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| Astros make first trip to Nationals Park |
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07/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of last-place teams start up a three-game series tonight at Nationals Park, where the Houston Astros make their first appearance at the new venue to take on the struggling Washington Nationals. Houston enters the nation's capital with a 42-50 overall record, the worst among National League Central clubs, and has lost seven of nine games to begin the month of July. Washington is in even worse shape, having compiled a poor 35-58 mark thus far, and heads into this set having dropped se |
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| Astros getting left in the dust |
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07/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - To say that things haven't exactly gone the Houston Astros' way this season would be quite an understatement. When the general manager is getting choke-slammed by a player, and your league MVP candidate is sidelined because of pink eye, it's usually a pretty good bet the playoffs aren't at the forefront of everyone's mind. It's simply been one of those seasons for the Astros, and the light at the end of the tunnel is still months away. Even with Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pira |
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| Longoria and Hart voted as final All-Stars; Holliday to start for NL |
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07/10/2008 |
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| s season. On the National League ballot, Hart received eight million votes to get the nod. He was followed by David Wright of the New York Mets, Pat Burrell of the Philadelphia Phillies, Aaron Rowand of the San Francisco Giants and Carlos Lee of the Houston Astros. Hart has compiled a .293 batting average with 14 long balls, 56 RBI and 46 runs scored in 90 games for the Brewers. In other All-Star news, Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday will start in right field for the National League in place of the |
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| Abercrombie accepts assignment |
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07/10/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Houston Astros general manager Ed Wade announced Thursday that outfielder Reggie Abercrombie will accept his assignment and report to Triple-A Round Rock on Friday. Additionally, right- handed pitcher Oscar Villarreal has rejected his assignment to Round Rock and has been placed on waivers. Abercrombie, 26, hit .188 with one double and one home run in 14 games for the Astros this season. The outfielder hit .208 with seven home runs and 13 stolen bases in 146 games during the tw |
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| Yankees, Pirates play makeup game at PNC Park |
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07/10/2008 |
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| Sidney Ponson started and tossed six innings, allowing only five hits and one run with four strikeouts and two walks to get a no-decision in his third start for the Yankees. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, was denied a sweep in its three-game series with the Houston Astros on Wednesday, dropping a 6-4 decision. Nate McLouth doubled three times and scored twice for the Pirates, while Adam LaRoche, Jason Bay, Ryan Doumit and Freddy Sanchez each knocked in a run. Sean Burnett (0-1) allowed a run in 1 2/3 innings to take |
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| Astros' Matsui returns from DL |
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07/10/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Houston Astros second baseman Kaz Matsui was activated from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday after spending more than two weeks nursing a strained right hamstring. Matsui suffered the injury June 22 against Tampa Bay and was activated early Wednesday morning after Houston's game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Matsui doubled twice and knocked in a run in Houston's 6-4 win against the Pirates on Wednesday. The 32-year-old native of Osaka, Japan is hitting .271 with a home r |
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| Astros escape Pittsburgh with a win after holding off Pirates |
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07/10/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Geoff Blum hit a three-run home run, and the Houston Astros recovered from giving up a four-run lead to notch a 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and avoid a three-game sweep at PNC Park. Kaz Matsui, in his first game back after being placed on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, doubled twice and knocked in a run for the Astros, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Ty Wigginton and Michael Bourn each went 2-for-5 and scored a run. Brian Moehler (5-4) all |
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| Pirates wrap up set with Astros in Steel City |
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07/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former first-round pick John Van Benschoten gets his third start of the 2008 season tonight, when the pitching-starved Pittsburgh Pirates play the Houston Astros in the finale of a three-game series at PNC Park. Van Benschoten, the eighth overall selection in the 2001 draft, began the season with the Pirates and made four appearances -- one start -- before returning to Triple-A Indianapolis in mid-May. He returned in late June to a staff that had seen starters Ian Snell and Phil Dumatrait |
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| Pirates activate P Snell from DL |
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07/09/2008 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated pitcher Ian Snell from the 15-day disabled in time to start Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Houston Astros. Snell threw the first 3 2/3 innings and was lifted after a long rain delay. He allowed four hits and a run in the no-decision. The right-hander was sidelined with medial epicondylitis in his right elbow and hadn't pitched since receiving a no-decision June 22 against Toronto. Snell surrendered four runs on eight hits and four walks with two |
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| Astros, Pirates continue set at PNC Park |
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07/08/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-hander Brandon Backe tries to snap a recent skid tonight when the Houston Astros visit the Pittsburgh Pirates for game two of a three-game series at PNC Park. Backe, a draft choice of the Tampa Bay Rays in 1998, improved his 2008 record to 4-5 with a 4-3 defeat of the Philadelphia Phillies on May 23 in Houston. He's won just once in six starts since, however, including a 4-3 loss to the Pirates on June 5 in Pittsburgh that dropped his career mark against them to 4-2 in nine games - s |
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