Freddy Garcia, RH Brandon Backe, RH
(14-8, 3.87) (10-8, 4.76)
This could be the last Major League Baseball game of 2005. Backe is going to have to step up to keep the Astros alive. This is truly the position Houston did not want to be in, which is a statement you might respond to with, "No kidding, Joe Buck."