Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin 2004 ya bambanta ga Garner. Bayan da Houston Astros ya fara farawa a karkashin mai kula da Jimy Williams, an kawo Garner a tsakiyar kakar don maye gurbin Williams kuma ya jagoranci Astros zuwa filin wasa na Wild Card na National League, daga bisani ya rasa wasanni bakwai zuwa St. Louis a gasar zakarun na National League.
Ka yi haƙuri. Teamungiyar ta sake fuskantar jinkirin farawa a cikin 2005 amma ta sake yin gudu a ƙarshen kakar kuma ta dawo don cin nasarar wani Katin Wild Card na National League. A wannan lokacin, Houston za ta doke St. Louis Cardinals a gasar zakarun kasa a wasanni shida kuma ta lashe pennant kawai don a shafe ta da Chicago White Sox a gasar cin kofin duniya.