Astros 4, Dodgers 3, 14 innings
At Houston, Preston Wilson hit a sacrifice fly to score Willy Taveras in the 14th and give Houston a win in the longest regular-season game at Minute Maid Park.
Wilson also had an RBI single and scored on a wild pitch by Brad Penny in the seventh to put the Astros up 3-2.
But one night after giving up a ninth-inning grand slam to Nomar Garciaparra, Brad Lidge blew his second straight save chance.
He walked pinch-hitter Oscar Robles leading off the ninth, and pinch-runner Jason Repko stole second and then third before scoring on Jeff Kent's sacrifice fly. With runners at the corners, Lidge retired Garciaparra on an inning-ending flyout.
Then in the 14th, Kuo Hong-chih (0-3) relieved Lance Carter and with one out walked Willy Taveras. Lance Berkman doubled off the left-field wall, Kuo intentionally walked Morgan Ensberg and Wilson hit a fly ball to deep center.
Kenny Lofton's throw home was off-target, and Taveras trotted across the plate, ending a 4-hour, 48-minute game. The Astros and Braves played a 13-inning game in 2002 at Minute Maid that lasted 4:33.
In Game 3 of last year's World Series, the Chicago White Sox beat Houston 7-5 in a game that took 5:41.
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