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Manny Parra wins first game since July 20

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:39:35 +1900

MILWAUKEE - Manny Parra won for the first time since July 20 and J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday. Hardy's...

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Parra pitches Brewers past Astros 5-2 (AP)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:27:54 +1900

Manny Parra won for the first time since July 20, J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday. Hardy's two-run shot in the seventh provided put the game out of reach, helping Manny Parra to his first win in six starts. Parra (10-6) won 7-4 at San Francisco a month ago, but then lost four straight decisions over his next five starts.

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Brewers' Manny Parra wins 1st game since July 20

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:13:20 +1900

Manny Parra won for the first time since July 20, J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday.

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Kapler shines as Brewers top Astros

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:57:00 +1900

Manny Parra won for the first time in more than a month as the Brewers held on for a 5-2 win over the Astros in front of the 18th consecutive sellout crowd at Miller Park.

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Houston Astros claim Castillo off waivers

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:08:14 +1900

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Houston Astros claimed infielder Jose Castillo on outright waivers from the Sa...

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Astros get INF Jose Castillo off waivers (AP)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:52:52 +1900

The Houston Astros claimed infielder Jose Castillo on outright waivers from the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Castillo, designated for assignment by the Giants last Wednesday, is expected to report on Friday when the Astros start a four-game series at the New York Mets. The Astros said they would make a corresponding roster move before he joins the team.

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Astros claim Castillo off waivers

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:44:00 +1900

The Astros claimed infielder Jose Castillo off outright waivers from the San Francisco Giants, the club announced Wednesday afternoon.

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'Yaz' on Cooper's mind

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:59:00 +1900

The news that Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski underwent triple bypass surgery Tuesday night was a shock to baseball figures around the country, including Houston manager Cecil Cooper.

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Moehler working on mechanics

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:20:00 +1900

Despite a personal five-game winning streak, Astros right-hander Brian Moehler has recently felt uncomfortable on the mound, and he's working to correct that.

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No. 8: Out in left field in Houston's Crawford Boxes

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:30:33 +1900

If you could sit anywhere at any ballpark in the major leagues, where would it be? USA TODAY combined nominations from readers ...

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Blum's homer helps Astros top Brewers

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:29:09 +1900

Geoff Blum hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning to help the Houston Astros beat Ben Sheets and the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Tuesday night.

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Blum's clutch homer lifts Astros

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:03:00 +1900

Geoff Blum's three-run homer in the sixth inning broke a tie and lifted the Astros to a 5-2 win over the Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

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Brewers hold back Braun because of ailing back

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:08:23 +1900

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was not in the starting lineup Tuesday night against the Astros because of tightness in his lower back. >

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Brewers' Braun held out with stiff back (AP)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:59:05 +1900

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was not in the starting lineup Tuesday night against the Houston Astros because of tightness in his lower back. Braun missed six games last week with the same injury, returning to the lineup as a starter Sunday in Los Angeles -- he pinch-hit Saturday. On Monday, he appeared to be in pain after swinging and missing in his final at-bat in the sixth.

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Cooper loads up on lefties vs. Sheets

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:55:00 +1900

Astros manager Cecil Cooper knew Miguel Tejada wasn't going to be happy with him as soon as the shortstop took a look at the lineup card on Tuesday and saw his name wasn't on it.

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Astros, Rockies, Jays can still sniff playoff berth

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:45:57 +1900

Cecil Cooper came out of the All-Star break challenging his 44-51 Houston Astros to win 88 games this season. Last week, he changed ...

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Braun reinjures rib cage

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:35:00 +1900

Milwaukee left fielder Ryan Braun left Monday's game against the Astros after experiencing a relapse in the tightness that recently caused him to miss a week's worth of games.

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CC Sabathia Si-Si-Sizzles Again

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:22 +1900

CC Sabathia has now won his last 11 starts overall, and is 8-0 since joining the Brewers, as he, and the rest of the Crew beat the Houston Astros 9-3 on Monday night. He threw a career-high 130 pitches, allowing 11 hits, two earned runs and struck out nine, en-route to his fifth complete game for Milwaukee, and his eigth of the season. Sabathia has not lost since June 5 with the Cleveland Indians, which means he was 3-8 at one point and almost written off by Indians fans. Sabathia has been down-right ferocious since the trade, and has given Milwaukee the sense that playoff baseball will once again return to Brew City. He started Monday, Aug. 18 with four scoreless innings against the Lee-and-Matsui-less Astros. On the flip-side, the Brewers' offense gave Sabathia a 6-0 lead after those four innings, and CC even helped himself out in that fourth. Houston skipper Cecil Cooper decided to walk Brewers catcher Jason Kendall with two outs to load the bases for Sabathia. He calmly ...

