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MLB: Houston 8, Washington 2

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Published: Sept. 20, 2010 at 10:06 PM

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Geoff Blum socked a three-run homer and Humberto Quintero added a two-run shot Monday in the Houston Astros' 8-2 win over Washington.

Blum and Quintero both went deep during a seven-run fifth inning, in which the Astros also scored a pair of runs on two Washington errors.

The big inning carried Houston to its sixth victory in eight games and made a winner of Bud Norris (9-8), who yielded two runs on six hits and four walks through 6 2/3 frames. He struck out six.

The Astros have logged wins in 10 of Norris's last 11 starts.

Nats starter Livan Hernandez (10-12) allowed all eight runs, but only four of them were earned, due in part to his own throwing error in the fifth.

Adam Dunn drove in a pair of runs with a first-inning single for Washington.

Topics: Bud Norris, Geoff Blum, Humberto Quintero
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