Astros blow chance to clinch at home
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Now it&#39;s Roy Oswalt&#39;s 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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The streaking Houston Astros edged the   Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Monday to close within striking   distance of NL Central leaders St Louis.
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The Houston Astros can clinch the first World Series berth in their 43-year history with a win this afternoon at St. Louis in game six of the National League Championship Series.
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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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Houston Astros players celebrate their NL wild-card-clinching win over the Colorado Rockies. The Astros finalized the playoff pairing by beating the Colorado Rockies 5-3 Sunday in Houston to edge the San Francisco Giants for a playoff berth.
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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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ATLANTA - The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.    The NL East champion Braves can't afford to go down 0-2 in a best-of-five series heading to Minute Maid Park, where the Astros have an 18-game winning streak...
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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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St. Louis, Mo. - Getting the third out of an inning against the St. Louis Cardinals has become a National League Championship Series-sized headache for the Houston Astros.
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Roger Clemens won his ninth postseason game and the Houston Astros set a team playoff record with four home runs in a 9-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in the opener of their National League playoff series.
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ATLANTA - Do or die. No tomorrow. Backs against the wall. All the cliches fit the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros heading into Monday night&#39;s fifth and final game of the NL Division Series.
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(Sports Network) - The Houston Astros won a franchise-record 18 straight games at Minute Maid Park to end the season and now will lean on their home crowd on Saturday for Game 3 of their National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Things are looking up for the Houston Astros, even though the club trails its best-of-seven National League Championship Series 0-2.
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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
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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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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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NL wild card spot. San Francisco must win today and hope the Astros lose at. home to the Rockies to force a one-game playoff tomorrow afternoon at SBC Park.