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CC Sabathia pitches Brewers past Astros

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:31:15 +1900

CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory ...

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Sabathia 9-0 With Brewers After 5th Complete Game

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:22:02 +1900

MILWAUKEE -- CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros.

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Sabathia 8-0 with Brewers after CG (AP)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:21:03 +1900

CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Sabathia also hit a two-run single in a five-run fourth inning. He is 8-0 with a 1.60 ERA and five complete games in nine starts for the Brewers since they acquired him from Cleveland in a July 7 trade.

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Sabathia 9-0 with Brewers after 5th complete game

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:15:07 +1900

CC Sabathia improved his perfect record with the Milwaukee Brewers, pitching another complete game Monday night in a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros.

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Braun leaves game with more back pain

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:07:18 +1900

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun left the game Monday night against the Houston Astros after apparently re-injuring his back following a swing. Braun had missed seven starts last week with what the team called tightness in his lower back. He pinch hit Saturday and returned to the lineup Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He batted four times against the Astros on Monday, striking out twice. Braun appeared to be in pain after swinging and missing in his final at-bat in the sixth.

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CC moves to 8-0 with Brewers

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:46:00 +1900

CC Sabathia continued his torrid success since joining the Milwaukee Brewers, shutting down the Astros in an 9-3 victory on Monday night.

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Brewers' Braun exits early with apparent injury

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:36:48 +1900

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun left the game Monday night against the Astros after apparently re-injuring his back following a swing. >

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Matsui stays behind to rehab

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:55:00 +1900

Kazuo Matsui did not accompany the Astros to Milwaukee and instead stayed behind in Houston to rehab on his own, with the help of his massage therapist, Katsumi Oka

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Weeks out of lineup with sprained thumb

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:05:00 +1900

One day after leaving the game with a sprained thumb, Brewers infielder Rickie Weeks was out of the lineup on Monday, even as the Brewers prepared to face a left-hander in Houston southpaw Randy Wolf.

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Astros' Oswalt outduels Diamondbacks' Johnson

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:38:51 +1900

Houston pitcher allows one hit in eight innings and strikes out 10. Arizona ace's only mistake is a three-run home run to Wigginton in the first inning. > HOUSTON -- Roy Oswalt gave up one hit in eight innings and struck out 10, outpitching Randy Johnson in the Houston Astros' 3-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

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Houston Astros Need To Retire the Mediocre Baseball

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:37:25 +1900

When the Houston Astros retired second baseman Craig Biggio's No. 7 jersey this afternoon at Minute Maid Park, one thing caught my eye. No, it wasn't Biggio's signature smile, his grand humility, or the parade of Astros A-listers on hand to tell him thanks. No, it wasn't the tear-jerking, memory-evoking sight of Biggio's number hanging in the rafters. The stadium was not close to full, and the fans delivered half-hearted cheers. Owner Drayton McClane should remember this day, but not because of the franchise star who meant so much to Houston sports fans, even if the teams he co-led with Jeff Bagwell never won a World Series. If it felt like this ceremony had already happened, it did. The Astros completed an eyebrow-raising eight-game winning streak, sweeping series against the underwhelming Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants, before the Arizona Diamondbacks pounded them for two nights in a row. The Astros allowed a combined 23 runs Friday and Saturday. There was ...

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Astros retire Biggio's No. 7

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:52:50 +1900

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Roy Oswalt pitches Astros past Randy Johnson, Diamondbacks

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:36:08 +1900

HOUSTON - Roy Oswalt allowed one hit in eight innings and struck out 10, outpitching Randy Johnson in the Houston Astros' 3-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on...

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Houston Astros retire Craig Biggio's No. 7

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:27:03 +1900

HOUSTON (AP) -- For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies.The Houston Astros ...

