Astros win ninth straight
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Roy Oswalt combined with three   relievers for a five-hit shutout that helped the Houston Astros   maintain their late-season charge with 3-0 win against the   Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
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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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Roger Clemens pitched seven gritty  innings and Houston batters belted three home runs as the  Astros beat the St Louis Cardinals 5-2 in Game Three of the  National League Championship Series Saturday.
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Sammy Sosa and Nomar Garciaparra each hit one of Chicago's season-high six homers, and the Cubs ended Houston's four-game winning streak Friday night with a 9-2 victory over the Astros.
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Roy Oswalt became the NL's first 19-game winner, and the Houston Astros stayed close in the wild-card race with a 10-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
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Bengie Molina drove in four runs to back up Barry Zito's strong pitching and lift the San Francisco Giants to a 9-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday, their fourth straight win.
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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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The Astros charged into the playoffs with their 18th consecutive home victory, capping an incredible turnaround by beating Colorado on Sunday.
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Roger Clemens got his 345th win, allowing one run in six innings to lead Houston over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 Thursday night and complete a three-game sweep for the Astros.
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HOUSTON, United States : JD Drew singled to drive in a run in the top of the ninth inning and lift the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 win over Houston and force the Astros into a fifth and deciding game.
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The streaking Houston Astros used seven  pitchers and a Jeff Bagwell home run to beat the Colorado  Rockies 4-2 Friday to hold on to their lead in the National  League wild card race.
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Carlos Beltran belted a solo home run to right field, his second of the series off Atlanta starter Jaret Wright, to put the Houston Astros ahead of the Braves 3-0 after three innings in the decisive Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Monday night.
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Carlos Beltran homered for a playoff-record fifth straight game as the Houston Astros beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-5.
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Roy Oswalt and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, and Raul Chavez hit a three-run double in the Houston Astros' 5-0 victory over the free-falling Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
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Brandon Backe pitched six strong  innings and Morgan Ensberg drove in three runs to secure the  Houston Astros an 8-5 divisional playoff victory over the  Atlanta Braves Saturday.
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Roy Oswalt pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning and Lance Berkman hit his 40th home run, helping the Houston Astros bounce back from a dispiriting loss to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Wednesday.
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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.