Carlos Lee had a two run double in the eighth inning to give the Houston Astros the lead and finished with three RBI while Lance Berkman went 5-5 with one RBI and the Astros defeated the Washington Nationals 6-5.
Without Lee’s and Berkman’s at bats, the Astros would have more the likely lost to the Nationals who whit three home runs off of Astros pitchers. Hunter Pence also had one RBI to help out the Astros who improved to 17-16 on the season.
Starting pitcher Shawn Chacon pitched seven inning and gave up eight hits and four runs to get the no decision. Chacon did give up home runs to Nick Johnson and Aaron Boone. Doug Brocail ended up getting the win after pitching one inning and even giving up a home run to Austin Kearns. Jose Valverde pitched the ninth inning to get his seventh save of the season. The pitching staff got very lucky as all three home runs by the Nationals were solo home runs. The came would have been much different if any runners would have been on base.
