Kammala wannan jumla: Astros sun fuskanci Braves a wasan karshe a karo na hudu a cikin aikin Bagwell a cikin 2004 NLDS. A Wasan 3, a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, ya buga wasan farko na wasan bayan wasan Mike Hampton a wasan farko a cikin asarar da aka yi na 4<unk>2. Bayan ƙoƙari uku da suka gaza don ci gaba da zagaye na farko na wasan kwaikwayo a farkon aikin Bagwell <unk> duk zuwa Braves (1997, 1999, da 2001) <unk> da bakwai gaba ɗaya a cikin shekaru 43 na tarihin mallaka, Astros sun ci Braves don nasarar wasan kwaikwayo na farko. Quartet da ake kira "Killer B's" <unk> wannan lokacin tare da ƙari na Carlos Beltrán da Lance Berkman <unk> sun kunna laifin Astros, suna buga.395 (34-for-86) tare da gida takwas, 21 RBI da 24 ya zira kwallaye. Astros sun zira kwallaye 36 na NLDS a cikin duka kuma Bagwell ya buga.318 tare da gida biyu da RBI biyar. Sun ci gaba zuwa Bagwell ta farko
Gasar Zakarun Kasa (NLCS) don fuskantar Cardinals. St. Louis ta doke Houston a wasanni bakwai don ci gaba zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya.