Lamb homers, drives in four; Munro earns victory
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In order for the Houston Astros to make it to the postseason, they are probably going to have to do what they did on Sunday a few more times: score lots of runs in games not started by Roy Oswalt or Roger Clemens.
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Fausto Carmona dominated the Texas Rangers for eight innings. He really got to sweat watching the ninth. The Cleveland Indians right-hander allowed three hits and didn't give up a run Friday night before he was lifted after 105 pitches with a 3-0 lead. Closer Joe Borowski gave up two runs and two hits and overcame two errors by his teammates before striking out Brad Wilkerson with the bases loaded to earn a shaky save in the Indians' 3-2 victory.
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Vladimir Guerrero drives in four runs, and John Lackey becomes the first 10-game winner of the year as the Angles beat the Reds, 6-3.
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A different city, venue, and sport produced yet another memorable Cleveland victory over Detroit. David Dellucci singled home the winning run with two out to cap a five-run ninth off closer Todd Jones as the Indians rallied past the Tigers, 12-11, last night at Jacobs Field.
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Vladimir Guerrero homered twice and drove in five runs while going 4-for-5 and the Anaheim Angels continued their push in the AL West with an 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
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Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking single in eighth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.
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Runs were tough to come by for the Detroit Tigers as their AL Central lead dwindled to one game. That changed big time in one inning Friday night and their lead in the division doubled. Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning and Brandon Inge had a grand slam in the sixth in a 17-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
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Houston put their hopes in a pitcher untested in the postseason when they give Pete Munro the ball to start Game 2 of the N.L. Championship Series tonight.
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Larry Walker needed three extra at-bats to get his postseason cycle. The newest addition to St. Louis' power-packed lineup hit a two-run homer off Pete Munro in the fifth inning of the Cardinals' 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the NL championship series Thursday night.
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Ichiro Suzuki got one hit and plenty of help in knocking Oakland out of first place. Suzuki's fifth-inning single gave him 255 hits, two shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Athletics into second place in the AL West for the first time since Aug. 5 with a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.
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Forty-nine pitches. Joe Nathan hadn&#39;t thrown that many in more than four years. It didn&#39;t matter that Torii Hunter hit a go-ahead home run in the 12th inning, Nathan couldn&#39;t hold the lead.
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Gary Sheffield, Carlos GuillÃ©n and PlÃ¡cido Polanco hit home runs against C. C. Sabathia yesterday, giving the host Detroit Tigers a 12-3 victory against the Cleveland Indians.
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Rod Barajas homered and drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly, and the Texas Rangers extended the Baltimore Orioles' season-high losing streak to 12 games with a 4-3 victory Saturday night.
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Kevin Millwood allowed eight hits in his second complete game of the season and Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking homer, leading the Texas Rangers to a 9-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
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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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Corey Koskie clubbed a two-run homer  in the top of the 10th inning to help the Minnesota Twins hold  on to first place in the American League Central with a 4-2  road win over the Cleveland Indians.
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Erubiel Durazo hit three homers and drove in all five of Oakland's runs, and Mark Mulder became the majors' first 16-game winner by pitching the Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.