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Oswalt, Astros top Johnson, Diamondbacks (AP)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:18:43 +1900

Roy Oswalt allowed one hit in eight innings and struck out 10, outpitching Randy Johnson in the Houston Astros' 3-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Ty Wigginton hit a three-run homer off Johnson in the first inning, sending the Astros to their ninth victory in 11 games. Arizona, which had won three straight, began the day with one-game lead in the NL West over the Los Angeles...

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Oswalt pitches Astros past Johnson, Diamondbacks

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:15:24 +1900

Roy Oswalt allowed one hit in eight innings and struck out 10, outpitching Randy Johnson in the Houston Astros' 3-0 victory over ...

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Astros hold ceremony to retire Biggio's No. 7

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:15:08 +1900

For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies. The Houston Astros retired Biggio's No. 7 before Sunday's game against Arizona, and the seven-time All-Star waved to fans and touched his heart during a lively ceremony.

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Oswalt pitches Astros past Johnson, Diamondbacks

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:12:42 +1900

Roy Oswalt allowed one hit in eight innings and struck out 10, outpitching Randy Johnson in the Houston Astros' 3-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

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Astros hold ceremony to retire Biggio's No. 7

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:38:34 +1900

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Astros retire Biggio's No. 7 (AP)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:36:27 +1900

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Astros retire Biggio's No. 7 jersey

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:29:00 +1900

Never could Craig Biggio have imagined that decades after his idol, Mickey Mantle, and thousands of miles away from his childhood home on Long Island, N.Y., that he would look up to the rafters and watch a bit of history unfold as his No. 7 was officially retired, never to be worn by another Houston player.

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Cooper dissatisfied with Astros pitching

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:00 +1900

Houston's starting pitching has been bleak the past two games, giving up 11 runs on 12 hits over Friday and Saturday. That is disappointing to manager Cecil Cooper, who said that good pitching was the key to its eight-game win streak.

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Then and now

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:59:05 +1900

There's an old saying in sports: It's not how you start. It's how you finish. For Houston Astros first baseman Lance Berkman, unfortunately, the end of the...

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Pena getting back on track for D-backs

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:56:00 +1900

If the last two outings are any indication, Tony Pena may be back on track. Pena has thrown a pair of scoreless innings on this road trip, the most recent was Saturday night against the Astros.

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Pair of grand slams power D-backs past Astros

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:54:58 +1900

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Montero, Young slams power Diamondbacks (AP)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:37:51 +1900

Miguel Montero and Chris Young hit grand slams -- the first time Arizona has hit two in the same game -- and the Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 11-5 on Saturday night. Montero and Young hit the first slams of their careers, both connecting off Brandon Backe. Montero also had a solo homer and double, driving in a career-high five RBIs as the Diamondbacks won for the fifth time in six games.

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D-backs' two slams rout Astros

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:10:00 +1900

Miguel Montero homered twice and drove in five runs as the D-backs beat the Astros, 11-5, Saturday night in front of 39,501 at Minute Maid Park.

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Astros place Matsui on disabled list

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:14:00 +1900

The Astros announced Saturday that an irritated disc has sent Kazuo Matsui to the disabled list. J.R. House will join the club from Triple-A Round Rock.

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Astros put 2B Kaz Matsui on DL, call up House

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:57:09 +1900

HOUSTON (AP) -- The Astros placed second baseman Kazuo Matsui on the 15-day disabled list with an ir...

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Astros place Matsui (irritated disk) on 15-day DL

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:47:42 +1900

The Astros placed second baseman Kazuo Matsui on the 15-day disabled list with an irritated disk in his back Saturday and purchased J.R. House's contract from Triple-A Round Rock.

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Astros put 2B Kaz Matsui on DL, call up J.R. House

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:29:11 +1900

The Astros placed second baseman Kazuo Matsui on the 15-day disabled list with an irritated disk in his back Saturday and purchased J.R. House's contract from Triple-A Round Rock.

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Astros put 2B Kaz Matsui on DL, call up J.R. House

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:25:06 +1900

The Astros placed second baseman Kazuo Matsui on the 15-day disabled list with an irritated disk in his back Saturday and purchased J.R. House's contract from Triple-A Round Rock.

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