Cubs Have a Problem: Houston Wins Again
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Mike Lamb went 4 for 5 with a home run and four runs batted in to lead the Houston Astros to their ninth straight victory, 10-5 over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday.
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CHICAGO -- Houston allowed the fewest points in its three-year history and got four turnovers yesterday to beat the bumbling Chicago Bears, 24-5, in frigid conditions that reached 9 degrees at kickoff.
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All it took for Roger Clemens to get his first win since returning to the Astros was a little run support. After failing to score in Clemens&#039; previous two starts since he re-signed with the team May 31, Houston&#039;s offense backed up the seven-time Cy Young Award winner in a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.
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Two teams who weren&#39;t supposed to be here and two pitchers who were thought to be finished -- the National League Division Series matchup between Houston and Atlanta seemed improbable not too long ago, but here it is.
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The Chicago Cubs made sure Florida didn't complete another sweep in the World Series champion Marlins' return to Wrigley Field. Eleven months after the Marlins won the sixth and seventh games of the NL championship series in Chicago, Carl Pavano scattered seven hits in his second shutout of the season, leading Florida over the Cubs 7-0 in the doubleheader opener Friday. But Moises Alou and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers in the second game to help Chicago win 11-2 and move back into the NL wild-card lead, a percentage point ahead of Houston and San Francisco.
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They say home is where the heart is but in the case of the Houston Astros a few wins would do just as nicely. Trailing 2-0 in the NLCS against the mighty St.
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HOUSTONâAfter falling behind 0-2 in the NL Championship Series, the best-case scenario for the Houston Astros played itself out this weekend.
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The Chicago Cubs eased to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros to move top of the National League Central Division on Thursday, Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez leading the way with first-inning home runs.
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The Houston Astros overcame a Chicago Cubs rally to score two in the ninth and beat their division rival, 4-3, on Saturday. Down 3-2, Jeff Kent laced a base hit off LaTroy Hawkins.
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Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run homer, Moises Alou also homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 11-6 on Sunday in the testy conclusion of a three-game series between the NL Central rivals.
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The Chicago Cubs were one strike from a key victory, but wound up with another agonizing defeat that damaged their drive to the playoffs.
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Alfonso Soriano hurts his former team again with two runs scored, and the Cubs continue their dominance over the Nationals with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.
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Just like last October, Jose Contreras and Scott Podsednik led the Chicago White Sox past Houston. Still, Ozzie Guillen was angry at reporters again.
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Brad Lidge saved a victory for Roger Clemens with an extended work day, and the surging Houston Astros scored three runs on a ground ball Saturday to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6. Clemens (14-4) allowed five runs and eight hits in a six-inning stint on a cool, windy day at Wrigley Field to get his 324th career win.
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While 11,000 tickets went begging in Game 1 of this playoff series, the Houston hitters did not. The Astros&#39; heat wave that produced a 36-10 record in the last six weeks of the season descended on Atlanta.
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Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league win in more than two years, leading the Houston Astros over the Cubs, 10-3, yesterday in Chicago in the final meeting of their testy season series.
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Scott Rolen is contributing again &#151; and that's bad news for the Houston Astros. The Cardinals twice rallied from a two-run deficit in their 10-7 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the National League championship series on Wednesday night. Rolen was responsible for tying it the second time, ending a 3-for-32 slump with a line-drive single in the fifth inning.