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Berkman, Astros look to keep rolling vs. Giants

May 13, 2008 - 1:50 PM Houston (22-17) at San Francisco (16-23) 10:15 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - Lance Berkman will hope to continue to swing a hot bat Tuesday as the Houston Astros go for their fifth consecutive victory when they host the San Francisco Giants.

Lance Berkman continued his hot hitting Monday, going 3-for-4 with a game-tying home run in the sixth inning as the Astros posted a 7-3 triumph over the Giants in the opener of the four-game series.

Berkman is now on an 11-game hitting streak, batting .605 (26-for-43) with five home runs and 15 RBI over that stretch. The 32-year-old slugger is batting .393 with a team-leading 13 blasts and 38 RBI this season.

Houston, which has won nine of their last 10 games, will send righthander Brandon Backe (2-4, 4.64 ERA) to the mound. The 30-year-old has lost three of his previous four decisions.

Backe surrendered four runs and six hits with three walks and a season-high nine strikeouts over six frames in Thursday's 8-3 loss to the Washington Nationals.

The Giants will counter with righthander Matt Cain (1-3, 4.50), who was tagged for five runs over 6 1/3 innings during Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

San Francisco has lost six of its previous eight contests.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 4 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: HOU - BRANDON BACKE, TIM BYRDAK (7TH), OSCAR VILLARREAL (8TH),
    WESLEY WRIGHT (8TH) AND J.R. TOWLES
    SFO - MATT CAIN, BRIAN WILSON (9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

    HOME RUNS

    May 14 12:45 AM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS LEE (8) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF MATT CAIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 2, SAN FRANCISCO 4
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: G BLUM (.210, 0-FOR-3)

    Astros 2, Giants 4  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 14 12:14 AM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MATT CAIN (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    5TH OFF BRANDON BACKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1, SAN FRANCISCO 4
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: F LEWIS (.295, 2-FOR-2)

    Astros 1, Giants 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 13 11:36 PM
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    Astros 1, Giants 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 13 11:33 PM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CARLOS LEE SCORED MIGUEL TEJADA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C LEE ON FIRST, L BERKMAN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1
    SAN FRANCISCO 3 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: G BLUM (.215, 0-FOR-1)

    Astros 1, Giants 3  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 13 11:01 PM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY J.R. TOWLES ALLOWED RANDY WINN TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 3 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: A ROWAND (.336, 0-FOR-0)

    Astros 0, Giants 3  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 13 10:34 PM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY RANDY WINN SCORED OMAR VIZQUEL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R WINN ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.273, 4 HR, 20 RBI)

    Astros 0, Giants 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 13 10:31 PM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY OMAR VIZQUEL SCORED FRED LEWIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, O VIZQUEL ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R WINN (.287, 1 HR, 12 RBI)

    Astros 0, Giants 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 13 10:30 PM

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