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Injuries end Mike Hampton's season

Mon, 08/31/2009 - 02:08 by surajdogra

Houston -- Left hander Mike Hampton of the Houston Astros is done for 2009 because of left shoulder and knee ailments.

Hampton, 36, decided before Saturday's contest against the Arizona Diamondbacks that he wants attempt to pitch in 2010 after surgeries on both injuries.

"He told us that he's not going to be able to continue to play this year," Houston General Manager Ed Wade said on the team's Web site. "Obviously this is not what we wanted to hear. He meant a lot to our rotation earlier in the season and it's disappointing he wasn't able to make it the finish line because he could have helped us."

Hampton finished 2009 7-10 with a 5.30 ERA this season in 21 starts (112 innings).

MLB: Florida 9, Houston 2

Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20

Miami, Aug. 13: Wes Helms produced the only extra base hit in a six-run sixth inning Thursday and the Florida Marlins used that outburst to run past Houston 9-2.

One night after having a five-game winning streak snapped, the Marlins moved a half game in front of idle Atlanta for second place in the National League East, 4 ½ games behind division-leading Philadelphia.

Sean West (4-4) allowed a run on five hits over six innings to get the win and his victory was all but wrapped up when the Marlins sent 10 men to the plate in the sixth.

Helms doubled in the first run of the inning and Ross Gload then delivered a bases-loaded, RBI single.

MLB: Houston 4, San Francisco 3

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.

MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston 2

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 12:28 by surajdogra

Los Angeles, July 19: Clayton Kershaw went seven strong innings and earned his fifth straight victory Saturday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-2 win over Houston.

Kershaw (8-5) allowed no runs on just two hits with five strikeouts and one walk for the Dodgers, who can salvage a split of the four-game series with a win Sunday.

Jonathan Broxton got his 21st save with a scoreless ninth in relief.

Orlando Hudson had three hits, including a triple, with one RBI and two runs scored for the Dodgers, who got a pair of RBI from Matt Kemp and one RBI from Mark Loretta.

MLB: Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1

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.