Scott's homer in 9th lifts Astros
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Luke Scott hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the ninth inning to give Houston a 7-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.
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Wandy Rodriguez threw a four-hitter for his first complete game and Lance Berkman had a two-run homer to lead the Houston Astros over the New York Mets.
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Craig Biggio homered and Brandon Backe pitched seven strong innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
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Houston starter Roy Oswalt gave up 12 hits. Closer Brad Lidge couldn't finish the ninth inning. The Astros left 15 runners on base. And Houston still found a way to win a game it hopes will provide an emotional lift as it tries to defend its NL pennant.
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ATLANTA - The Houston Astros zeroed in on their first playoff series victory Monday night, surging to a 9-3 lead over the Atlanta Braves after seven innings of their NL Division Series and moving to the brink of the NLCS.    Jeff Kent's two-out RBI single, which followed Jeff Bagwell's high, arcing two-run home run to left, capped a five-run seventh for the Astros, who have lost all seven postseason series they've played...
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Roy Oswalt became the National League's first 17-game winner and the Astros extended their winning streak to 11 games with a 9-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night in Houston.
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Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the visiting Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night.
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Dmitri Young hits a go-ahead, three-run homer Monday night to lead the Washington Nationals to a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros.
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Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league win in more than two years, leading the Houston Astros over the Cubs, 10-3, yesterday in Chicago in the final meeting of their testy season 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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Brad Ausmus' sacrifice fly in the 15th inning finished off Houston's comeback within a comeback as the Astros rallied from five runs down to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Wednesday night, their eighth straight win that kept them close to St. Louis in the NL Central.
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Roger Clemens pitched seven innings and Carlos Beltran homered, had three hits and scored three runs to help the Houston Astros rout the Atlanta Braves 9-3 in the opening game of their National League Divisional Series Wednesday.
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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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HOUSTON Mike Lamb went four-for-five with a homer and four RB-Is to lead the Houston Astros to their ninth straight win with a 10-to-five victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates today.
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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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Jeff Kent went two for four with four RBI Thursday night to give Houston an 8-3 victory over St. Louis. Mike Lamb added a home run as Houston remained two games behind San Francisco in the National League wild card race.
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Craig Biggio's two-out RBI-single capped Houston's two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Astros a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.