HOF Todd Helton Career home run #293

On Friday, June 29, 2007, the Houston Astros defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-8 in a thrilling game at Minute Maid Park. The game concluded on a dramatic two-out, two-run walk-off home run hit by Astros infielder Mark Loretta in the bottom of the ninth inning off Rockies closer Brian Fuentes. This marked the second consecutive night the Astros stunned the Rockies with a walk-off victory, following Carlos Lee's grand slam the night before (which also happened to be the game Craig Biggio collected his 3,000th career hit.