Brett Myers pitched six innings for his 28th consecutive start on Friday night against the D-backs, which is all well and good, except that the game was decided in the eighth.

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Myers extends streak in loss to D-backs

First baseman Brett Wallace played collegiate baseball down the road in Tempe and his Astros manager, Brad Mills, did so further south in Tucson.

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College ball in Arizona binds Wallace, Mills

Hunter Pence is hitting 74 points higher at home (.326) than he is on the road (.252) through 133 games this season.

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Pence struggling at the plate on the road

Brett Wallace will be sleeping in his own bed this weekend. Wallace, a two-time first team All-American at nearby Arizona State, is in town as his Astros oppose the D-backs.

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Wallace happy to be playing back home

Had everything gone the way right-hander Brandon Lyon would have preferred, teammate Matt Lindstrom never would have had to go on the disabled list and would have continued finishing off games while Lyon happily served as the Astros' eighth-inning setup man.

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Lyon goes from setting up to stepping up

Pitcher Chris Sampson is coming to grips that his career with the Astros is likely over after the club outrighted him to Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday.

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Astros outright Sampson to Triple-A

Right fielder Hunter Pence hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning off Jeff Suppan to send the streaking Astros to their ninth win in 11 games, 5-2, to polish off a three-game sweep of the reeling Cardinals at Minute Maid Park.

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Perhaps none of the players the Astros called up when rosters expanded are more grateful for the opportunity than 31-year-old catcher Brian Esposito. He had a very brief stint in the Major Leagues three years ago and has been toiling in the Minors with younger players ever since to get another chance.

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Esposito searching for elusive at-bat

Brian Bogusevic's long journey to the Major Leagues ended Wednesday when the former first-round pick arrived at Minute Maid Park as one of five players called up from the Minor Leagues.

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Bogusevic ecstatic to get call

The Astros honored Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton on the field prior to Wednesday's game for working 65 years in baseball. Hamilton, who turns 83 on Thursday, was presented with a shadow box of moments and memories of his career. Hamilton has also had a scholarship named after him.

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Astros honor broadcaster Hamilton