Houston – Carlos Lee hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
“He just threw the ball up in the middle of the plate and I was lucky to make contact,” Lee said.
Brad Lidge pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save in eight chances. The former Cherry Creek High School athlete has recorded saves in five straight appearances.
“I’ve been fortunate to get some opportunities there,” Lidge said. “I’m certainly happy to get out there and put any questions to rest because I feel great right now – maybe as good as I ever have in my career.”
Dodgers starter Derek Lowe faced one batter in the fifth before leaving the game with a groin pull.
GIANTS 2, BRAVES 1 at San Francisco: Rich Aurilia hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning, Noah Lowry (11-7) held Atlanta scoreless after allowing a run in the first and San Francisco got a rare win with Barry Bonds out of the lineup.
Manager Bruce Bochy said there was a “good chance” Bonds would be back in the lineup for this afternoon’s series finale to continue his pursuit of Hank Aaron’s career home run record of 755.
CUBS 7, CARDINALS 1 at St. Louis: Ted Lilly (11-4) won his seventh straight decision, Cliff Floyd and Mike Fontenot drove in two runs apiece and Alfonso Soriano lacked only a home run for the cycle as Chicago pulled within two games of NL Central-leading Milwaukee.
PHILLIES 7, NATIONALS 5 (14) at Philadelphia: Ryan Howard’s two-run homer in the 14th inning gave Philadelphia its fifth consecutive victory.
METS 6, PIRATES 3 at New York: Tom Glavine (9-6) pitched six innings to earn career win No. 299 and Paul Lo Duca drove in four runs to lead New York to its fifth victory in five games.
REDS 7, BREWERS 3 at Cincinnati: Jeff Keppinger’s bases-loaded double highlighted Cincinnati’s two-out scoring spree against Milwaukee starter Jeff Suppan (8-9).
DIAMONDBACKS 7, MARLINS 0 at Phoenix: Brandon Webb (9-8) threw seven shutout innings for his first win in nearly a month and Chris Young homered as Arizona won its fifth straight game.
