Astros defeat Giants, 8-7
Published 5/16/2008 at L.A. Times - Baseball News
Houston rallies from a 6-0 deficit to take three of four from San Francisco.
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* Houston 8, at San Francisco 7: Lance Berkman splashed his major league-leading 15th home run into McCovey Cove, breaking a ninth-inning tie. The Astros rallied from a 6-0 deficit to take three of four from the Giants, their first series win at San Francisco since a three-game sweep in September 2001.
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