Braves Lead Astros 1-0 After First Inning
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ATLANTA - The Houston Astros thought they got a break when illness prevented Roger Clemens from pitching as scheduled in the team's NL wild-card berth clincher. Because Clemens missed Sunday's game, the Rocket started against the Atlanta Braves in the NL division series opener Wednesday...
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HOUSTON -- The Braves forced their first-round series back to Atlanta, coming back from a three-run deficit against the Houston Astros after Roger Clemens came out of the game.
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Ryan Howard homered in his first three  at-bats to help the Philadelphia Phillies edge the Atlanta  Braves 8-7 in the opening game of a doubleheader on Sunday.
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Curt Schilling was missing his overpowering stuff. Brian McCann and the Braves sure took advantage of it. McCann homered and drove in four runs off Schilling, who endured his first strikeout-free start since 1993 in Atlanta's 9-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
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Craig Biggio homered and Brandon Backe pitched seven strong innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
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Brandon Backe pitches six solid innings in his postseason debut to lead Houston to an 8-5 win over Atlanta on Saturday for a 2-1 series lead.
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Less than two years ago, the Houston Astros were celebrating their first National League pennant. On Monday, they were starting over.
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Adam LaRoche crushed a game-tying  three-run homer and J.D. Drew slapped a ninth-inning RBI single  to give the Braves a 6-5 comeback victory over the Houston  Astros on Sunday.
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Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league win in more than two years, leading the Houston Astros over the Cubs, 10-3, yesterday in Chicago in the final meeting of their testy season series.
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The Houston Astros battered the Atlanta Braves, 9-3, in Game 1 of their N.L. division series even without the best from their starting pitcher, Roger Clemens.
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PITTSBURGH The Houston Astros had their 12-game winning streak snapped by the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-to-1 in the first game of a doubleheader.
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ST. LOUIS - Carlos Beltran hit a solo home run to give the Houston Astros a 1-0 lead over the St...
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ATLANTA - Jeff Bagwell and Raul Chavez homered early for the Houston Astros, but the Atlanta Braves rallied to a 2-2 tie heading into the ninth inning Thursday, as Houston sought its first victorious playoff series.    Houston took a 1-0 series lead into Game 2 against Atlanta at Turner Field...
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Rafael Furcal smacked a two-run homer  in the bottom of the 11th inning to hand the Atlanta Braves a  4-2 victory over the Houston Astros in the National League  Divisional Series Thursday.
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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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Brian McCann homers and drove in four runs off Curt Schilling, who endures his first strikeout-free start since 1993 in Atlanta's 9-4 victory over Boston.
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Aubrey Huff hit a three-run home run in his Houston debut and Lance Berkman had three hits to lead the Astros to a 5-1 victory over the Florida Marlins on Thursday night.