NL: HOUSTON at ARIZONA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - HOUSTON 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 8 0 ARIZONA 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 x 5 7 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: HOU - CHRIS SAMPSON, CHAD QUALLS (7TH), TREVER MILLER (8TH), DAN WHEELER (8TH) AND BRAD AUSMUS ARI - BRANDON WEBB, TONY PENA (8TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER WP - BRANDON WEBB (4-3) LP - CHRIS SAMPSON (4-5) SAVE - JOSE VALVERDE (18) HOME RUNS: HOU - CARLOS LEE (10) OFF TONY PENA IN THE 8TH, 1 ON ARI - NONE TIME: 2:33 ATT: 27,836 PROBABLES: HOU - ROY OSWALT (6-3, 3.04) ARI - LIVAN HERNANDEZ (4-2, 3.66)</div>
NL: HOUSTON at ARIZONA <div class="pre">HOUSTON (4) VS ARIZONA (5) - FINAL HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Lamb 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .295 M Loretta 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .351 L Berkman rf-cf 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 .255 C Lee lf 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 .316 H Pence cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .360 T Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 .228 B Ausmus c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 A Everett ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .190 b-M Ensberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220 C Sampson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188 a-L Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233 C Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O Palmeiro rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 32 4 8 4 2 10 7 a-struck out looking for C Sampson in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for A Everett in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - A Everett (8, B Webb); M Loretta (6, B Webb). HR - C Lee (10, 8th inning off T Pena 1 on, 2 Out). SF - C Lee. RBI - L Berkman (24), C Lee 3 (44). 2-out RBI - C Lee 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Biggio 1, M Lamb 1. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: SB - H Pence (3, 2nd base off B Webb/C Snyder). CS - L Berkman (1, 2nd base by B Webb), H Pence (3, Home by B Webb/C Snyder). FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Lamb-A Everett-C Sampson). ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Young cf 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .274 E Byrnes lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .296 O Hudson 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .286 M Reynolds 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 .436 T Clark 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 .243 S Drew ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .243 C Quentin rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .216 C Snyder c 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .235 B Webb p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .038 a-S Hairston ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .225 T Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 27 5 7 5 5 4 13 a-walked for B Webb in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - C Snyder (3, C Sampson); E Byrnes (11, C Qualls). 3B - O Hudson (4, C Sampson). S - B Webb. SF - T Clark , C Young. RBI - C Snyder (10), C Young (19), T Clark (22), E Byrnes 2 (28). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Clark 2, C Quentin 1. GIDP - O Hudson. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: PB - C Snyder. ---------------------------------------------------- HOUSTON - 100 001 020 -- 4 ARIZONA - 002 001 20x -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Sampson (L, 4-5) 6 4 3 3 3 2 0 3.44 C Qualls 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 3.97 T Miller 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.65 D Wheeler 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.18 ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era B Webb (W, 4-3) 7 7 2 2 1 8 0 3.74 T Pena (H, 8) 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2.67 J Valverde (S, 18) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.53 IBB - O Hudson (by C Qualls). Pitches-strikes: C Sampson 69-42; C Qualls 32-18; T Miller 5-3; D Wheeler 11-8; B Webb 98-73; T Pena 13-8; J Valverde 13-11. Ground balls-fly balls: C Sampson 9-7; C Qualls 1-1; T Miller 0-1; D Wheeler 1-0; B Webb 7-4; T Pena 2-1; J Valverde 0-1. Batters faced: C Sampson 24; C Qualls 8; T Miller 1; D Wheeler 2; B Webb 27; T Pena 5; J Valverde 3. UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Brian O'Nora. 3B--Chris Guccione. T--2:33. Att--27,836. Weather: 95 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.</div>
