Lance Berkman connected for his 15th home run of the season in the ninth inning as the Houston Astros beat the San Francisco Giants by the score of 8-7.  Berkman has been on fire all season long so far and once again he came up big for the Astros.

Berkman wasn’t the only Astros player that hit a home run however as Carlos Lee And Darin Erstad both hit home runs in the eighth inning.  Lee hit a solo home run while Ertstad’s was a three run shot.

Berkman and Erstad both finished the game with three rbi.  Mark Loretta and Lee both had one rbi as well for the Astros.

Tim Byrdak picked up the win as he pitched in relief.  Byrdak is now 2-0 on the season.  Jose Valverde pitched the bottom of the ninth inning to get his 11th save of the season.  Chris Sampson started the game for the Astros and pitched six innings while giving up ten hits and seven runs.  Luckily for him the Astros came back so he didn’t take the loss in the game.

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Lance Berkman led the Houston Astros over the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 5-3 on Thursday afternoon.  Berkman had three RBI including a two run home run in the first inning that got the scoring going.

Besides Berkman’s three RBI, Jack Cassel and Darin Erstad both had an RBI each.

Cassel also picked up the win for the Astros as he tossed five innings of seven hit baseball.  He did allow three earned runs in his five innings of action.  Tim Byrdak, Doug Brocail, and Jose Valverde pitched the final four innings.  Valverde got back on track as he picked up his third save of the season.

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The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres by a score of 10-3 at home on Monday putting the Astros at 8-12 for the season.  Both teams have been struggling to get wins this year but the Astros came out on top in the end on Monday night.

Lance Berkman hit his fifth home run of the year when he went deep in the first inning on a three run shot.  Miguel Tejada hit a two run home run in the second inning and finished with three RBI.  Hunter Pence, Carlos Lee, and Geoff Blum all got a RBI as well.

Roy Oswalt was the opening pitcher for the Astros throwing for seven innings and allowed six hits, three runs, and two walks.  This win puts him at 2-3 for the year. The Astros brought in Tim Byrdak and Oscar Villarreal to pitch the last two innings of the game.

The Astros will go up against The Padres again tonight and then will go on the road to face the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.

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