Geoff Blum singled in Miguel Tejada from third with two out in the ninth Friday, completing a Houston rally and giving the Astros a 6-5 win over Washington. The Nationals scored four times in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead, but Houston tied it in the eighth and won it in the ninth on Blum's bases-loaded hit. Joe Beimel (0-5) was on the mound to open the ninth and he gave up a leadoff single to Tejada.

Geoff Blum hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs Thursday, keying the Houston Astros' 7-2 rout of San Diego. The homer, Blum's second this season, gave Houston a 6-0 advantage with one out in the top of the fifth.

Brian Moehler struck out eight over six innings Wednesday and played a key role a six-run Houston fourth that boosted the Astros past San Diego 7-1. Moehler (5-4) held the Padres to a run on four hits before turning things over to the bull pen in the seventh.

Geoff Blum looped a single to center that scored Miguel Tejada from third with one out in the ninth Wednesday, giving Houston a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs. Geovany Soto homered in the second inning, but the Cubs could not score again while losing for the first time in three games. Houston's Wandy Rodriguez and Chicago's Carlos Zambrano dueled to a 1-1 tie, but Houston quickly scored the winning run off Angel Guzman (2-1) . Guzman came on in the ninth after Zambrano had given up just three hits over eight innings.

Jake Peavy won his NL-leading 17th game and the NL wild card-leading San Diego Padres backed him with four homers in a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.