Astros beat up on Sheets to end skid
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The Houston Astros put together an impromptu celebration in honor of Jason Hirsh's first major league victory: The pitching staff doused him with beer.
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Andy Pettitte pitched six effective innings, Mike Lamb drove in three runs and the Houston Astros scored two runs on a wild pitch by Mark Prior in a 7-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.
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HOUSTON - On a night when pitching suddenly took over the NL playoffs, someone was bound to get a hit. Fortunately for the Houston Astros, Jeff Kent stepped up...
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HoustonÂs Roy Oswalt took a perfect-game bid into the seventh inning and struck out a season-high nine.
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Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
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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.
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The Houston Astros capped a remarkable  late-season turnaround by capturing the National League wild  card playoff berth on Sunday with a 5-3 win over the Colorado  Rockies.
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Todd Walker, Josh Barfield and Mike Cameron homered in the fourth inning off newcomer Jason Hirsh, and the San Diego Padres stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Houston Astros 6-3 Saturday night.
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On a night when pitching suddenly took over the NL playoffs, someone was bound to get a hit. Fortunately for the Houston Astros, Jeff Kent stepped up.
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The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.
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The Houston Astros pushed closer to a playoff berth, winning their club-record 15th straight home game by beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, last night.
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Atlanta Braves&#39; John Smoltz, left, and catcher Eddie Perez celebrate after they defeated the Houston Astros in their National League Division Series game four in Houston, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.
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Lance Berkman hit a pair of two-run homers off Chris Carpenter and the Houston Astros beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Thursday night.
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HOUSTONâAfter falling behind 0-2 in the NL Championship Series, the best-case scenario for the Houston Astros played itself out this weekend.
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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 team history.
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The Houston Astros capped a remarkable late-season turnaround by capturing the National League wild card playoff berth on Sunday with a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.
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_ The Astros apologized to the Cardinals today, saying they erred by showing a replay of St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez&#39;s tantrum yesterday on the stadium scoreboard.