HOUSTON—Cub killer Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer and Pedro Feliz added a two-run single, helping the Houston Astros to a 6-3 victory over the Northsiders on Sunday.It was enough to give Houston the win, and to make Mills feel good about the Astros’ 10-game trip that starts Monday in Colorado.Brett Myers (4-3) pitched well into the seventh inning, scattering eight hits while allowing only two earned runs and striking out six. He left with two out and two on, but reliever Wilton Lopez got the final out of the inning to end the threat. Matt Lindstrom pitched the ninth to earn his 13th save in 16 chances.The four runs constituted a rare outburst for the Houston offense against Randy Wells (3-4), who entered the game 2-0 in three career starts against the Astros and had not allowed an earned run against them in 20 2/3 innings.Wells left after only 5 1/3 innings and hasn’t won since April 30. His trouble started in the first inning, when Wells allowed three runs. Michael Bourn got a bunt single and Jeff Keppinger extended his hitting streak to eight with a line single to right, before Lance Berkman drove in a run with a single to right. Keppinger was thrown out trying to reach third, but Lee followed with his eighth home run for a 3-0 lead.Lee has 87 RBI against the Cubs, second most among active players.Starlin Castro’s sacrifice fly gave Chicago a run in the second. Marlon Byrd singled to start the inning, went to second on a walk to Aramis Ramirez, took third on Mike Fontenot’s fly to center and scored on Castro’s fly.Byrd doubled in the fourth and scored on Koyie Hill’s two-out single to deep right field. Fontenot was thrown out trying to go from first to home plate on the play.
NOTES—The Cubs will play three games in three days in three different stadiums. After playing at Houston, they fly to Pittsburgh for a makeup game on Monday before heading to Milwaukee for a series against the Brewers. … The Cubs’ Derrek Lee has a 58-game streak without an error, his longest run since the 2007 season, when he went 62 games. … The Cubs are 3-23 when scoring three or fewer runs and 22-7 when scoring four or more.