Astros 2 - 0 Pirates
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Berkman, Astros seek to end three-game skid

Jun 3, 2008 - 12:42 PM Houston (30-28) at Pittsburgh (26-30) 7:05 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) - Lance Berkman will try and help the Houston Astros snap a losing streak on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Though his club is mired in a three-game skid, Berkman established himself as a candidate for National League MVP in May by leading the majors in a handful of categories, including batting average (.471), on-base percentage (.553), hits (49) and total bases (85).

However, the four-time All-Star was held to a double and the Milwaukee Brewers finished off a three-game sweep of the Astros with a 10-1 win on Sunday.

The NL Player of the Month for May will look to get back on track against Phil Dumatrait (2-2,3.52 ERA).

Dumatrait is coming off the best start of his career. The lefthander yielded just one unearned run and two hits in seven innings of a 7-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.

Wandy Rodriguez (1-1, 2.89) makes his second start since coming off the disabled list for Houston. Rodriguez allowed six runs - three earned - and six hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 6-1 loss to St. Louis on Wednesday.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0
    PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ, CHRIS SAMPSON (7TH), DOUG BROCAIL (8TH), JOSE
    VALVERDE (9TH) AND BRAD AUSMUS
    PIT - PHILLIP DUMATRAIT, JOHN GRABOW (7TH), TYLER YATES
    (8TH) A

    Jun 3 9:49 PM


  • NL
    AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MIGUEL TEJADA SCORED KAZ MATSUI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEJADA ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 2
    PITTSBURGH 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: L BERKMAN (.386, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Astros 2, Pirates 0  Top 6, 0 OutsJun 3 8:29 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ
    PIT - PHILLIP DUMATRAIT

    DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.312, 13 HR, 42 RBI)
    J WILSON (.281, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
    F SANCHEZ (.238, 2 HR,

    Astros 1, Pirates 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 3 7:17 PM
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    Astros vs. PiratesApr 2 4:26 AM

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