Astros&#39; bullpen blows chance
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HOUSTON - Now itâs Roy Oswaltâs turn to try to pitch the Houston Astros to their first playoff series victory. He can only hope for more help from his bullpen than Roger Clemens got Sunday.
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Roy Oswalt was one worry the Houston Astros hadn&#39;t counted on against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL championship series. The league&#39;s only 20-game winner.
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Whether the Houston Astros are still in contention for the Wild Card spot when the Colorado Rockies roll into town this weekend is anyone&#39;s guess, as is which starting
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First it seemed Russ Ortiz would be relegated to the bullpen for the division series. Now it sounds like he&#39;ll start a potentially decisive Game 4 if the series goes that far.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (CP) - A fan was hurt Monday night when Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into a lower box by the Rangers&#39; bullpen along the right-field line near the end of a game against the Oakland Athletics.
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Because Josh Fogg didn&#39;t resemble Oliver Perez, the Houston Astros again look a team that&#39;s going to be hard to stop in September.
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Eric Gagne often throws in rapid-fire succession during bullpen sessions at spring training. Still, the Texas Rangers' new closer isn't rushing his comeback.
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Houston - Jeff Kent sat alone in the dugout Monday, thinking forward and counting backward. As the sellout crowd of 43,045 screamed, waving white towels, the Houston Astros&#39; second baseman began preparing for the biggest at-bat in the franchise&#39;s history.
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To paraphrase an old saying, when you keep going back to the bullpen, eventually it&#39;s going to come up dry. That&#39;s what happened to the Red Sox on Thursday night, when
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The Houston Astros used a Jeff Bagwell  home run and a gutsy pitching effort by its bullpen to beat the  Colorado Rockies 4-2 Friday and hold on to its lead in the  National League wild card race.
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Poor relief pitching plagued the Yankees Friday, as the bullpen gave up three runs in the fifth inning and four more in the sixth.
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One of the better playoff pitching duels turned in Houston&#39;s favor when Jeff Kent swung the bat in the ninth. Oct. 18 HOUSTON  - Only when Brandon Backe and Woody Williams were done did the hitters have any chance.
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Carlos Beltran's stay in Houston almost certainly will be short.
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Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair at a fan in a lower box to the left of the Rangers' bullpen along the right-field line in the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics last night.
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There has been an epidemic of bullpen failures throughout baseball, with closers not immune, prompting the thought that relievers are worse than ever.
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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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Confusion at a critical moment over a malfunction to the phone system in the Astros&#39; bullpen caused the Braves to play Game 2 of the Division Series under protest.