HOUSTON -- A matchup of two former Cy Young Award winners produced predictable results on Sunday at Minute Maid Park -- for six innings.
The seventh was more complicated for the visiting D-backs, whose defensive gaffe helped break open the inning in a 5-4 loss to the Astros that clinched a series defeat. Arizona fell to 4 1/2 games back in the National League West, with the division-leading Dodgers set to play Sunday night.
The poor defense would prove more costly at the end of the game than it did while it was happening.