The Astros broke a 6-game losing streak with a 7-5 win over the baby bears of Chicago Saturday evening at Minute Maid Park. Astros starter  Brandon Backe earned his second win of the season by pitching into the 8th inning, allowing four earned runs on six hits with eight strikeouts.  Chad Qualls finished up allowing a single run over the final two innings. (more…)

Mark Mulder pitched a 10-inning complete game shutout over the punchless Astros Saturday afternoon in front of the BFiB, that red shirted crowd in St Looie. (more…)

The 12-game winning streak against the Reds came to a screeching halt Saturday afternoon as the Astros managed only 5 hits on the day, a mere 3 against suddenly effective  Eric Milton in 7 innings. What a difference a week makes. (more…)

Here are the official rosters and assignments for the start of the 2005 Houston Astros minor leagues.  We had to wait for some of the questions we had on assignments, and this is what we got from the organization:
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