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AGGIE OWNED AND OPERATED
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The
Houston Astros let the NL
Central race go down to the
last game before they fin
ished the job.
Behind Shane Reynolds’
100th career victory, the Astros
won their fourth division title
in five years by beating the St.
Louis Cardinals 9-2 Sunday.
The loss left the Cardinals with
the wild card spot.
Both teams clinched play
off spots on Friday night, and
on Sunday, they were playing
for homefield advantage
throughout the postseason.
The Astros led by five-and-
a-half games on Sept. 24, but
lost nine of 1 1 before winning
Sunday. They open at home
today against the Atlanta
Braves, and the Cardinals open
at Arizona later that day.
It’s not that much of an
advantage, according to man
ager Larry Dierker.
“I guess it might be more
intimidating to face Curt
Schilling and Randy Johnson
because they throw harder,”
Dierker said.
‘‘But I don't know of any
team that wants to face Greg
Maddux and Tom Glavine.”
The Astros and Cardinals
finished with 93-69 records.
Houston won the division
because of a head-to-head
tiebreaker, going 9-7 against
the Cardinals.
The Cardinals didn’t seem
overly disappointed.
“Sunday wasn’t a do-or-
die game where the loser
had to go home,” said 22-
game winner Matt Morris,
who will start Game 1 of the
playoffs. “So I don’t think
we’re real upset.”
Despite late-season pitch
ing woes, Houston complet
ed the largest turnaround in
franchise history. The Astros
were 72-90 last year and
fourth in the Central.
The previous best single
season improvement was 18
games from 1997 to ’98.
“Our pitching has been
better this year,” Dierker said.
“If you keep giving up runs
all the time, it really gets the
position players kind of down
and it spoils the atmosphere.”
St. Louis, a .500 team at
the All-Star game, was 50-26
a
The key for us
was we didn't get
behind. Offensively,
we knew we had
a tough pitcher
out there, but we
concentrated and
did our jobs.
— Jeff Bagwell
Houston Astros’
first baseman
after the break. The Cardinals
won 17 of their last 22 games.
“That's one of the few
important games in the second
half where we’ve gotten
beat,” said manager Tony La
Russa. “We couldn't get any
thing going.”
Richard Hidalgo and Jeff
Bagwell hit two-run homers
for the Astros off Darryl Kile
(16-1 I).
Hidalgo was 3-for-4, and
his 19th homer put the Astros
ahead for good, 2-1 in the
second, Bagwell doubled off
the right-field wall and
scored on Lance Berkman’s
single in the sixth, and
Houston put it away wiili
four runs in the seventh lo
chase Kile.
Craig Biggio had an RBI
double and scored on Julio,
Lugo’s single before the two-
run homer by Bagwell, who
had two crucial throwins
errors in the Cardinals’ 10-6
victory on Saturday.
‘‘The key for us is wt
didn’t hang our heads when
we got behind,” Bagwellj
said. ‘‘Offensively, we knew
we had a tough pitcher cm!
there, but we concentrated]
and did our jobs.”
Reynolds (14-11) seal]
tered eight hits in 7 1-1
innings, with the only dam
age coming on J.D. Drew?
27th homer in the first.
He gave up at least one
hit in every inning, striking
out one and walking none,
and won for the fifth timein
six decisions.
Kile, who entered the game
second in the NL with a 2J
ERA, allowed more runs than
in any of his other 33 starts.
He lasted 6 2-3 innings,
giving up seven runs on 10
hits and finishing with a
3.09 ERA.
“I let the guys down,
Kile said. ‘‘That’s what ii
boils down to.”
Mark McGwire fliedoutas
pinch-hitter in the ninth, fin
ishing at . 1 87 with 29 homers,
64 RBIs and 1 18 strikeoutsin
299 at-bats.
He struck out all four arte
Friday night, and on Satutlar
said he would consider rent
ing after the season.
He quickly left aftei
Sunday’s game without talk
ing to reporters. La Russa said
he didn’t know how he'd use
McGwire in the playoffs.
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