Beltran&#39;s arrival gives Astros the playoff punch needed to win
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Carlos Beltran smiled as he presented the answer to all those years of Houston Astros playoff angst. &quot;I wasn&#39;t here,&quot; he said.
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Roger Clemens and the powerful Houston lineup made sure the Astros got off to a good start, a 9-3 victory, in their quest to finally win a playoff series.
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Carlos Beltran's record-tying eighth  post-season home run capped the Houston Astros' 6-5 comeback  win over the St. Louis Cardinals to even the National League  Championship Series at two games apiece Sunday.
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Carlos Beltran smacked a pair of solo homers and drove in five runs, Jeff Bagwell added a two-run blast and the Houston Astros advanced in the postseason for the first time ever with a 12-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves in Game
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The Houston Astros pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning their club-record 15th straight home game by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, last night.
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Carlos Beltran was a star long before he joined the Houston Astros. He was smacking homers and scoring runs for awful teams in Kansas City for years. His glove dazzled minor league scouts in Wilmington and Wichita before that. And his speed was evident even as a schoolboy in Puerto Rico. Still, this postseason has provided a showcase for Beltran unlike any other.
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Carlos Beltran's two-run double in the eighth inning helped Houston beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-8 Wednesday night after Roger Clemens joined Andy Pettitte on the Astros' injury list.
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You have to hand it to the Houston Astros -- the starting rotation they&#39;ve used in the first round of the playoffs has been not only effective, but interesting, too.
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Roger Clemens pitched seven innings and Carlos Beltran homered, had three hits and scored three runs to help the Houston Astros rout the Atlanta Braves 9-3 in the opening game of their National League Divisional Series Wednesday.
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The Houston Astros are rising from the dead and playing the way their hierarchy and others thought they would play all season.
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NEW YORK - Center fielder Carlos Beltran, who met Tuesday with the Yankees, now plans to meet with the Mets. The race to sign the free agent who aided the Astros&#39; recent playoff run is heating up.
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Carlos Beltran hit two home runs and three other Houston players also homered off a shaky Kerry Wood as the Astros routed host Chicago, 15-7, yesterday, snapping the Cubs' five-game winning streak.
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Carlos Beltran sprinted in after Danny Haren&#39;s sinking liner in the fifth inning as though his life depended on it Tuesday night, and making the catch was only part of the task.
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HOUSTON - The Astros&#39; pain was the Braves&#39; gain yesterday as the first-round NL playoff series shifts back to Atlanta for a decisive Game 5 today.
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The Houston Astros&#39; Carlos Beltran has the St Louis Cardinals shaking their heads in disbelief and baseball owners quaking in their boots.
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The Houston Astros are hitting their way into the NL wild-card race.
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(Sports Network) - Houston center fielder Carlos Beltran is having one of the best performances in the history of a playoff series; and now he&#39;ll try to help the Astros to the lead in the National League Championship Series versus the St.