Astros Take 3-2 Series Lead on Kent Homer
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Jeff Kent&#39;s three-run homer in the ninth inning gave Houston a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals Monday to move the Astros within one game of reaching the World Series for the first time in team history.
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Roger Clemens and the powerful Houston lineup made sure the Astros got off to a good start in their quest to finally win a playoff series. While Clemens continually pitched out of trouble, Brad Ausmus, Lance Berkman, Carlos Beltran and Jason Lane homered for the Astros to lead a 9-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of their NL division series Wednesday.
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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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Think the Red Sox and Yankees staged high drama last night? Consider this: Twenty-three minutes after David Ortiz's single lifted the Red Sox past the Yankees in the 14th inning, Jeff Kent hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Astros a 3-0 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 ...
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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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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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St. Louis, Mo. - Getting the third out of an inning against the St. Louis Cardinals has become a National League Championship Series-sized headache for the Houston Astros.
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Matt Albers pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Lance Berkman homered for the second game in a row as the Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals.
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With one swing of the bat, Lance Berkman revived the Houston Astros' playoff hopes &#151; and gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a much-needed reprieve. Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson, highlighting a five-run ninth inning that sent Houston to a 7-3 win over San Francisco on Thursday night.
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Lance Berkman hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth inning and Jeff Kent capped a five-run seventh with a grand slam as the Houston Astros extended their season-best winning streak to six games with a 9-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
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Carlos Beltran belted a solo home run to right field, his second of the series off Atlanta starter Jaret Wright, to put the Houston Astros ahead of the Braves 3-0 after three innings in the decisive Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Monday night.
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Xavier Nady hit a three-run homer and Orlando Hernandez recovered from a shaky start to pitch the New York Mets past the Houston Astros 4-3 Saturday.
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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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Jeff Kent's three-run homer in the  ninth inning gave Houston a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals  Monday to move the Astros within one game of reaching the World  Series for the first time in their 43-year history.
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Jeff Kent's game-ending three-run homer to left field delivered the Astros a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals in Game 5 of the N.L.C.S.
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Houston, TX -- Morgan Ensberg went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs to lead Houston over Atlanta 8-5 in Game 3 of their National League Division Series at Minute Maid Park.
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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.