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Read More: Jaime Garcia (P – STL), Bud Norris (P – HOU), Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets The St. Louis Cardinals dropped the first of their three-game set against the Houston Astros on Friday night, but they get a chance on Saturday to even the series and to prevent the Houston Astros from setting a six-game winning streak at home

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Chicago Cubs starter Paul Maholm, a former standout at Germantown High, won his third straight game on Friday, beating the Dodgers, 5-4, with six sharp innings.Nam Y. Huh Associated Press Astros 5, Cardinals 4 HOUSTON — Jose Altuve put the Houston Astros on top with a three-run homer in the second inning and they held on for a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night

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Not surprisingly, last season’s World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals had little trouble beating a Houston Astros team that racked up its most losses in franchise history

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HOUSTON (AP) The shortest player in the majors is a big reason the Houston Astros are finding some success early in the season. Jose Altuve, all of 5-foot-5, entered Thursday ranked fourth in the National League with a .358 batting average.

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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– George Postolos, chief executive officer of the Houston Astros, and Fran Keeth, corporate board member for Verizon Communications, Peabody Energy and Arrow Electronics, and retired CEO for Shell Chemicals and executive vice president of Royal Dutch Shell, will be luncheon speakers at the Houston CPA Society’s 23rd annual Spring Accounting Expo, May 21-22, 2012, respectively, at Reliant Center. Both luncheons begin at 11:40 a.m

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Houston Astros third baseman Chris Johnson called it the best game of his professional career, and it’s hard to argue with that.

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HOUSTON — Mike Pelfrey boarded a plane bound for Wichita, Kan. today, with his season short-circuited by Tommy John surgery. In a half-empty ballpark about 600 miles to the south of Pelfrey’s hometown, his Mets teammates felt his absence in an 8-1 loss to the Astros, the final stroke in a disheartening series sweep

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Houston Astros starting pitcher Kyle Weiland ‘s shoulder condition worsened considerably since initial diagnosis of bursitis, sending him in for surgery on what the team believes to be an infection. It also throws into question what was supposed to be a short disabled-list stint and leaves open-ended just how long the Astros will need to find a new fifth starter. While an MRI taken last week revealed no structural damage, Weiland was given a culture test, which pointed to a probable infection.

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HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Astros were happy to get a series win for the first time since the opening three games of the season on Tuesday night. They weren’t quite ready to celebrate it though, with one more game left in the three-game set with the New York Mets.

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HOUSTON — Jed Lowrie and Chris Snyder homered early, and the Houston Astros got another quality outing from left-hander J.A. Happ to make the lead last for a 6-3 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday. Snyder blasted a three-run shot to the Minute Maid Park railroad tracks atop left field to give the Astros a 5-0 lead with no outs in the second inning.

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HOUSTON — Jordan Schafer scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by Jed Lowrie with one out in the eighth inning, and the Houston Astros rescued a 4-3 win over the New York Mets on Monday night to open a three-game series. The Astros scored three runs in the sixth inning off Mets starter R.A

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Philip Humber and J.A. Happ each had a strong start and a shaky finish Wednesday. Both starting pitchers are looking forward to the regular season, too.

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