Astros&#39; Jeff Kent seizes the spotlight with game-winning shot
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Jeff Kent threw his bat to the side and pumped his right fist as soon as the ball took flight, certain he was going to make a long-awaited trot around the bases.
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The Houston Astros, who are battling for a wild-card playoff spot, powered their way to a season-best sixth straight victory yesterday.
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HOUSTON - The Houston Astros are one win from completing an amazing late-season playoff push. Roy Oswalt became the NL&#39;s first 20-game winner, and Jeff Kent and Craig Biggio each homered twice, giving the
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Jeff Kent is looking forward to the day when he can just have fun and not have to come to the ballpark. That time could come sooner rather than later.
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The Houston Astros refuse to live in the past, especially with their immediate future looking so bright. Roy Oswalt, the National League&#39;s only 20-game winner, will try to give Houston a commanding lead in
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HOUSTON Now it&#39;s Roy Oswalt&#39;s (OHZ&#39;-wahltz) turn to try to pitch the Houston Astros to their first playoff series victory.
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Phil Garner savored the taste of champagne, the smell of his cigar and the wild celebration going on in the Houston Astros&#39; clubhouse.
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ST. LOUIS -- The battle between the Houston Astros&#39; unheralded Pete Munro and the St. Louis Cardinals&#39; Matt Morris was a surprising push.
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Aubrey Huff's bases-loaded single highlighted Houston's wacky seventh-inning rally Wednesday, and the Astros avoided a sweep with a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
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The crowd in Houston was on its feet, beckoning the latest slugging surprise in the Astros&#39; vaunted offense to reemerge from the dugout.
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Jeff Bagwell drives in two runs and Jeff Kent hit his 300th career homer to send the Astros to a 6-4 win over the Cardinals.
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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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HoustonÂs Roy Oswalt took a perfect-game bid into the seventh inning and struck out a season-high nine.
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They don&#39;t know where this is leading. They don&#39;t even know who&#39;s pitching Wednesday. But for one night, it didn&#39;t matter to the Houston Astros what might await them over the horizon.
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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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The Houston Astros are rising from the dead and playing the way their hierarchy and others thought they would play all season.
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The Astros charged into the playoffs with their 18th consecutive home victory, capping an incredible turnaround by beating Colorado on Sunday.