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Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe delivers a pitch to the St. Louis Cardinals in the second inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on April 27, 2008. St. Louis won the game 5-1. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
Brandon Backe is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:

MLB: Arizona 11, Houston 5

HOUSTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Miguel Montero slugged two homers, one a grand slam, Saturday to key the Arizona Diamondbacks' 11-5 win over the Houston Astros.

MLB: Houston 3, San Francisco 1

HOUSTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Ty Wigginton homered and drove in all three Houston runs Monday to carry the Astros to a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

MLB: Chi. Cubs 11, Houston 4

CHICAGO, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Mark DeRosa's grand slam homer in an eight-run third inning Wednesday was the big hit in the Chicago Cubs' 11-4 rout of the Houston Astros.

MLB: Houston 7, N.Y. Mets 3

HOUSTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A grand slam by pinch-hitter Mark Loretta in the eighth inning broke up a tie game Friday and lifted the Houston Astros to a 7-3 victory over the New York Mets.

MLB: Chicago Cubs 9, Houston 0

HOUSTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The Chicago Cubs' Ryan Dempster and Carlos Marmol combined on a six-hit shutout Sunday in a 9-0 win at Houston.

MLB: Houston 5, Washington 0

WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- Right-hander Brandon Backe scattered five hits over seven innings and Carlos Lee had three RBI for Houston Sunday in a 5-0 win over the Washington Nationals.

MLB: LA Dodgers 5, Houston 2

HOUSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- James Loney homered, drove in two runs and scored twice Thursday to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past Houston 5-2.

MLB: Baltimore 6, Houston 5

BALTIMORE, June 17 (UPI) -- Melvin Mora hit a two-run double in the eighth inning Tuesday to hand the Baltimore Orioles a 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros in inter-league play.

MLB: Milwaukee 10, Houston 6

HOUSTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Corey Hart hit a pair of two-run homers Wednesday and Milwaukee won a slugfest with Houston 10-6.

MLB: Pittsburgh 4, Houston 3

PITTSBURGH, June 5 (UPI) -- Jason Michaels hit a three-run homer and Jason Bay tripled home the deciding run in the fifth inning Thursday, lifting Pittsburgh to a 4-3 win over Houston.
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