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HOUSTON (AP) -- Chris Holt finally got the breakthrough
performance the Houston Astros needed.
Holt pitched his second career complete game, and his two-run
single in the second inning put the Astros ahead to stay on the way
to a 10-2 victory over Philadelphia that snapped their seven-game
losing streak Tuesday night.
"I knew that we needed to pull together as a team, and I was
fortunate to battle through the early innings," said Holt, who
hadn't won since April 28. "I finally figured out that my sinker
and slider was working."
Holt (2-6) had lost three straight decisions since pitching the
Astros' only other complete game of the season on April 28 with a
one-hit, 7-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
"I finally started to get in a groove here at Enron Field,"
Holt said. "They make a big stink about Enron, but you keep it
down, in and away, and you don't have any problems."
The Astros, coming off an 0-6 road trip, snapped their longest
losing streak since they lost nine straight in 1996.
Holt's single to left field in the second inning put the Astros
ahead 3-2. Holt allowed eight hits, struck out a season-high seven
and walked four.
"Holt gave them exactly what they needed, a guy to take them
deep into the game, and he did that," Phillies manager Terry
Francona said. "Them scoring all those runs early made it easier
on him."
Holt was impressive in the seventh. After yielding a single and
walk, he struck out Doug Glanville, Ron Gant and Bobby Abreu.
"We were facing their big guys and he made some good sinker
pitches," catcher Tony Eusebio said. "We needed a strong
performance from our starting pitcher and now we can feel well and
change things around a bit."
Randy Wolf (3-3) was the winning pitcher at Enron Field in a 4-1
victory over the Astros to open the regular season April 7. He
lasted only three innings Tuesday, allowing six runs and eight hits
as the Phillies lost for the eighth time in 10 games.
"I didn't feel my stuff was bad enough to give up six runs in
three innings," Wolf said. "Sometimes you throw too many strikes
that are hittable. I'll have to forget it and move on."
Wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the second
inning, the first RBIs of his major league career in 47 major
league at-bats. Mickey Morandini walked and went to third on Desi
Relaford's double before Wolf's hit.
The Astros got the lead right back in the second on an RBI
double by Tim Bogar and Holt's two-run single.
Wolf got the first two batters out in the third, but walked Ken
Caminiti before Moises Alou hit his sixth homer. Richard Hidalgo
followed with a single and scored on Eusebio's double for a 6-2
lead.
Craig Biggio's RBI single and a bases-loaded walk by Jason Boyd
gave the Astros two more runs in the seventh. They made it 10-2 in
the eighth on Roger Cedeno's two-run homer.
"It was a command performance," Astros manager Larry Dierker
said of Holt. "He started out kind of shaky, but he kind of fought
his way through those first few innings and then he started doing
what he does best, getting those ground balls."
Game
notes
The Astros are 0-12 this season in one-run games. ... The
Astros have allowed 73 home runs this season, highest total in the
NL. ... In 43 games this season, Phillies starters have gone seven
innings 18 times. ... In his Enron debut April 7, Wolf held Houston
to five hits and one run, Hidalgo's homer. ... Phillies third
baseman Scott Rolen left the game with a sprained left ankle and
was listed as day to day.
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