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December 3, 2008 1:43:29 AM CST



Blum's 3-Run Double Leads Astros to 6-4 Win

Posted Apr 30, 08 12:54 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – 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. 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.

Source Associated Press

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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 D. Franklin)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Max Scherzer, making his major league debut, throws against the Houston Astros in the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Phoenix.   (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Houston Astros' Jose Valverde follows through on a pitch to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Phoenix. The Astros defeated Diamondbacks 6-4.   (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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