Astros become last NL team to win game

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    For the first time all season, there was a joyful sound in the Houston Astros' clubhouse -- music, sweet music, bouncing off those cinderblock walls.

    "I told them, 'Go ahead and turn it up loud!'" manager Brad Mills said.

    Why not? The NL's last winless team had finally shed its unwanted distinction.

    Matt Downs doubled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning on Thursday and the Astros held on for their first win of the season, 3-2 over the previously unbeaten Cincinnati Reds. They lined up and slapped hands in congratulations behind the pitcher's mound for the first time.

    This was no run-of-the-mill moment.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310407117
     

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