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Blum's 3-run double gives Astros 6-4 win, Scherzer fans 7 in debut

By BOB BAUM | Associated Press | Apr 29, 08 11:47 PM CDT in Sports 

Geoff Blum doubled in three runs and the Houston Astros handed the Arizona Diamondbacks only their third home loss in 13 games his season, 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Houston Astros' Kazuo Matsui, top, of Japan, forces out Arizona Diamondbacks' Orlando Hudson as he turns a double play in the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross...   (Associated Press)
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Hard-throwing Max Scherzer, Arizona's 2006 first-round draft pick out of the University of Missouri, made an impressive major league debut, to say the least, in relief of Diamondbacks starter Edgar Gonzalez.

Scherzer retired all 13 batters he faced, seven by strikeout, with a fastball that reached 98 mph on the Chase Field radar gun. It was the most strikeouts ever by an Arizona pitcher in his first big-league game.

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