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07/04/2009 Houston Astros lose to Giants Tim Lincecum ran his career-best scoreless innings streak to 23 in winning his third straight start and also scored the first run in the San Francisco Giants’ 9-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.

07/02/2009 Un-bee-lievable: Bee swarm in San Diego delays Astros’ 7-2 The Houston Astros—who once had the “Killer Bs”—beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over left field at Petco Park.

07/01/2009 Eckstein gets big hit in Padres’ win over Astros David Eckstein drove in the go-ahead run to cap a three-run rally in the seventh inning, and San Diego beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night, when the Padres lost Adrian Gonzalez to a knee injury.

06/30/2009 Oswalt throws 2-hitter, Astros beat Padres Roy Oswalt is rounding into form. The Houston Astros’ ace dominated the San Diego Padres again, pitching a two-hitter and retiring his final 18 batters in a 3-1 victory Monday night.

06/29/2009 Astros waive RHP Brandon Backe The Houston Astros placed right-handed pitcher Brandon Backe on waivers Monday.

06/28/2009 Inge's homer in ninth lifts Tigers over Astros Brandon Inge hit a two-run homer off Jose Valverde with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers averted a sweep with a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Paulino leads Astros over Tigers 8-1 Houston manager Cecil Cooper thought Felipe Paulino could develop into a good pitcher for the Astros. But even he was a bit surprised at just how good the rookie right-hander was Saturday night.

06/27/2009 Tejada's hot bat leads Houston over Detroit Miguel Tejada hopes ending the major leagues’ longest current winning streak will help the Houston Astros to start one of their own.

Astros designate Backe for assignment
The Houston Astros have designated right-hander Brandon Backe for assignment to open a roster spot for righty Felipe Paulino.

06/25/2009 Berkman’s four RBIs lead Astros past Royals 5-4 Houston’s Lance Berkman needed to drive in one run to become the third player in franchise history to reach 1,000 RBIs.

Olivo’s homer in 11th lifts Royals over Astros Miguel Olivo had some inside information when he went to the plate against Jeff Fulchino in the 11th inning Wednesday night.

06/24/2009 Greinke leads Royals over Astros 2-1 Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman didn’t think Zack Greinke had his best stuff on Tuesday. The Houston Astros would have to disagree.

Berkman honored for 300th career homer
Houston’s Lance Berkman has been honored in a pregame ceremony commemorating his 300th career home run. Berkman reached the mark June 13 against Arizona.

06/21/2009 Wandy Rodriguez stymies Twins in Astros’ 4-1 win A day after getting hit on the left side of his back by a batted ball from a teammate, Rodriguez gave up only two hits in seven innings to lead the Houston Astros past the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Sunday.

Berkman and Bourn homer to lead Astros past Twins The Houston Astros haven’t had a lot of luck when trailing late in games this year. Fortunately for them, Minnesota’s relievers haven’t been so great holding onto leads recently.

06/19/2009 Slowey wins his 10th game, Twins beat Astros 5-2 Kevin Slowey became the second 10-game winner in the majors, and the Minnesota Twins went back to small ball Friday to beat Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros 5-2.

06/18/2009 Astros avoid sweep when Pence homers against Texas Hunter Pence led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking homer and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Thursday night to avoid a season sweep.

06/17/2009 Murphy’s single in the 10th wins it for Rangers David Murphy hit a game-winning RBI single with one out in the 10th inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 5-4 Wednesday night, taking advantage of two throwing errros by Ivan Rodriguez on the day he set the major league record for games caught.

Nobody has caught more games than Ivan Rodriguez Ivan Rodriguez was 19 when the Texas Rangers promoted the fresh-faced catcher with a cannon for an arm to the major leagues midway through the 1991 season.

06/16/2009 Pudge ties record for games caught Ivan Rodriguez tied the major league record for games played as a catcher Tuesday night, when he caught against his original team.

Kinsler homers twice as Texas beats Houston Ian Kinsler homered twice and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Tuesday night, when Ivan Rodriguez matched the major league record for games caught.

06/15/2009 Pence, Berkman homer in Astros 8-3 win over D-backs In addition to Berkman and Pence’s power, Miguel Tejada had a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Michael Bourn added an RBI and scored twice.

Original member of Houston Colt .45s has died
Hal Woodeshick, an original member of the Houston Colt .45s, has died. He was 76.

06/12/2009 Reynolds helps Diamondbacks defeat Astros 8-1 Dan Haren pitched his fifth career two-hitter, Mark Reynolds drove in five runs with a homer and three doubles, and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Houston Astros 8-1 on Friday night.

06/11/2009 TABC: Case could cost Minute Maid their license, but maybe not A 2008 accident that left a state worker dead could cost Minute Maid Park their liquor license, but 11 News discovered that only happens in rare cases.

Astros beat Cubs in 13 inning game Geoff Blum drove in the winning run for the second straight game, hitting an RBI single in the 13th inning that led the Houston Astros over the Chicago Cubs 2-1 Thursday.

Astros announce 'Kids Free All Summer' promotion The Houston Astros are trying to help boost attendance with a new promotion aimed at families on tight budgets.

06/10/2009 Blum delivers winner as Astros beat Cubs Geoff Blum singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.

06/09/2009

Lilly shuts down Astros in Cubs’ 7-1 victory
Ted Lilly pitched 6 2-3 shutout innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 7-1 on Tuesday night.

Astros select SS Jiovanni Mier with first pick The Houston Astros selected shortstop Jiovanni Mier from Bonita High School in Southern California with their first pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, Director of Scouting Bobby Heck announced.

06/07/2009 Tejada's infield single helps Astros beat Pirates Russ Ortiz is unhappy with his role. That’s just fine with the Astros, as long as he keeps pitching the way he did Sunday in Houston’s 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

06/05/2009 Lee's grand slam lifts Astros to 9-1 win over Pirates Carlos Lee hit a grand slam and Mike Hampton beat Pittsburgh for the ninth straight time in the Houston Astros’ 9-1 win over the Pirates on Friday night.

06/04/2009

Astros pitchers pounded by Rockies in 10-3 loss
Garrett Atkins broke out of a slump with two home runs and the Colorado Rockies snapped a four-game losing skid with a 10-3 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night.

06/03/2009

Pence drives in three runs to lead Astros
Hunter Pence had a solo homer and two RBI singles and the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory.

Tejada's homer lifts Astros over Rockies Miguel Tejada was surprised when someone told him that he was the NL’s leading hitter.

06/02/2009

Tejada’s homer lifts Astros over Rockies
Miguel Tejada hit a game-winning homer off Josh Fogg in the 11th inning to cap a three-RBI night and lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

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