Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 8, Houston 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 20944
Padres 8, Astros 2: Yonder Alonso homered and Ross Ohlendorf pitched six solid innings as host San Diego snapped a four-game home losing streak.

Ohlendorf (3-0) gave up two runs (one earned) and struck out six for his first win over Houston in 11 career starts. The Astros lost for the 14th time in their last 16 games.

Alonso put San Diego up 2-1 in the second with a two-run blast to left field off Jordan Lyles (2-6), who is still looking for his first career road win after allowing five runs on 11 hits over six innings.

After J.D. Martinez tied the game in the third with an RBI single, San Diego responded by scoring twice in the fifth on RBIs by Chase Headley and Yasmani Grandal.

Alexi Amarista singled in a run in the sixth with one of his three hits, and the Padres drew clear with three more runs in the seventh. Cameron Maybin capped the inning with a two-run ground-rule double.

Marwin Gonzalez had three hits for Houston, which was aiming to win back-to-back road games for the first time since April 25-27.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Padres OF Carlos Quentin (knee) missed his second straight game, but he’s hoping to return Wednesday. …Astros C Jason Castro has been diagnosed with meniscus damage in his right knee and could need season-ending surgery. …Houston SS Jed Lowrie will be out 4-6 weeks with a nerve issue in his right leg. …Padres 2B Logan Forsythe extended his hitting streak to seven games with a fifth-inning single.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   San Diego
Jordan Lyles Player Ross Ohlendorf
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 6
11 Hits 6
7.50 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Houston   San Diego
Marwin Gonzalez Player Cameron Maybin
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
4 TB 4
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 6 0 8 .182 10 12 2 1 2 1
San Diego 13 1 19 .371 16 5 8 3 0 2