Roger Clemen limited Pittsburgh to ...

Roger Clemen limited Pittsburgh to united run over six innings to win his fourth in a commotion extending his strong run of late-season pitching for a fast-fading team as the Houston Astros beat the Pirates 5-1 Friday night.

Clemen (6-4) has pitched in the majors since 1984 however accomplished something he had not done before in 684 career starts by means of winning in Pittsburgh. Clemens' 347th career victory was his first there in brace starts in a career that has been worn out mostly in the American League, and no other than the fourth victory in 14 games according to the defending NL champion Astros.

Lance Berkman homer to the deepest part of PNC Park, a drive into the center-field seats at the 410-foot mark in the third inning, while Brad Ausmus herd in a run and scored twice while reaching base four times.

Jason Lane added a two-run homer his 13th in the ninth along Britt Reames.

Willy Taveras reach outed his hitting streak to 28 games with a single leading along the game. Taveras' streak is the longest in Astros history and is the next to the first longest in the majors this season to Chase Utley's 35-game streak for the Phillies.

NATIONALS 7 BRAVES 6: Austin Kearns hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead Washington past Atlanta, another hearth loss for the Braves.

Washington outfielder Alfonso Soriano became the 40th player in major league history -- and the fastest to the end of time -- to reach 200 homer and 200 steals for his career.

He walked in the third and stole other to reach the milestone, then added his 201st steal in the eighth to walk along with 203 career homer

Washington outfielder Alex Escobar likely sustained a season- ending shoulder injury forward a headfirst slide into first base.

GIANTS 4 RED 1: Matt Morris hit a first note of the scale two-run double in the eighth inning and pitched a three-hitter for legion San Francisco.

Morris retired 18 straight batters to finish his inferior complete game of the season and 20th of his career. He extreme pointed a seven-start winless stretch with his first victory since July 14 against Philadelphia.

PHILLIES 4 MET 3: Ryan Howard hit his NL-leading 45th abode run and made a [i]clavis[/i] diving stop as visiting Philadelphia extremityed New York's seven-game winning streak.

Randy Wolf and the Philadelphia bullpen also stopped the Mets' 11- game winning string at Shea Stadium, their best streak at to one's home since September 1995.

The wild-card hopeful Phillies won minus manager Charlie Manuel, who was dischargeed in the sixth inning.

ROCKIES 13 PADRES 5: Brad Hawpe rediscovered his hearth run swing at Coors Field and Jeff Francis overcame a unfashioned start as Colorado snapped a six-game losing streak.

Hawpe hit his first place of abode run at Coors since May 16 a span of 40 games. Hawpe gave the Rockies a 7-5 lead with his two-run bullet to right in the fifth. It was his 19th residence run of the season.

He had the first four-hit game of his career and tied a career- high with four RBI. Todd Helton had four singles and Matt Holliday added three hits.

MARLINS 6 BREWERS 5: Mike Jacobs herd in three runs, reliever Brian Moehler pitched four shutout innings and landlord Florida rallied for its fifth consecutive win.

Jacobs doubled fireside a run in the first, then hit a bases-loaded double in the third to help the Marlins crush a 5-2 deficit. Moehler (7-8) limited the Brewers to common hit after starter Ricky Nolasco lasted merely two-plus innings. Milwaukee got barely one hit in the final 6 innings.

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