Braves Beat Astros 6-5 to Force Fifth Game
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HOUSTON - As soon as Roger Clemens was gone, the Atlanta Braves pounced on the Houston Astros' bullpen and avoided another quick exit from the playoffs. Adam LaRoche hit a tying, three-run homer in the sixth inning and J.D...
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The Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves play the deciding Game 5 in their opening round playoff series Monday night, with the winner taking on the St. Louis Cardinals. Jaret Wright (15-8), the Game 1 loser, starts for the Braves at Turner Field against winner Roy Oswalt (20-10), who didn't get a decision in Game 2 and will pitch on three days' rest.
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After failing to clinch the series at home, Houston travels to Atlanta to face the Braves tonight to decide the National League Division Series in Game 5. SI.
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The streaking Thrashers crushed the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Thursday, Jon Sim scoring twice to lead Atlanta to a fifth successive win.
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Chipper Jones' two-run homer helps the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
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ATLANTA -- Andy Pettitte came through on three days' rest, giving up one run in seven innings, and pinch-hitter Orlando Palmeiro's single drove in the tiebreaking run in Houston's three-run ninth to give the Astros a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
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Rafael Furcal hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 4-2 to even their first-round National League playoff series at one game apiece.
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Beltran set a postseason record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, snapping a seventh-inning tie with a solo shot as the Houston Astros posted a 6-5 triumph over the St.
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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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The Atlanta Braves rode a team  record-tying six hits and six RBIs by Willie Harris to a 14-6  rout of the St Louis Cardinals on Saturday, the win moving them  back to within 2  games of the New York Mets in the NL East.
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Carlos Beltran was 4 for 5 with two home runs and five runs batted in to lead Houston to a 12-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
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Housto Astros&#39; Carlos Beltran celebrates his solo homerun in the fifth inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Monday Oct. 11, 2004.
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Adam LaRoche crushed a game-tying three-run homer and JD 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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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Houston Astros blew a 5-2 lead to lose for the first time at home in 20 games, a crucial defeat that forced a fifth game finale in Atlanta on Monday.
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Andruw Jones led off the eighth inning with a tying homer and Adam LaRoche followed with a two-out shot that gave the Atlanta Braves a 6-5 victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night.
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JD Drew extended Atlanta&#39;s season Sunday by driving in the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Braves rallied to down Houston, 6-5.
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Carlos Beltran drives in five runs to carry the Astros to a 12-3 rout of the Braves in Game 5 of their first-round NL playoff series.