Sports: Astros 2 Cardinals 1 after three
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ST. LOUIS The Houston Astros are ahead of St. Louis 2-to-1 over St. Louis after three innings of Game Seven of the National League Championship Series.
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HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros not only tied the National League Championship Series with a 6-5 triumph yesterday over the St. Louis Cardinals. They sent a message entering tonight's Game 5 that they have more than enough to cope with the NL's most potent offense.
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Roy Oswalt became the NL's first 19-game winner, and the Houston Astros stayed close in the wild-card race with a 10-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
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Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the visiting Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night.
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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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The Houston Astros had just enough offense and plenty of defense to beat the St. Louis Cardinals. Mike Lamb homered in the first inning and Lance Berkman made two pinpoint throws from right field in the Astros&#039; 4-2 victory Thursday night, their fifth win in six games.
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Roger Clemens won his 327th career game with seven strong innings, and the Houston Astros kept pace in the wild-card race by holding on for a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals last night in St. Louis.
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Roger Clemens struck out six in his final home start of the season and Aubrey Huff hit a three-run homer as the Houston Astros beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Sunday night to complete a four-game sweep.
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With a right arm that appears immune to aging, Roger Clemens shut down the Cardinals in the middle innings as the Astros won Game 3 of the N.L.C.S., 5-2.
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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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Jim Edmonds hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 6-4 to force a deciding seventh game of the National League Championship Series.
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Game-winning homers are becoming routine for the Houston Astros. Hunter Pence hit a solo shot off Jose Mesa on the first pitch of the 13th inning and the Astros took advantage of a questionable umpire's call to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Tuesday night.
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The St Louis Cardinals closed out the regular season with a 5-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers but collected their third consecutive NL Central division crown when the Houston Astros went down to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
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Jim Edmonds hit a three-run double to  key a six-run sixth inning as the St Louis Cardinals beat the  Houston Astros 10-7 in the opening game of the National League  Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Wednesday.
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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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HOUSTON - The Houston Astros took over the lead in the National League wild card race Wednesday night as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 while the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs both lost extra-inning games...
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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.