Surging 'Stros Attack Again

The Houston Astros won for the ninth time in 11 games as Craig Biggio crushed the hearts of Milwaukee Brewers fans with a grand slam in the ninth inning, which gave the Astros their third consecutive come from behind win.

The stage was set as Chris Burke led off the ninth with a bunt that was seemingly caught for the first out, but pitcher Matt Wise couldn't hold on. Adam Everett then walked and Brad Ausmus got an infield hit while trying to move over Burke and Everett. The Brewers then elected to bring in reliever Greg Aquino who struck out Mike Lamb on a suspect called third strike. With one out and a 2-1 count, Biggio sent Aquino's offering into the left-center field bullpen giving Biggio his third career grand slam, his first since 1994.

Brad Lidge was summoned into the ninth inning and proceeded to make things interesting. After a strikeout and then issuing back to back walks to Tony Gwynn Jr. and Rickie Weeks, Prince Fielder would come up next and launch a mammoth home run into the right field upper deck to make the game 6-5. Bill Hall would then ground out for the second out and catcher Johnny Estrada would double off Lidge to put himself in scoring position. Trevor Miller came in next and the Astros elected to intentionally walk Corey Hart. With two runners on and two outs, reliever Chad Qualls closed the door for his first save of the season as former Auburn quarterback Gabe Gross grounded out.

Notes: Texas native Matt Albers, who was called up on Tuesday from Triple A Round Rock, won his first career MLB game while pitching six strong innings and surrendering only two runs on six hits. The Astros are currently on a five game winning streak with a 6-1 road record, both MLB bests.