Tue, 11/16/2010 - 09:47 by Prince damin
Phoenix -- Infielder Geoff Blum was given a two-year deal by the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday.
The National League club didn't say how much it will pay Blum, who hit .267 with two home runs and 22 RBI in 93 games for the Houston Astros last season. He's a .251 career hitter in 12 big-league seasons.
His 11 pinch-hit RBI were the fourth best in the league, while his 14 pinch hits in just 42 pinch-hit at-bats were tied for seventh in the league.
Arizona General Manager Kevin Towers said Blum was brought in to give Manager Kirk Gibson more flexibility.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:32 by shalini.bahadur
Houston, Sept. 23: Mark DeRosa and Yadier Molina each drove in a pair of runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals in a 11-2 drubbing of Houston Tuesday.
The win chipped the Cardinals' magic number in the National League Central to two games.
Colby Rasmus hit his 16th home run of the season as part of a 15-hit St. Louis attack.
Joel Pineiro (15-11) got the win with seven solid innings. Pineiro, the third St. Louis starter to reach 15 wins this season, held the Astros to one run on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk.
Yorman Bazardo (0-2) took the loss after being roughed up for six runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings.
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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 04:26 by Salinder Kumar
Milwaukee -- Geoff Blum hit a three-run home run and drove in half of Houston's runs Sunday, powering the Astros to an 8-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Hunter Pence ripped a two-run homer and Michael Bourn added an RBI triple for the Astros.
Reliever Jeff Fulchino (5-4) retired two batters in the seventh inning and got the win.
Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder each hit a two-run home run for the Brewers, who had won their previous three games.
David Weathers (3-4) was the loser.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Tue, 08/04/2009 - 10:49 by preet_20
Houston, Aug. 3: Kazuo Matsui hit a two-run homer Monday to pace the Houston Astros to a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Geoff Blum also homered for Houston and Carlos Lee was 3-for-4 with an RBI single.
Astros starter Mike Hampton (7-8) held the Giants to two runs on eight hits and two walks in six innings.
Jose Valverde allowed a run in the ninth, but earned his 13th save.
San Francisco starter Matt Cain (12-3) took the loss after allowing all four Houston runs in eight innings.
Ryan Garko had two hits, a walk and an RBI and Pablo Sandoval was 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Giants.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:54 by surajdogra
Chicago, July 28: Miguel Tejada had a home run and five RBI Tuesday to lead the Houston Astros to an 11-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Geoff Blum belted the go-ahead homer in the seventh, and Jeff Keppinger had four hits, three RBI and three runs for the Astros. Michael Bourn added three hits and three runs for Houston.
Houston's starting pitcher, Roy Oswalt, lasted just 1 2/3 innings before leaving with a lower back strain. Jeff Fulchino (4-3) gave up three runs in three innings, but got the win.
Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run homer for the Cubs, who lost for just the third time in 12 games.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 13:55 by surajdogra
Los Angeles, July 18: Miguel Tejada and Ivan Rodriguez hit solo homers as part of a 16-hit attack Friday, leading the Houston Astros to an 8-1 whipping of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Astros have won three in a row and moved into a second-place tie in the National League Central with Milwaukee and the Chicago Cubs -- three games behind St. Louis.
Houston took control by scoring four times in the first after two were out. After Tejada homered off Chad Billingsley (8-5), Carlos Lee and Geoff Blum singled and Hunter Pence doubled both runners home -- and then scored on a single by Rodriguez.
Blum doubled home two more runs in the second and Rodriguez delivered his homer in the third.
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Sat, 07/11/2009 - 18:51 by harsheeb
Houston -- Geoff Blum singled in Miguel Tejada from third with two out in the ninth Friday, completing a Houston rally and giving the Astros a 6-5 win over Washington.
The Nationals scored four times in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead, but Houston tied it in the eighth and won it in the ninth on Blum's bases-loaded hit.
Joe Beimel (0-5) was on the mound to open the ninth and he gave up a leadoff single to Tejada. After Beimel retired a batter, he was relieved by Mike MacDougal.
Carlos Lee flew out deep to center, allowing Tejada to tag up and go to second. Hunter Pence drew an intentional walk and Ivan Rodriguez walked on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases.
That brought up Blum, who drove in the game-winning run with his third hit of the night.
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Tue, 07/07/2009 - 10:05 by preet_20
Houston, July 6: Miguel Tejada had two doubles and two runs batted in Monday to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mike Hampton (5-5) gave up one run on three hit and three walks in seven innings for the Astros. Jose Valverde allowed one hit and struck out the side in the ninth to earn his seventh save.
Geoff Blum tripled and drove in the other two runs for Houston.
Virgil Vasquez (1-2) gave up four runs on seven hits in six innings in the Pirates' third loss in a row and seventh in its last nine games.
Robinzon Diaz had two hits and the Pirates' lone RBI.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Fri, 07/03/2009 - 11:05 by preet_20
San Diego, July 2: Geoff Blum hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs Thursday, keying the Houston Astros' 7-2 rout of San Diego
The homer, Blum's second this season, gave Houston a 6-0 advantage with one out in the top of the fifth. He also hit a first-inning RBI single.
Lance Berkman had two hits and one RBI, while scoring three times. Carlos Lee had two hits and one RBI and Miguel Tejada and Michael Bourn added two hits apiece for the Astros, who have won six of their last eight games.
Winner Wandy Rodriguez (7-6) surrendered an earned run and seven hits in seven innings with two walks and five strikeouts.
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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:38 by preet_20
San Diego, July 2: Brian Moehler struck out eight over six innings Wednesday and played a key role a six-run Houston fourth that boosted the Astros past San Diego 7-1.
Moehler (5-4) held the Padres to a run on four hits before turning things over to the bull pen in the seventh. He has lost just once in his last seven starts.
The Astros took control when they sent 10 men to the plate in the fourth. Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee, Geoff Blum and Kazuo Matsui all had RBI singles before Moehler came to the plate with the bases loaded and two out.
Moehler hit a grounder to third baseman Chase Headley, but his throw to first was wild and two unearned runs scored to give Houston a 6-1 lead.
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Thu, 06/11/2009 - 12:08 by harsheeb
Houston -- Geoff Blum looped a single to center that scored Miguel Tejada from third with one out in the ninth Wednesday, giving Houston a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs.
Geovany Soto homered in the second inning, but the Cubs could not score again while losing for the first time in three games.
Houston's Wandy Rodriguez and Chicago's Carlos Zambrano dueled to a 1-1 tie, but Houston quickly scored the winning run off Angel Guzman (2-1) .
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Thu, 05/14/2009 - 17:09 by Salinder Kumar
Denver -- Geoff Blum drove in five runs Wednesday and Houston came within one hit of equaling a franchise record while outslugging Colorado 15-11.
After being overwhelmed by the Rockies 12-1 on Tuesday, the Astros produced 24 hits against five pitchers. The team record of 25 hits in a single game was established in 1976, a season in which the Astros achieved the feat twice.
Houston won for the fourth time in five outings, with every starter -- including pitcher Mike Hampton -- having a multi-hit game. The Astros scored three times in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings and recorded their huge offensive night without the benefit of a home run.
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