Astros top Bucs; Taveras extends streak
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Andy Pettitte made another effective start against Pittsburgh and the Houston Astros won consecutive games for the first time in more than two weeks, beating the Pirates 7-4 Saturday 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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Miguel Tejada has already talked with Astros manager Cecil Cooper about wanting to play every day. Not exactly shocking that a guy who played in 1,152 consecutive games - the fifth-longest streak in baseball history - would want to make that clear before joining his new teammates on the field for the first time yesterday.
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Mike Lamb homered, drove in four runs  and had four hits as the streaking Houston Astros beat the  Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5 in National League play at Minute Maid  Park Sunday, their ninth straight victory.
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Carlos Beltran's record-tying eighth  post-season home run capped the Houston Astros' 6-5 comeback  win over the St Louis Cardinals to even the National League  Championship Series at two games apiece on Sunday.
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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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Geoff Blum gave the Tampa Bay Devil Rays a victory &#151; with 39 minutes to spare.
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Beltran set a postseason record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, snapping a seventh-inning tie with a solo shot as the Houston Astros posted a 6-5 triumph over the St.
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Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.
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Jeff Kent went two for four with four RBI Thursday night to give Houston an 8-3 victory over St. Louis. Mike Lamb added a home run as Houston remained two games behind San Francisco in the National League wild card race.
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HOUSTON, United States : Jeff Bagwell had three hits, including a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, as the Houston registered their franchise-record 15th straight home win, a 6-4 triumph over the St.
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Carlos Beltran's record-tying eighth  post-season home run capped the Houston Astros' 6-5 comeback  win over the St. Louis Cardinals to even the National League  Championship Series at two games apiece Sunday.
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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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Milwaukee, WI -- Craig Biggio hit a sacrifice fly to score Willy Taveras in the 10th inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 1-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series at Miller Park.
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Brett Tomko won his sixth consecutive decision and San Francisco beat the visiting Houston Astros, 9-2, to maintain their wild-card lead and move within 1Â½ games of first-place Los Angeles in the National League West.
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Jeff Bagwell drives in two runs and Jeff Kent hit his 300th career homer to send the Astros to a 6-4 win over the Cardinals.
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Mike Lamb homered, drove in four runs and had four hits as the streaking Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5 in National League play at Minute Maid Park Sunday, their ninth straight victory.