Walk-off win can't extend Astros' season
Published 9/27/2008 by Alyson Footer at Major League Baseball News
Darin Erstad's walk-off homer in the ninth gave the Astros a 5-4 win Friday, but the Brewers' win over the Cubs eliminated Houston from the playoff chase.
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