NL: HOUSTON at ARIZONA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOUSTON (4) AT ARIZONA (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOUSTON 1ST: M Lamb reached on infield single to third. M Loretta singled to center, M Lamb to third. L Berkman grounded into fielder's choice to first, M Lamb scored, M Loretta out at second. C Lee struck out looking. L Berkman caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 0. ARIZONA 3RD: C Quentin singled to center. C Snyder doubled to deep right center, C Quentin scored. B Webb sacrificed to first, C Snyder to third. C Young hit sacrifice fly to center, C Snyder scored. E Byrnes grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 2. HOUSTON 6TH: M Loretta doubled to deep right center. L Berkman grounded out to pitcher, M Loretta to third. C Lee hit sacrifice fly to center, M Loretta scored. H Pence singled to left. H Pence stole second. C Biggio struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 6TH: E Byrnes grounded out to third. O Hudson tripled to deep center. M Reynolds walked. T Clark hit sacrifice fly to center, O Hudson scored. S Drew struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 3. ARIZONA 7TH: C Qualls relieved C Sampson. C Quentin grounded out to pitcher. C Snyder singled to center. S Hairston hit for B Webb. S Hairston walked, C Snyder to second. C Young singled to center, C Snyder to third, S Hairston to second. E Byrnes doubled to deep left center, C Snyder and S Hairston scored, C Young to third. O Hudson intentionally walked. M Reynolds lined out to shortstop. T Clark struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 5. HOUSTON 8TH: T Pena relieved B Webb. M Lamb grounded out to third. M Loretta flied out to center. L Berkman walked. C Lee homered to right center, L Berkman scored. H Pence grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 4, ARIZONA 5.</div>
NL: HOUSTON at ARIZONA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOUSTON (4) AT ARIZONA (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Houston Starting Lineups -- M Lamb 1B, M Loretta 3B, L Berkman RF, C Lee LF, H Pence CF, C Biggio 2B, B Ausmus C, A Everett SS, C Sampson RHP. Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, E Byrnes LF, O Hudson 2B, M Reynolds 3B, T Clark 1B, S Drew SS, C Quentin RF, C Snyder C, B Webb RHP. Umpires -- Phil Cuzzi (HP), Brian O'Nora (1B), Chris Guccione (3B). Gametime Weather: 95 degrees, Clear, wind in from right at 6 mph. HOUSTON 1ST: M Lamb reached on infield single to third. M Loretta singled to center, M Lamb to third. L Berkman grounded into fielder's choice to first, M Lamb scored, M Loretta out at second. C Lee struck out looking. L Berkman caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop to first.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 0. ARIZONA 1ST: C Young walked. E Byrnes popped out to first. O Hudson grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, C Young out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 0. HOUSTON 2ND: H Pence reached on infield single to shortstop. H Pence to second on passed ball by C Snyder. C Biggio struck out swinging. B Ausmus grounded out to shortstop, H Pence to third. A Everett walked. H Pence caught stealing home, catcher to shortstop to third.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 0. ARIZONA 2ND: M Reynolds grounded out to shortstop. T Clark grounded out to first. S Drew grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 0. HOUSTON 3RD: C Sampson struck out swinging. M Lamb struck out swinging. M Loretta singled to center. L Berkman grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 0. ARIZONA 3RD: C Quentin singled to center. C Snyder doubled to deep right center, C Quentin scored. B Webb sacrificed to first, C Snyder to third. C Young hit sacrifice fly to center, C Snyder scored. E Byrnes grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 2. HOUSTON 4TH: C Lee lined out to third. H Pence grounded out to shortstop. C Biggio struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 4TH: O Hudson grounded out to pitcher. M Reynolds walked. T Clark flied out to left. S Drew singled to right, M Reynolds to third. C Quentin flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 2. HOUSTON 5TH: B Ausmus struck out swinging. A Everett doubled to deep left. C Sampson grounded out to third. M Lamb flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 5TH: C Snyder flied out to center. B Webb struck out swinging. C Young popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 1, ARIZONA 2. HOUSTON 6TH: M Loretta doubled to deep right center. L Berkman grounded out to pitcher, M Loretta to third. C Lee hit sacrifice fly to center, M Loretta scored. H Pence singled to left. H Pence stole second. C Biggio struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 6TH: E Byrnes grounded out to third. O Hudson tripled to deep center. M Reynolds walked. T Clark hit sacrifice fly to center, O Hudson scored. S Drew struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 3. HOUSTON 7TH: B Ausmus lined out to pitcher. A Everett grounded out to shortstop. L Scott hit for C Sampson. L Scott struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 3. ARIZONA 7TH: C Qualls relieved C Sampson. C Quentin grounded out to pitcher. C Snyder singled to center. S Hairston hit for B Webb. S Hairston walked, C Snyder to second. C Young singled to center, C Snyder to third, S Hairston to second. E Byrnes doubled to deep left center, C Snyder and S Hairston scored, C Young to third. O Hudson intentionally walked. M Reynolds lined out to shortstop. T Clark struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 2, ARIZONA 5. HOUSTON 8TH: T Pena relieved B Webb. M Lamb grounded out to third. M Loretta flied out to center. L Berkman walked. C Lee homered to right center, L Berkman scored. H Pence grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 4, ARIZONA 5. ARIZONA 8TH: L Berkman in center field. T Miller relieved C Qualls. O Palmeiro in right field. S Drew flied out to left. D Wheeler relieved T Miller. C Quentin grounded out to third. C Snyder struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 4, ARIZONA 5. HOUSTON 9TH: J Valverde relieved T Pena. C Biggio struck out swinging. B Ausmus fouled out to second. M Ensberg hit for A Everett. M Ensberg struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) HOUSTON 4, ARIZONA 5.</div>
Webb notches first home win as Diamondbacks top Astros <h3>ARIZONA 5, HOUSTON 4</h3>PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb pitched his way to a Cy YoungAward last season, in part because of great home starts. Ittook a while, but he finally got his first home win of 2007. Webb threw seven strong innings and Eric Byrnes drove in a pairof as the Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4 victory over theHouston Astros on Saturday. Chris Snyder had a pair of hits and an RBI for Arizona, whichhas won three in a row and five of seven. Arizona has outscoredHouston, 27-8, in the first three games of the four-gameseries. Webb (4-3), who won 16 games last season, including 10 at home,notched his first win at home after going 0-2 with a 5.46 ERA inhis first four outings at Chase Field. The righthanded sinkerballer allowed two runs and seven hits inseven innings with eight strikeouts and one walk. The28-year-old Webb threw 73 of 98 pitches for strikes and won forthe first time in his last two starts. The Astros were a welcome sight for Webb, who beat them on May<div class="pre">ll by striking out 10 in a 3-1 win. He is now 4-1 in seven</div>career starts against them. With Arizona leading, 3-2, in the seventh, Byrnes hit a one-outbases-loaded double to left-center that pushed the lead to 5-2and sent Houston spiraling to its season high-tying seventhstraight loss. Tony Pena relieved Webb and recorded the first two outs of theeighth before walking Lance Berkman and allowing a two-run homerto Carlos Lee that cut the lead to 5-4. Pena got out of theframe by getting Hunter Pence to ground out to first. Jose Valverde came in and threw a perfect ninth for his majorleague-leading 18th save in 19 tries. Orlando Hudson helped Arizona snap a 2-2 tie when he hit aone-out triple in the sixth to right-center field - his fourthof the season - and scored on Tony Clark's sacrifice fly toright-center. Mark Loretta had three hits for the Astros, who have struggledoffensively, scoring just 11 runs during their seven-game skid. Chris Sampson (4-5) has been victimized by the lack of offenseand did not pitch bad in this one. Sampson is 1-4 in his lastfive starts and received just six total runs of support in thatstretch. He allowed three runs and four hits in six innings buttook the loss. The Astros took a 1-0 when Mike Lamb led off with an infieldsingle and Mark Loretta followed with a single. Houston tied the game in the sixth when Loretta hit a leadoffdouble to right-center field. He advanced to third when Berkmanhit a line drive off the elbow of Webb. Berkman was thrown outby shortstop Stephen Drew. Lee then drove in Loretta with a sacrifice fly to center to makethe score 2-2.
