Pirates End Losing Streak With 7-3 Win over Astros.

The Pittsburgh Pirates ended their 7 game losing streak by defeating the Astros Saturday night 7-3. Paul Maholm who has pitched well lately but his 6-12 record doesn't show it got the win. He didn't allown any runs until the 7th inning when Mike Lamb hit his 10th home run of the season. Maholm went 6.2 innings, giving up 2 runs on 8 hits. Wandy Rodriguez(6-9) took the loss for the Astros, he pitched 5 innings gving up 6 runs(4 earned) on 7 hits. Freddy Sanchez hit his 5th home run of they year in the seventh. Adam LaRoche went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI's(56). The Bucs are 41-55.