Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:08 by Rakhi
New York -- The Houston Astros' Hunter Pence earned Player of the Week honors in the National League Monday after hitting .500 in the past week.
Pence hit safely in all six games in the week ending Sunday and had multiple hits in five. He drove in nine runs and posted a .909 slugging percentage.
It's the second weekly award for the 27-year-old outfielder.
Other nominees for the award were Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez, Pittsburgh's Neal Walker, Florida's Hanley Ramirez, Washington's Adam Dunn, Atlanta's Jair Jurrjens, the Astros' J.A. Happ, the Chicago Cubs' Carlos Zambrano and San Francisco's Brian Wilson.
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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 09:27 by Prince damin
Houston -- Hunter Pence's home run in the eighth inning proved to be the decisive blow Tuesday in the Houston Astros' 4-3 won over the New York Mets.
Pence, who hit two home runs off Johan Santana (10-7) in the game, broke a 3-3 tie with a one-out solo shot that carried the Astros to their fourth win in their last five games.
Santana went the distance, giving up nine hits and striking out seven in New York's third loss in four games.
Mark Melancon (1-0) gave up a game-tying home run to David Wright in the top of the eighth but picked up his first Major League victory to go along with his first blown save thanks to Pence's homer. Wilton Lopez worked the scoreless ninth to secure his first career save.
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Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:46 by preet_20
Houston, Sept. 8: Adam LaRoche and Nate McLouth each homered and Javier Vazquez pitched seven scoreless innings Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over Houston.
Vazquez (12-9) gave up three hits while striking out nine and walking four.
Rafael Soriano picked up his 22nd save despite giving up a run in the ninth.
Vazquez was the only Atlanta player with more than one hit, going 2-for-3.
Houston's Felipe Paulino (2-8) allowed two runs on four hits in six innings. The 25-year-old hasn't won since a June 27 win over Detroit.
Hunter Pence went 2-for-4 and drove in the lone for the Astros, who were coming off a four-game sweep of Philadelphia.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Tue, 09/08/2009 - 06:31 by harsheeb
Houston -- Hunter Pence was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and three RBI Monday to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Michael Bourn's bases-loaded walk in the seventh drove in the deciding run and Miguel Tejada scored twice for the Astros, who swept a four-game set against the Phillies for the first time in 10 years.
Brian Moehler started for Houston and gave up three runs and five hits over 5 2/3 innings. Wesley Wright (3-2) got the win, getting the final two outs of the seventh.
Ryan Howard went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and two RBI and Raul Ibanez hit a home run for the Phillies, who have lost five of six.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:43 by preet_20
Houston, Sept. 4: Wandy Rodriguez threw seven shutout innings Friday and Houston gave Cliff Lee his second straight rough outing in blanking Philadelphia 7-0.
Lee (12-11) had been outstanding since being acquired by the Phillies in a July 29 trade with Cleveland, but gave up six runs on 10 hits in five innings against Atlanta last weekend.
In Lee's sixth start for the Phillies, Houston got to him for six runs on nine hits in just three innings.
Rodriguez helped his own cause with a two-run double in the second and then scored on a double by Kazuo Matsui.
Hunter Pence added a two-run homer in the third and Carlos Lee had a solo shot in the fifth to complete the scoring.
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Thu, 08/13/2009 - 10:40 by preet_20
Miami, Aug. 12: Hunter Pence hit two three-run homers Wednesday and Houston produced 16 hits in its 14-6 win over Florida.
Lance Berkman celebrated his return from the disabled list Wednesday by driving in a run in each of the first two innings, and Houston went on to halt Florida's five-game winning streak.
The Marlins fell back into a second-place tie with streaking Atlanta, 4 1/2 games behind division-leading Philadelphia in the National League East.
Houston took early control with a five-run first. Three of the runs came on Pence's first homer and another when Berkman doubled home Michael Bourn. Berkman had missed 18 games due to a strain of his left calf.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:56 by preet_20
Houston, July 7: Jack Wilson had a home run and three RBI Tuesday, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 6-3.
Andrew McCutchen had an RBI and scored a run for the Pirates. Paul Maholm (6-4) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings for Pittsburgh's third win in its past 10 games.
Brian Moehler (5-5) remained winless at home in seven starts after yielding four runs on three hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.
Michael Bourn, Lance Berkman and Hunter Pence each drove in a run, and Ivan Rodriguez had three hits for the Astros.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 06/29/2009 - 11:59 by preet_20
Houston, June 28: Brandon Inge stroked a two-run home run in the ninth inning Sunday, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 inter-league win over the Houston Astros.
The two-out blast, Inge's second hit of the game, erased a 3-2 deficit, helped Detroit avert a three-game sweep. The Tigers have homered in 12 consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 4-17, 1999.
Curtis Granderson had three hits and one RBI, while Gerald Laird had a fourth-inning RBI for the Tigers, who had won seven in a row before the series started Friday.
Winner Bobby Seay (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth, and closer Fernando Rodney worked around a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth to earn his 17th save this season.
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Fri, 06/19/2009 - 12:00 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas June 18: Hunter Pence put Houston in front with an eighth-inning homer Thursday and the Astros overcame a three-run deficit to defeat Texas 5-3.
Houston salvaged the final contest of a three-game series and handed Alberto Arias his first victory of the season. Arias (1-0) faced only one batter in getting the third out of the seventh inning.
He was the pitcher of record when Pence hit the first pitch of the eighth inning over the wall in center for his 10th homer of the year. The blast came off Jason Jennings (2-2).
Houston produced another run in the inning on a two-out single by Humberto Quintero and a triple by Michael Bourn.
Jose Valverde worked the ninth for his third save.
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Mon, 06/15/2009 - 13:19 by preet_20
Phoenix, June 14 Lance Berkman and Miguel Tejada both drove in two runs Sunday, powering the Houston Astros past Arizona 8-3.
Berkman hit career homer No. 301 and Tejada collected two hits just a day after reaching the 3,000-hit milestone.
Brian Moehler (3-4) gave up three runs on six hits over six innings en route to the win. Jose Valverde struck out the side in the ninth in his second appearance since coming off the injured list.
Stephen Drew and Mark Reynolds homered for the Diamondbacks, but Billy Buckner (2-3) was hung with the loss after surrendering six runs on five hits in five-plus innings.
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Thu, 06/04/2009 - 12:42 by Salinder Kumar
Houston -- Hunter Pence had a solo homer, drove in three runs and helped Houston come from behind Wednesday for a 6-4 victory over Colorado.
The Astros have won a season-best four games in a row.
Pence had four hits, including an RBI single in the first, his homer in the seventh and a run-scoring single in the eighth.
The home run tied the game at 4-4 and the Astros went ahead later in the seventh when Carlos Lee scored on a throwing error by shortstop Clint Barmes.
Miguel Tejada had a single for Houston, extending his hitting streak to 17 games.
The win went to Tim Byrdak (1-1), who worked a scoreless seventh inning in relief. Chris Sampson got his third save by recording the final six outs.
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