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Bats of Blum, Pence help Astros overcome shaky start by Oswalt

Associated Press

Sunday, August 16, 2009

MILWAUKEE -- Geoff Blum and the Houston Astros rallied for one important win. Blum drove in four runs, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in the eighth and Houston beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Sunday. Blum hit a three-run homer in the sixth and an RBI single in the ninth for Houston, which managed to get the win despite a shaky start by Roy Oswalt. Lance Berkman walked twice and scored three times. "Huge," Blum said. "Huge. Any win right now is huge. We have been in such a funk for so long ...

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