By winning their 82nd game of the season Sunday, the Astros 
assured themselves of their seventh winning season over the past
eight years. ? 1B Lance Berkman needs only three hits to tie Bob
Watson for fifth place on the team's all-time hits list with 
1,448. ? Berkman has scored 112 runs this season through Sunday,
the most for an Astro since 2001, when Jeff Bagwell scored 126 
and Craig Biggio 118. ? The Astros completed the road portion of
their schedule with a 39-42 record away from Minute Maid Park. 
The .481 road winning percentage is the team's best since the 
2004 team went 44-37 (.543) away from home. ? Houston finished 
8-8 against the Pittsburgh Pirates this season.They have only 
lost one of the past nine season series against Pittsburgh.