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Berkman, Astros look for split with Nationals

Aug 23, 2007 - 3:09 PM Washington (57-70) at Houston (57-70) 8:05 pm EDT

HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Lance Berkman will hope to continue his recent success when the Houston Astros host the Washington Nationals on Thursday in the finale of a three-game series.

After the Nationals took the first two games of the series, Berkman drove in two runs in Wednesday's 3-2 triumph. Berkman has registered a hit in 11 of his last 12 contests, hitting .452 (19-for-42) with four home runs and nine RBI over that stretch.

A pair of rookies will take the mound for the two struggling teams on Thursday.

John Lannon (1-2, 3.94 ERA) gets the start for the Nationals, who have lost five of their last seven games. The 22-year-old lefthander will be making just his sixth career start.

In his last outing on Saturday, Lannon gave up five runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 7-4 loss to the New York Mets.

The Astros will counter with Juan Gutierrez (0-0, 4.50), who is making his first career start after having two relief appearances.

The Venezuelan righthander went 5-9 with a 3.96 ERA in 24 games - 23 starts - with Class AAA Round Rock before being called up to the big leagues.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 12 0
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 6 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - JOHN LANNAN, JESUS COLOME (6TH), LUIS AYALA (7TH), RAY KING
    (7TH), JON RAUCH (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER
    HOU - JUAN GUTIERREZ, MARK MCLEMORE

    Aug 23 11:14 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS LEE (26) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF CHAD CORDERO SCORED HUNTER PENCE.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7, HOUSTON 6
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: B MOEHLER (.250, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 11:11 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 11:11 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CARLOS LEE SCORED LANCE BERKMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C LEE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7
    HOUSTON 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M MCLEMORE (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 10:23 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY RYAN CHURCH SCORED RYAN ZIMMERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KEARNS ON FIRST, D YOUNG ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7
    HOUSTON 3 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.282, 2-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 10:08 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS LEE (25) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF JOHN LANNAN SCORED HUNTER PENCE.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 6, HOUSTON 3
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: T WIGGINTON (.273, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 9:40 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY LANCE BERKMAN SCORED CRAIG BIGGIO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H PENCE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 6
    HOUSTON 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C LEE (.301, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 9:40 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN SCORED JOHN LANNAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N LOGAN ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 6
    HOUSTON 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: D YOUNG (.333, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 9:10 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 5 5 6 0
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - JOHN LANNAN
    HOU - JUAN GUTIERREZ

    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C BIGGIO (.256, 10 HR, 46 RBI)
    H PENCE (.326, 12 HR, 46 RBI)
    L BERKMAN (.274, 24 HR, 80 RBI)

    Nationals vs. AstrosAug 23 8:17 PM

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