Astros Rally Past the Giants
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With one swing of the bat, Lance Berkman revived the Houston Astros' playoff hopes - and gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a much-needed reprieve. Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson, highlighting a five-run ninth inning that sent Houston to a 7-3 win over San Francisco on Thursday night...
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Barry Bonds hit his 699th home run, and the San Francisco Giants regained the wild-card lead with a 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday in Phoenix.
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Barry Bonds hit a pair of mammoth two-run homers &#151; giving him 696 in his career &#151; and went 4-for-5 with six RBIs Sunday night, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 9-5 win over the Atlanta Braves.
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Noah Lowry won his sixth straight decision and remained unbeaten in 13 major league starts, and Ray Durham hit a two-run double to lead the Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros last night in San Francisco.
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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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Barry Bonds hit a two-run home run in the first inning to support a strong effort by Kirk Rueter and help the San Francisco Giants beat the visiting New York Mets 3-1 on Sunday.
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Pedro Feliz hits a tying homer during a five-run sixth inning, rallying the Giants past Aaron Harang and the Reds at AT&T Park.
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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 their 43-year history.
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The Houston Astros claimed their 11th straight win, thanks to a 9-7 success over the Cincinnati Reds. Mark Lamb and Carlos Beltran both homered while Roy Oswalt won for the 17th time this season as the Astros
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A couple of new Killer Bs have the Houston Astros one win away from ending 43 seasons of playoff failure. Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer and Brandon Backe pitched six solid innings in his postseason debut to lead the Astros to their 19th straight home win, 8-5 over Atlanta on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in their NL series.
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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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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 in the middle of the third inning in the decisive Game 5 of their NL Division
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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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San Francisco's Matt Cain pitched seven strong innings and hit a home run to lead the Giants past the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Pedro Feliz matched his career high with four RBIs Tuesday, and Brett Tomko won his sixth straight decision in the San Francisco Giants&#39; 9-2 defeat of the Houston Astros.
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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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Carlos Beltran drives in five runs to carry the Astros to a 12-3 rout of the Braves in Game 5 of their first-round NL playoff series.