<prompt> Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure memwaka miviri yakabudirira pasina kuoneka kwemitambo, vaAstros vaive vadikani vekutanga kuhwina mukombe weNL wa2004. Vakawedzera mutambi wenyeredzi Andy Pettitte kuchikwata chakanga chatova nevanhu vakakurumbira vakadai saLance Berkman naJeff Kent pamwe chete nevakwegura Bagwell naBiggio. Roger Clemens, uyo akanga aenda pamudyandigere mushure memwaka neNew York Yankees, akabvuma kubatana newaaimbotamba naye Pettitte paAstros muna 2004. Chibvumirano chegore rimwe chete chaisanganisira zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana, zvakadai sokusarudza kuti Clemens agare kumba kuHouston parwendo rwakasarudzwa rwomumugwagwa paakanga asina kurongwa kuti atambe. Pasinei nokufanotaura kwokutanga kwekubudirira, vaAstros vaiva nehuwandu hwe 44-44 muzororo reAll-Star. Kushayikwa kwekugadzirwa kwekumhanya uye nhoroondo yakashata mumitambo yakavharwa yaive nyaya huru. Mushure mekurohwa pa 2004 All-Star Game yakaitirwa muHouston, maneja Jimy Williams akadzingwa uye akatsiviwa naPhil Garner, nyeredzi pa1986 Astros inokunda chikamu. VaAstros vakawana rekodhi ye4626 muhafu yepiri yemwaka pasi paGarner uye vakawana NL wild-card nzvimbo. VaAstros vakakunda maBraves 32 muDivision Series, asi vaizorasikirwa neNational League Championship Series  <response>: kuSt. Louis Cardinals mumitambo minomwe. Clemens akawana rekodhi yechinomwe Cy Young Award muna 2004. Mukuwedzera, kuwedzerwa kwepakati pemwaka waCarlos Beltrán mukutengeserana neKansas City Royals kwakabatsira Astros zvikuru mumutambo wavo wekutamba. Pasinei nerunyerekupe rwekutengeserana pakati pemwaka, Beltrán aizoratidza kuve anobatsira kune tarisiro yechikwata, achirova misha misere mumutambo. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asimbisa chido chekugara neAstros, Beltrán akasaina chibvumirano chenguva refu neNew York Mets musi waJanuary 9, 2005. 