Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 7, San Diego 4
When: 10:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 2, 2011
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Todd Tichenor, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 16635

Chris Johnson homered and drove in two runs as the Houston Astros used a five-run third inning to post a 7-4 road victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday.

Hunter Pence extended his hitting streak to 14 games for Houston, which has won a season-high four straight. The Astros ended a three-game losing streak in San Diego.

The Padres, meanwhile, continue to struggle at home. San Diego is a National League-worst 9-21 at Petco Park and has scored just 69 runs there.

Houston had no such problems scoring in the cavernous stadium.

Johnson had an RBI single off Tim Stauffer (1-4) in the second and Houston padded its lead in the third with a little help from San Diego, which committed three errors in the frame. Carlos Lee had an RBI double and Brett Wallace drove in a run with a groundout.

Bud Norris (3-4), who added a RBI groundout in the third, carried a 7-2 lead into the seventh before San Diego chased him and scored two runs off reliever Jeff Fulchino. Norris allowed four runs and six hits in six-plus innings.

Wilton Lopez threw a perfect eighth and Mark Melancon worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his fifth save in seven chances.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   San Diego
Bud Norris Player Tim Stauffer
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
6 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 8
6.00 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Houston   San Diego
Chris Johnson Player Tim Stauffer
2 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 1
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 11 1 16 .297 25 8 6 4 0 0
San Diego 6 0 7 .194 8 9 4 3 1 3