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  Sunday, Aug. 27 1:35pm ET
Eusebio ties Astros record with 23-game hit streak
 
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MONTREAL (AP) -- Even Tony Eusebio didn't know how well he's been hitting.

Eusebio doubled twice and hit his seventh homer to extend his career-best hitting streak to 23 games and Scott Elarton pitched his second career complete game as the Houston Astros beat the Montreal Expos 7-3 Sunday.

Moises Alou went 3-for-4 with his 25th homer off Trey Moore (1-4), a two-run shot down the left-field line as Houston scored four in the fourth.

Eusebio doubled following Alou's two-run homer to tie the Astros' team record by hitting safely in his 23rd consecutive game.

"I didn't know the record streak for the Astros was 23 games," Eusebio said. "When you play the game, you don't pay too much mind to it."

He added an RBI double in the fifth and hit a solo homer in the eighth to make it 7-2.

"I just tied it, I didn't pass it, so we'll have to wait until tomorrow, another game," Eusebio said. "Hopefully I'll pass it and I'll be happy."

Elarton (15-4), who also pitched a complete game against Montreal on Aug. 6, allowed six hits, including Brian Schneider's two-run double in the sixth, and seven walks. He struck out six.

The Astros won for the 10th time in their last 13 games.

"We definitely need some momentum going into next year," Elarton said. "We've got a lot of young guys. We're playing hard, it's good to see. The only thing we can really do is build momentum for next year."

Montreal has lost 14 of its last 17 games, including five of its last six. The Expos have lost 14 of their last 16 games at Olympic Stadium.

Jeff Bagwell got his 31st RBI in August on a run-scoring grounder in the first to tie the team record he already shared with Derek Bell for most RBIs in a month.

Roger Cedeno and Julio Lugo singled to lead off the game. Cedeno advanced to third and Lugo went to second on Moore's balk and Cedeno scored on Bagwell's grounder to second.

Richard Hidalgo's pop to short right field was caught by second baseman Jose Vidro, who threw home, where Schneider easily tagged out Lugo trying to score from third for an inning-ending double play.

"I was surprised that (Lugo) went on that play," Schneider said. "I looked, I saw him going and thought he was just faking it. I looked again and I saw that he was going, so it kind of surprised me."

Alou was also thrown out at the plate by center fielder Milton Bradley to end the second.

Bagwell walked in the fourth and, one out later, Alou homered down the left-field line to put the Astros ahead 3-0.

Cedeno added a two-run single later in the inning as Houston went out to a 5-0 lead.

"I thought the fastball was better today than it has been in the last couple of outings," Moore said. "I left some changeups up, maybe relying too much on it, and they both got hit pretty hard and ended up hurting me."

After Elarton escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth by getting Jose Vidro to fly to left, Schneider doubled to drive in two and break up Elarton's shutout bid.

Bradley had an RBI single in the ninth for Montreal.

Game notes
Moore allowed five runs and seven hits in four innings. ... Art Howe set the Astros' record with a 23-game hitting streak in 1981 and Luis Gonzalez tied it in 1997. ... Elarton has not lost on the road since June 16 at San Francisco. ... Bagwell and Bell both had 31 RBIs in July 1995. Bagwell also drove in 31 runs in May 1996. ... Tony Armas Jr. allowed seven hits and three runs in 3 2-3 innings in his first rehab start for Triple-A Ottawa. Armas, who threw 41 of 58 pitches for strikes, walked one and struck out three.
 


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