Astros close in on playoff spot
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With everyone cheering all around him, Houston Astros manager Phil Garner tried hard not to look at the scoreboard in left field. But as the crowd grew louder
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HOUSTON - The Houston Astros took over the lead in the National League wild card race Wednesday night as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 while the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs both lost extra-inning games...
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(Sports Network) - The Houston Astros won a franchise-record 18 straight games at Minute Maid Park to end the season and now will lean on their home crowd on Saturday for Game 3 of their National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves.
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The Atlanta Braves werenât ready for another early exit from the playoffs, especially at the hands of the Houston Astros. The Braves will try to get out of the first round for the first time in three years
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ATLANTA - 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...
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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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Houston pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning a club-record 15th straight home game. The Astros temporarily tied San Francisco for the NL wild-card lead -- the Giants played later in San Diego.
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The News sports editor. HOUSTON - The Houston Astros weren&#39;t the only team in the Bayou City toasting a watershed achievement Sunday afternoon.
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ATLANTA - 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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ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The threat of another playoff disappointment looms for two franchises as the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves square off in the deciding fifth game of their National League Division Series on Monday.
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In what has developed into an evenly matched National League Championship Series, the Astros appear to have three distinct advantages over the Cardinals.
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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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com. Looking at the teams on paper, it would be easy to say that the Colorado Rockies would be the least of the Houston Astros&#39; worries, considering they are in fourth place in the National
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HOUSTON - The Houston Astros charged into the playoffs with their 18th consecutive home victory, capping an incredible turnaround by beating Colorado 5-3 Sunday to win the NL wild card.    Brandon Backe filled in admirably for an ailing Roger Clemens, pitching five strong innings and driving in two runs...
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An 8-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday have the Houston Astros one win away from ending 43 seasons of playoff failure.
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The Houston Astros pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning their team-record 15th straight home game by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 last night behind Jeff Kent and Jeff Bagwell.
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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