<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwezikhathi ezimbili eziphumelelayo ngaphandle kokubonakala kwe-playoff, maphakathi nesizini ngo-2004 i-Astros yayibhekene nobunzima. Ngaphambi kwesizini, i-Astros yayingeze izinsimbi zezinkanyezi u-Andy Pettitte noRoger Clemens eqenjini elalivele lifaka izinkanyezi ezinjengoLance Berkman noJeff Kent kanye ne-nucleus kaBagwell noBiggio. Ngokushesha bagcotshwa njengenye yezintandokazi zokunqoba iNational League. Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi se-All-Star Break, babengu-4444 ikakhulu ngenxa yokungakwazi ukushaya amagoli, kanye nerekhodi elibi emidlalweni yegoli elilodwa. Ngemuva kokukhothanyiswa emdlalweni we-All-Star owawubanjelwe eMinute Maid Park ngo-2004 ngenkathi esebenza njengomqeqeshi weNational League, uWilliams waxoshwa esikhundleni sakhe kwafakwa uPhil Garner, owayengunkosikazi we-Astros owawina isigaba sesibili ngo-1986. Yize abantu abaningi bengabaza kakhulu uGarner, owayenerekhodi eliphakathi nendawo ezikhathini zakhe zangaphambilini zokuphatha eMilwaukee naseDetroit, ngesizini eyodwa kuphela ewina kunoma yisiphi isitobhi ngo-1992, iqembu laphendula uGarner, owahola iqembu ku irekhodi le-46 26 engxenyeni yesibili kanye ne-Wild Card yeNational League. Bazoqhubeka nokuwina uchungechunge lwabo lokuqala lokudlala emizamweni eyisishiyagalombili, beshaya iBraves emidlalweni emihlanu yeNational League Division Series ukuze bathuthukele kuNational League Championship Series  <response>: okwesithathu. Kodwa-ke, balahlekelwa yiSt. Louis Cardinals emidlalweni eyisikhombisa, kakhulu kakhulu ekuhambeni kwe-home run nguJim Edmonds emdlalweni we-12th we-Game 6. 