Arizona continues road trip in Houston

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05/03/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Arizona Diamondbacks will resume a lengthy 11-game road trip tonight with the first of four straight games against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

They'll also be sending Cesar Valdez to the mound for his major league debut in place of injured starter Kris Benson, who's on the disabled list with a shoulder problem. Valdez will be called up from Triple-A Reno and was 1-1 with a 3.80 ERA in four starts for the Triple-A affiliate. Valdez, a right-hander, was Arizona's minor league pitcher of the year in 2008.

The Diamondbacks hope their young hurler can stop a three-game losing streak, as they dropped the final three portions of a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field over the weekend. In Sunday's 10-5 defeat in the series finale, Edwin Jackson fell to 1-3 in his first season with Arizona and gave up eight runs and 11 hits over four innings of work.

"You can't really pitch according to if the hitters are hot. There's going to be hot hitters on every team," Jackson said. "You just have to execute pitches, and right now I'm just not doing a good job of executing pitches."

Rusty Ryal had two hits, including a home run, and two RBI for the Diamondbacks, who got two hits and a pair of RBI from Stephen Drew. Justin Upton also drove in a run in defeat. Arizona is 3-4 on the trek and fell to 4-9 away from the desert this season.

Houston hasn't been playing too hot either as evidenced by its six-game losing streak after consecutive losses at the hands of Cincinnati and Atlanta. The Astros tried salvaging the finale of a three-game series against the Braves in Dixie, but dropped a 7-1 decision on Sunday.

Astros starter Bud Norris was reached for seven runs and eight hits over 4 2/3 innings of work to absorb the loss. Jeff Keppinger drove in the only run for Houston, which will open a seven-game homestand tonight versus Arizona and San Diego.

"We just had one bad inning. Sometimes that blows over and it can take over a game," 'Stros center fielder Michael Bourn said. "For the most part, we do some things well. We just haven't put it all together."

Winless Houston starting pitcher Felipe Paulino hopes to put it all together when he toes the rubber Monday night at Minute Maid Park. Paulino has dropped three straight starts and is 0-3 with a 5.90 ERA in four outings this season. He last toed the rubber in a 6-4 loss to the Reds on Wednesday, allowing six runs -- two earned -- and six hits in five innings of work.

The right-hander has no record and a 3.38 earned run average in two career relief appearances against the D'Backs, spanning 5 1/3 innings.

Arizona won five of nine matchups with Houston a season ago and is unbeaten in the past four matchups between the clubs.

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Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

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