After a couple of mediocre seasons capped by an injury-plagued 2009 with Philadelphia, Brett Myers is enjoying a bit of a renaissance with the Houston Astros. Although Myers is emerging as a staff ace, he's always pitched like one against the Chicago Cubs. Myers tries to continue his dominance over the Cubs and lead the Astros to their 13th victory in 17 games in Wednesday's finale at...
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 2:22:33 AM EDT
The Houston Astros' pitching staff has led the way in one of the team's best stretches this season. With a red-hot Wandy Rodriguez on the mound, the Astros hope to keep that momentum going in Monday's opener of a three-game road series against the Chicago Cubs, who could be without one of their top power threats.
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 2:20:01 AM EDT
Houston Astros' Michael Bourn, right, steals second as Chicago Cubs shortstop Darwin Barney lunges for the throw from catcher Koyie Hill during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
www.greenwichtime.com/ - Greenwich Time - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 2:06:17 AM EDT
Michael Bourn had three hits and three RBIs, Brett Wallace hit his first career home run, and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on Tuesday night.
www.cbs2chicago.com/ - CBS 2 Chicago - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 1:09:21 AM EDT
CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Michael Bourn drove in three runs and Brett Wallace homered Tuesday in the Houston Astros' 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Houston Astros - Chicago Cubs - Michael Bourn - sport - Baseball
The surging Houston Astros got right back in the win column in their latest outing by ending the Arizona Diamondbacks' four-game winning streak. On Sunday, the Astros send red-hot J.A. Happ to the mound as they look to begin another run. Carlos Lee's three-run homer in the eighth inning lifted Houston (63-72) to a 6-5 victory Saturday and denied Arizona its longest win streak of the season.
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:26:30 AM EDT
The first few months of the season went about as well as they could have for Chicago Cubs starter Carlos Silva. It took a serious turn, however, five weeks ago. After missing more than a month because of a heart problem, Silva takes the ball against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Silva (10-5, 3.92 ERA) was arguably Chicago's best starter for the first few months of the season.
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:10:27 AM EDT
Michael Bourn has been putting it all on display lately, whether it's running the bases, hitting the ball hard down the line or backing up his pitcher on the defensive end. Bourn had three hits and three RBIs, Brett Wallace hit his first career home run, and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on Tuesday night.
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:09:01 AM EDT
Carlos Lee has been an RBI machine for the Houston Astros since the end of July. He tacked on four more Saturday night. Lee hit a three-run homer in Houston's four-run eighth inning and also singled in a run in the first, leading the Astros to a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Angel Sanchez tripled and scored on Aaron Heilman's wild pitch to get the Astros within two in the eighth...
sports.yahoo.com/ - AP Via Yahoo! Sports - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:19:09 PM EDT