Webb notches first home win as Diamondbacks top Astros <h3>ARIZONA 5, HOUSTON 4</h3>PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb held the Houston Astros at bayuntil he got some help from the Arizona Diamondbacks' resurgentoffense. Webb threw seven strong innings and Eric Byrnes drove in a pairof insurance runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday. Webb allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings with eightstrikeouts and one walk. The 28-year-old Webb threw 73 of 98pitches for strikes and won for the first time in his last twostarts. "I felt pretty good even though I was getting dinked around inthe first couple of innings," Webb said. "They got a couple ofinfield hits early but after that I kind of settled in. I wasthrowing first-pitch strikes, had a pretty good changeup and wasable to get some strikeouts." Prior to this series, the Diamondbacks had been scuffling,managing just one run in two losses. However, Arizona's batshave come alive in outscoring Houston, 27-8, in the first threegames of the four-game series. Chris Snyder had a pair of hits and an RBI for the Diamondbacks,who have won three in a row and five of seven. "We are just thriving on each other offensively," Snyder said."If it is not one guy, it is the next and the guys have thatfeeling now that we are going to put up some runs." With Arizona leading, 3-2, in the seventh, Byrnes hit a one-outbases-loaded double to left-center off reliever Chad Qualls thatpushed the lead to 5-2 and sent Houston spiraling to its seasonhigh-tying seventh straight loss. "His hit was enormous off a very tough customer," Arizonamanager Bob Melvin said of Byrnes. "Chad Qualls is no easy taskfor anybody, right, left or in between. He put together agreat at-bat and squared up, which is very difficult to doagainst Qualls." Meanwhile, Webb (4-3), who won 16 games last season, including10 at home, notched his first win at home after going 0-2 with a5.46 ERA in his first four outings at Chase Field. The Astros were a welcome sight for the righthanded<div class="pre">sinkerballer, as he beat them on May ll by striking out 10 in a</div>3-1 win. He is now 4-1 in seven career starts against them. "It gives you a little bit of confidence knowing that I havethrown well against these guys," Webb said. Tony Pena relieved Webb and recorded the first two outs of theeighth before walking Lance Berkman and allowing a two-run homerto Carlos Lee. Lee's 10th homer of the season cut the lead to5-4. Pena got out of the frame by getting Hunter Pence toground out to first. Jose Valverde came in and threw a perfect ninth for his majorleague-leading 18th save in 19 tries. Orlando Hudson helped Arizona snap a 2-2 tie when he hit aone-out triple in the sixth to right-center field - his fourthof the season - and scored on Tony Clark's sacrifice fly toright-center. Mark Loretta had three hits for the Astros, who have struggledoffensively, scoring just 11 runs during their seven-game skid. Chris Sampson (4-5) has been victimized by the lack of offenseand did not pitch bad in this one. Sampson is 1-4 in his lastfive starts and received just six total runs of support in thatstretch. He allowed three runs and four hits in six innings buttook the loss. "Looking back, I made three mistake pitches and the way they areswinging the bat, you can't make any mistakes," Sampson said."They are swinging the bat well and we are struggling so youcan't make any mistakes to any of them." The Astros took a 1-0 when Mike Lamb led off with an infieldsingle and Mark Loretta followed with a single. Houston tied the game in the sixth when Loretta hit a leadoffdouble to right-center field. He advanced to third when Berkmanhit a line drive off the elbow of Webb. Berkman was thrown outby shortstop Stephen Drew. Lee then drove in Loretta with a sacrifice fly to center to makethe score 2-2. "We played a good game but right now we can use a sloppy gameand a win," Astros manager Phil Garner said. "We are notsupposed to lose, we are supposes to win."
