The Houston Astros had the St. Louis Cardinals right where they wanted them.  That was until Troy Glaus came to the plate in the 8th inning and hit a double that that scored two runs to give the Cardinals the 5-3 win.

Geoff Geary took the loss for the Astros as he gave up the Glaus double.  Starting pitcher Shawn Chacon pitched six innings and gave up three earned runs in the no decision.

Miguel Tejada had both RBI’s for the Astros. He doubled in the 3rd inning and scored Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee.  The Astros didn’t have much offense other then Tejada tonight.

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Miguel Tejada provided the final fireworks Monday night as he hit the game winning homerun to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3.  The Cardinals had just tied the game with three runs in the top of the 9th inning before Tejada took Kyle McClellan deep.

Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee, J.R. Towles, and Tejada all hit homeruns tonight.

Jose Valverde picked up the win, his second of the season. Starting pitcher Wandy Rodriguez pitched 7.1 innings and only allowed three hits on the night.  He did a very good job and kept the Cardinals off balance the entire night.

With the exciting win, the Astros record is now 3-5.  Astros Blog

The Houston Astros had the Chicago Cubs right where they wanted them, that was until the 7th inning when the Cubs exploded for five runs and went on to win the game 9-7.

Roy Oswalt took the loss for the Astros.  He did not strikeout one batter which is unheard of for Oswalt.  I would have have figured he would would have struckout atleast give Cubs batters as they have a lot of free swingers on their team.  Instead of swinging and missing however, they were swinging and hitting the ball around the ballpark.

After Oswalt left the game, Oscar Villarreal came in and walked Aramis Ramirez and then Cecil Cooper decided to bring in Wesley Wright to face Kosuke Fukudome who then hit a double to left field that gave the Cubs the lead.

Carlos Lee went 3-for-4 with a home run and two doubles but it wasn’t enough.

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In a close game against the Chicago Cubs, the Houston Astros were able to come away with a two run victory.  Two runs in the 8th inning proved to be enough for the Astros as the held on for the win against the Cubs.

J.R. Towels connected for a two out, two run homerun in the 4th inning off Rich Hill that gave the Astros a 2-0 lead.   The Astros then gave up a couple of runs in the in the 7th inning when Geovany Soto hit a two RBI single to tie the game for the Cubs, but the Astros then came back in the top of of the 8th inning and scored two runs when Miguel Tejada tripled down the left field line and Ty Wiggington hit a sac fly to centerfield.  The Cubbies then scored one run when Mark DeRosa connected for a solo homerun in the bottom of the 9th innin.

Wesley Wright picked up the win for the Astros.  Cub killer, Jose Valverde picked up the save.

The Astros record now stands at 2-3.

The Houston Astros were on the losing side of a one run game on Thursday as they lost to the San Deigo Padres 3-2.  The Astros record is now 1-3 after the four game series with the Padres.

Oscar Villarreal picked up the loss for the Astros as he gave up an earned run in the bottom of the 7th inning.  Starter  Shawn Chacon pitched six innings while giving up two earned runs.

It was the lack of offense that hurt the Astros on Thursday however.  You would think they could score more then two runs off of Randy Wolf.  But Wolf held down the Astros for six innings and then let the bullpen take over.

Mark Loretta and J.R. Towels had an RBI each for the Astros.

The Astros now travel to Chicago to take on the Chicago Cubs in a weekend series.