PITTSBURGH - After waiting out the rain, the Houston Astros won a series behind a surging starter. Framber Valdez spun seven strong innings. An offense shut out a night earlier stirred. And the Astros won 8-2 in the rubber game of a series against the Pirates on Thursday at PNC Park.

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By the time the media made its way down to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ clubhouse after Thursday night’s game, a lot of the players were already gone. It’s hard to fault anyone for getting out of there as fast as they could,

Pittsburgh’s Mike Burrows held Houston in check into the sixth inning to pick up the first victory of his career as a starter as the Pirates topped the Astros 3-0.

Astros general manager Dana Brown has no regrets for a heated exchange with Pirates officials that was caught by TV cameras.

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