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| Oswalt | Lohse |
| 4-4, 5.61 | 4-2, 4.26 |
the cards are 7-1 in rubber games so far this season. with a win, they can guarantee no worse than a break-even month. the astros are 2-5 in series-deciders; they've outscored opponents by only 6 runs this month, but are 9 games over .500 . .