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com. Win Monday, and the team advances to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. Lose, and players will suffer through more of those annoying questions about playoff futility.
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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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Because Josh Fogg didn&#39;t resemble Oliver Perez, the Houston Astros again look a team that&#39;s going to be hard to stop in September.
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SAN FRANCISCO - The Houston Astros have control over their own fate when they visit SBC Park for a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants.
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The Houston Astros not only tied the National League Championship Series with a 6-5 triumph yesterday over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE: Reliever John Smoltz is tired of the bitterness over the Braves&#39; playoff shortcomings. BY RAY GLIER. HOUSTON -- It is almost as if Atlanta fans resent being dragged into another October disappointment.
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Larry Walker delivers three key hits as the Cardinals slug their way past the Astros, 10-7, Wednesday in Game 1 of a NLCS many feel is being unjustly overlooked.
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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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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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Batting practice barely had started Tuesday evening, but the Astros already had killed one bird. Although it was an accident when Chris Burke&#39;s hard grounder killed a pigeon
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Things are looking up for the Houston Astros, even though the club trails its best-of-seven National League Championship Series 0-2.
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Astros 5, Cardinals 2, St. Louis leads series 2-1 Roger Clemens isn&#39;t done yet, and neither are the Astros. Putting aside talk this might be his final game, Clemens focused on
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The crowd in Houston was on its feet, beckoning the latest slugging surprise in the Astros&#39; vaunted offense to reemerge from the dugout.
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The clock hasn't stopped ticking on the Astros, who keep staging one of the greatest stretch-drive comebacks in major league history. No matter how long it takes.
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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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BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) -- It would be fitting for the Houston Astros to clinch a playoff spot at Minute Maid Park, but they will have to do it without Roger Clemens.
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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.