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MLB: Houston 3, St. Louis 2

HOUSTON (UPI) -- Lance Berkman's one-out homer in the ninth inning Friday completed a late Houston rally and gave the Astros a 3-2 victory over St. Louis.

Houston won its third in a row after trailing by two going into the seventh.

David Newhan tied the game with a two-run shot in the seventh and Berkman won it with his homer to left-center on a 2-1 pitch from Russ Springer (2-1).

It was Berkman's 27th home run of the season.

Doug Brocail (6-5) got the win by working the top of the ninth. Houston starter Randy Wolf allowed a run on three hits over six innings.

Kyle Lohse worked eight innings for the Cardinals, giving up two runs on seven hits and striking out six.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 08/30/2008

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