Astros lefthander Erik Bedard pitched a season-high 7 1/3 innings while holding the Brewers to four hits and one run with a season high-tying eight strikeouts. The outing was Bedard’s longest since he pitched for the Mariners against the Padres on May 20, 2011. Bedard wanted to go out for the eighth, so Bo Porter sent him out. Unfortunately for him, he issued a leadoff walk to Josh Prince. Logan Schafer followed with a sacrifice bunt. Then Porter called Hector Ambriz to face Rickie Weeks, who hit a two-run homer. “He wanted it,” Porter said of Bedard heading into the eighth. “You had right, left, then the whole pocket of [...]