After dropping 9 of their last 11 on a road trip that saw everything from pitching to hitting crumble before their very eyes, the Astros returned to Minute Maid park Monday night and crushed the Brewers in a 6-1 victory.

To start things off Roy Oswalt slit the throat of his evil twin and walked onto the mound to produce a devastating 7 inning rout of the Milwaukee offense. Allowing only one run, ZERO walks, and 10 strikeouts the Wizard looked as in control as ever.

Lance Berkman also made his presence felt in Minute Maid as he came a double away from hitting for the cycle. In fact, 5 of the 6 runs scored Monday were by his hands. His two run homer in the 2nd brought home fellow All-Star candidate Miguel Tejada, and his bomb over the head of center fielder Mike Cameron rolled up into the wall of Tal’s Hill sending home 3 and nearly resulting in an inside the park Grand Slam.

Other solid offensive production came at the hands of Darin Erstad whose pinch hit drove in Michael Born who had gotten on base with an excellent bunt at the beginning of the inning. Afterwards, Kaz Matsui loaded the bases with a single into left field continuing a string of impressive performances at the plate.

Coming home is good, and if the Astros can sweep the Brewers as they did in their first series this season then the Yankees better look out come Friday.

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