Baseball: Backe carries Astros to victory over Braves
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HOUSTON, Texas : Carlos Beltran doubled, homered, scored twice and drove in two runs as Houston posted an 8-5 triumph over Atlanta in game three of their National League Division Series.
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Adam LaRoche crushed a game-tying  three-run homer and J.D. Drew slapped a ninth-inning RBI single  to give the Braves a 6-5 comeback victory over the Houston  Astros on Sunday.
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Roger Clemens won his ninth postseason game and the Houston Astros set a team playoff record with four home runs in a 9-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in the opener of their National League playoff series.
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One of the better playoff pitching duels turned in Houston&#39;s favor when Jeff Kent swung the bat in the ninth. Oct. 18 HOUSTON  - Only when Brandon Backe and Woody Williams were done did the hitters have any chance.
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Pinch-hitter Orlando Palmeiro's single drove in the tiebreaking run as the Houston Astros scored three times in the ninth inning and held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 Saturday night and preserve their playoff hopes.
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Brandon Backe was almost perfect, the most improbable postseason hero for the most unlikely playoff team. Now Backe and the Houston Astros are a win away from an incredible upset.
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Roger Clemens won for the first time in almost a month &#151; the 323rd victory of his career &#151; and Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer to lead the Houston Astros over the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 Monday night.
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Brian McCann, Andruw Jones and Jeff Francoeur homered to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
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He was never supposed to be in the big leagues, at least not as a pitcher. Brandon Backe grew up dreaming of hitting home runs. The Astros are fulfilling all kinds of fantasies these days.
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ATLANTA - Jeff Bagwell and Raul Chavez homered early for the Houston Astros, but the Atlanta Braves rallied to a 2-2 tie heading into the ninth inning Thursday, as Houston sought its first victorious playoff series.    Houston took a 1-0 series lead into Game 2 against Atlanta at Turner Field...
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Learning to hate the Atlanta Braves was easy for Brandon Backe. He grew up a Houston Astros fan.
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HOUSTON - The Braves forced their first-round series back to Atlanta, coming back from a three-run deficit against the Houston Astros after Roger Clemens came out of the game. Adam LaRoche hit a tying, three-run homer in the sixth inning and J.D...
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Astros pitcher Brandon Backe hit his first career homer, a two-run shot, and allowed one run in seven innings to keep Houston in the thick of the NL wild-card chase with an 11-5 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
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Carlos Beltran homered twice, had four  hits and drove in five runs as the Houston Astros moved on to  the National League Championship Series with a 12-3 Game Five  pounding of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Monday.
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Ryan Langerhans hit a three-run homer, Jason Bergmann won for the first time in more than two months, and the Washington Nationals held on to edge the Houston Astros 7-6 Wednesday.
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The Astros have counted Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott and Randy Johnson among their postseason starting pitchers. Though Backe didn&#39;t get the victory in the Astros&#39; 3-0 win over St.
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Hall of Famer Roger Clemens was the  driving force behind Brandon Backe's sparkling pitching as the  Houston Astros beat the St Louis Cardinals 3-0 to take the lead  in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) Monday.