros, who have won eight of their last 12.
The Astros have scored 77 runs in their last 15 games. Only two NL teams, the Mets and Brewers, have scored more during that span.
Wandy Rodriguez (1-3) picked up his first victory of the season after holding the Diamondbacks to a run on four hits in five innings.
Craig Biggio doubled and scored on a base hit by Lance Berkman in the sixth. Biggio doubled again in the eighth inning, moving him to within 34 hits of 3,000 for his career and also enabled Biggio to pass Sam Crawford for sole possession of 28th place on the all-time hit list.
The Astros went ahead 2-1 in the fourth when Ausmus hooked a low fastball from Davis into the left-field corner for a double.
Jim Molony is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Rodriguez's drought ends with first victory since July '06
By Jim Molony / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- After looking for an offense for most of April, the Astros appear to have found theirs in May.
For the fifth time in their last seven games, the Astros scored at least five runs in a 5-2 victory over Arizona on Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Carlos Lee went 2-for-3 and drove in a run, the left fielder's National League-leading 35th RBI of the season. Adam Everett and Brad Ausmus contributed run-scoring doubles and seven of the eight starting position players had at least one hit for the Astros, who have won eight of their last 12.
The Astros have scored 77 runs in their last 15 games. Only two NL teams, the Mets and Brewers, have scored more during that span.
Wandy Rodriguez (1-3) picked up his first victory of the season after holding the Diamondbacks to a run on four hits in five innings.
Craig Biggio doubled and scored on a base hit by Lance Berkman in the sixth. Biggio doubled again in the eighth inning, moving him to within 34 hits of 3,000 for his career and also enabled Biggio to pass Sam Crawford for sole possession of 28th place on the all-time hit list.
The Astros went ahead 2-1 in the fourth when Ausmus hooked a low fastball from Davis into the left-field corner for a double.
Jim Molony is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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